Veterans Freedom Party

The Veterans Freedom Party (originally Veterans Federation Party) is a party-list in the Philippines. It is the electoral wing of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines.

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives the party-list got 340,759 votes (2.6785% of the nationwide vote)[1] and one seat (Ernesto Gidaya).[2] VFP was one of 5 party-lists said to have received presidential support in connection with the Garci tapes affair.[3]

Gidaya died on December 4, 2006. Two former candidates of the party contested to replace him, Estrella Santos and Rodolfo Gutang. Gutang is the general secretary of the party.[4]

Electoral performance
ElectionVotes%Seats
1998304,9023.33%1
2001580,7813.84%2
2004340,7592.68%1
2007196,2661.23%1
2010155,6720.52%0
2013148,3720.54%0

See also
  • Veterans Federation Party

References
  1. COMELEC Election Results Archived April 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. House Members - House of Representatives of the Philippines
  3. Special Issue | Messing with the Party List
  4. Gordon to DFA: Lobby for Fil Veterans : Philippines : Gov.Ph : News Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine


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