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Two wings of the PDP-Laban: 1992 presidential elections - lost opportunities

Wednesday, 04 August 2021 09:02 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Second of a seriesTHE PDP-Laban was part of the Corazon "Cory" Aquino ruling coalition in 1986, but a small segment, principally coming from Davao, Bohol and some Muslim areas, was opposed to the 1987 Constitution. Our group wanted Cory to…

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PDP-Laban 1982-2012

Wednesday, 28 July 2021 13:20 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) marked its 30th anniversary with the launch of a coffee table book detailing the party’s history. Click the link below: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/55bf60cbec.html#page/1

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A brief history of PDP-Laban: The early 1980s

Wednesday, 28 July 2021 08:58 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

First of a seriesEARLIER this month, we witnessed the fait accompli takeover of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), the party that catapulted Rodrigo "Deegong" Duterte to the presidency in 2016. To recall, it was the symbiosis between Deegong…

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Political parties - what we need are real ones

Wednesday, 21 July 2021 11:21 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Fourth of a seriesTHIS column could best be appreciated within the context of today's deadly internecine fight in the ruling party with an eye on the political upheaval five decades ago. I start from the Marcos dictatorship years, underscoring democracy's…

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Political parties - what we have

Wednesday, 14 July 2021 10:04 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Third of a seriesTHE Partido Federalista (Federal Party) was the first Philippine political party allowed by our colonials in the 1900, which pushed for our annexation as a US state. The Nacionalista Party was founded shortly after to advocate for…

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Fixing a dysfunctional system

Wednesday, 07 July 2021 11:53 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

AS discussed in the first part of this series last week, political patronage is central to what ails our system of governance. Professor Jose "Pepe" Abueva, citing Gunnar Myrdal's book, Asian Drama, depicts the Philippines as a soft state and…

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The state of our politics

Wednesday, 30 June 2021 05:50 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

First of 3 partsTHE traditional and social media are now rife with speculation on who should run the country after President Duterte - not excluding the conjectures about the man himself running for vice president as foolishly proposed by the…

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Marawi, we weep for thee

Wednesday, 23 June 2021 16:27 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

ON May 21, 2017, I had the privilege of hosting a family dinner for Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana at my residence in Davao. It was the eve of President Duterte's departure for Russia. Unbeknownst to the upper echelon of government,…

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