Akbayan

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Akbayan traces its roots to the Kaakbay ng Sambayanan, an alliance founded on February 25, 1992 by various civil society organizations and left-leaning organizations from the country's social democratic, democratic socialist, and Marxist traditions, such as the Bukluran sa Ikauunlad ng Sosyalistang Isip at Gawa (Bisig), Pandayan para sa Sosyalistang Pilipinas (Pandayan), and Movement for Popular Democracy.{{Cite book |title=Socdem: Filipino social democracy in a time of turmoil and transition, 1965-1995 |date=2011 |publisher=Distributed by Ateneo de Manila University Press |isbn=978-971-535-033-4 |editor-last=Tolosa |editor-first=Benjamin T. |location=Pasig City, Metro Manila Quezon City |pages=275 |quote=Other organizations on the left like BISIG, the Movement for Popular Democracy (MPD), and some national democrats who wanted to engage in electoral struggle joined this alliance which was named Kaakbay ng Sambayanan (Akbayan)—the precursor of today’s party list group Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party. |editor-last2=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung}}{{Cite journal |last=Santos |first=Soliman Jr. |date=October 10, 2007 |title=The Philippines Tries the Party-List System (A Progressive Perspective) |url=https://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/320 |journal=Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies |volume=13 |issue=2}} Unlike other left-leaning groups, the organizations, particularly Pandayan, were committed to active nonviolence.{{Cite book |title=Socdem: Filipino social democracy in a time of turmoil and transition, 1965-1995 |date=2011 |publisher=Distributed by Ateneo de Manila University Press |isbn=978-971-535-033-4 |editor-last=Tolosa |editor-first=Benjamin T. |location=Pasig City, Metro Manila Quezon City |quote=One of the characteristics distinguishing Pandayan from the PDSP and Kasapi, as well as from the NDF, was its commitment to non-violence. |editor-last2=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung}} The alliance was formed in support of the candidacies of Jovito Salonga from the Liberal Party and Nene Pimentel from PDP–Laban under the Koalisyong Pambansa in the 1992 presidential and vice presidential elections, who eventually lost to Fidel V. Ramos of Lakas–NUCD and Joseph Estrada of NPC respectively.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/773372348 |title=Socdem: Filipino social democracy in a time of turmoil and transition, 1965-1995 |date=2011 |publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung ; Distributed by Ateneo de Manila University Press |isbn=978-971-535-033-4 |editor-last=Tolosa |editor-first=Benjamin T. |location=Pasig City, Metro Manila : Quezon City |pages=243 |oclc=773372348 |quote=Akbayan, originally known as Aksyon, had its roots in the coalition supporting the Salonga-Pimentel ticket which involved the "Three Little Pigs."}}{{Cite journal |last=Quimpo |first=Nathan Gilbert |date=March 2005 |title=The left, elections, and the political party system in the Philippines |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1467271052000305241 |journal=Critical Asian Studies |language=en |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=3–28 |doi=10.1080/1467271052000305241 |issn=1467-2715}}

Following the defeat of the Koalisyong Pambansa ticket, Akbayan was reestablished as a political party. Initially revived as Aksyon, the party eventually adopted the name Akbayan Citizens' Action Party. The party was officially founded in January 1998 and participated in the 1998 House of Representatives elections through the new party-list system, securing one seat in the House of Representatives. Aside from the party-list elections, the party also focused on electing candidates in local elections.

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During the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Akbayan was among the opposition groups repressed by the government. It was also during this time that Akbayan suffered its lowest number of votes, with just over 400,000 votes in 2007.

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In 2009, Akbayan supported the candidacy of then Senator Benigno Aquino III of the Liberal Party for the 2010 presidential election. Fueled by the popular discontent with the outgoing administration of Arroyo, Aquino won the presidency by a large margin. This was also the first time that Akbayan was able to breach the 1 million vote mark, its best performance to that date. Despite the vote increase, however, it failed to secure three seats in the House owing to a Supreme Court decision which ensured only the leading party list (Ako Bicol at that time) in the election would secure three seats. Aquino later appointed several Akbayan members to his cabinet.{{Cite web |last=Casauay |first=Angela |date=2014-08-27 |title=Akbayan still with Aquino, denies internal conflict |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/67388-akbayan-denies-internal-conflict/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}

However, the party's alliance with the Aquino administration led to tensions with the Makabayan bloc, a national democratic left-wing coalition in Congress. In 2012, members of Anakbayan, the youth organization of the bloc, barged inside a press conference of Akbayan, branding it a "fake partylist" because some of its leaders, including Ronald Llamas, were appointed into top government positions.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-10-16 |title=Akbayan, Anakbayan engage in verbal tussle |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/278419/akbayan-anakbayan-engage-in-verbal-tussle/story/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jesus |first=Stacy De |date=2012-10-16 |title=It's war: Akbayan vs Anakbayan |url=https://www.rappler.com/moveph/14302-akbayan-vs-anakbayan/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Reyes |first=Fat |date=2012-10-16 |title=Anakbayan members stage rally at Akbayan press conference, engage in word war |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/290064/anakbayan-members-stage-rally-at-akbayan-press-conference-engage-in-word-war |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}} Several groups affiliated with Makabayan also filed a disqualification notice against Akbayan for their alliance with the administration. Akbayan, in return, sought the disqualification notice against party-lists affiliated with the Makabayan bloc for allegedly being a front of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).{{Cite web |last=Uy |first=Jocelyn R. |date=2012-10-27 |title=Akbayan hits back, seeks ouster of Red party-listers |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/296296/akbayan-hits-back-seeks-ouster-of-red-party-listers |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}} During the 2013 senatorial election, Bayan Muna representative Teodoro Casiño, the sole senatorial candidate of the Makabayan bloc, criticized the senatorial bid of Risa Hontiveros, one of its former representatives, who ran as part of the administration Team PNoy slate, saying that she is "too cozy with the administration".{{Cite web |last=Go |first=Miriam Grace |date=2013-04-13 |title=Casiño to Hontiveros: Too cozy with the admin? |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/26183-casino-hontiveros-too-cozy-with-admin/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}} Hontiveros criticized Casiño for his silence on abuses committed by the CPP-affiliated New People's Army.{{Cite web |last=Go |first=Miriam Grace |date=2013-04-13 |title=Hontiveros to Casiño: Why mum on NPA abuses |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/26177-hontiveros-casino-why-mum-on-npa-abuses/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}} In 2014, as the Makabayan bloc filed an impeachment complaint against Aquino, Renato Reyes, Jr., the secretary-general of BAYAN, criticized the party, branding them as a “Yellow cheerleader", referencing the color of the ruling Liberal Party.{{Cite web |last=Fonbuena |first=Carmela |date=2014-07-21 |title=Filed: First valid impeach complaint vs Aquino |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/63899-aquino-makabayan-impeach-bid/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}} In 2015, Walden Bello, one of the party's representatives in the House, resigned over disagreements with the party in supporting the administration after several policy disagreements and the Mamasapano clash.{{Cite web |last=Bernal |first=Buena |date=2015-03-11 |title=Akbayan rep resigns over Aquino's Mamasapano 'cover-up' |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/86495-akbayan-bello-resigns-aquino-mamasapano-cover-up/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}{{cite news|url= http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/678184/bello-resigns-as-akbayan-representative-calls-aquino-disgraceful |title=Bello resigns as Akbayan representative, calls Aquino disgraceful |work=Inquirer News|date=2015-03-11 |access-date=2015-04-08}} He was subsequently replaced by Angelina Katoh.{{cite news|url= http://www.rappler.com/nation/93128-akbayan-angie-katoh-party-list-representative |title=Akbayan names Bello's replacement in Congress |work=Rappler|date=2015-05-13|access-date=2015-07-12}}

In 2016, the party allied itself with the Liberal Party to form the Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid, supporting Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo's campaigns for the presidential and vice presidential elections. Although Roxas lost to then-Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte while Robredo narrowly won the vice presidential race, the party entered the Senate with Hontiveros's victory following her third attempt to run, ranking 9th in the official results.{{Cite web |last=Geronimo |first=Jee |date=2016-05-19 |title=Risa Hontiveros finally wins Senate seat: 'We defied gravity' |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/133583-hontiveros-proclamation-senators/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}} However, they lost one seat in the party-list race after their percentage dropped to below the 2 percent threshold for an additional seat.{{Cite web |last=Go |first=Miriam Grace |date=2016-05-19 |title=46 groups proclaimed as party list winners |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/133630-groups-proclaimed-party-list/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}

After the 2016 election, it joined the Magnificent 7, a group of Liberal Party and Magdalo Party-List members.{{Cite web |last=Nonato |first=Marlon Ramos, Vince F. |date=2017-07-26 |title=SC rebuffs House 'Magnificent 7' |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/917533/sc-rebuffs-house-magnificent-7 |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Yap |first=D. J. |date=2017-06-06 |title=House minority, Magnificent 7 renew feud |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/903068/house-minority-magnificent-7-renew-feud |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}} The party publicly criticized several policies of the Duterte administration, including Duterte's handling of the Philippine Drug War and the TRAIN Law. In 2019, amid the defeat of several opposition groups, including the Otso Diretso coalition for the Senate election of which the party was a part, the party lost representation in the House.{{Cite web |last=Tomacruz |first=Sofia |date=2019-05-22 |title=Comelec proclaims 51 winning groups in 2019 party-list elections |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/230843-party-list-groups-proclaimed-winners-2019/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Duterte’s opposition in disarray following Philippines mid-terms |url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/duterte-s-opposition-disarray-following-philippines-mid-terms |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=www.lowyinstitute.org |language=en}}

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In the 2022 election, Akbayan backed the candidacies of Leni Robredo and Francis Pangilinan for president and vice president, respectively, as part of the Team Robredo–Pangilinan (TRoPa) alliance. Although Robredo and Pangilinan were defeated, Hontiveros was re-elected. Akbayan also initially fell one spot short of regaining a seat in the House but later took office after the disqualification of the An Waray party-list.{{Cite web |last=de Leon |first=Dwight |date=2024-09-17 |title=Akbayan, one rank shy of winning seat in 2022, fights for vacated party-list slot |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/akbayan-appeal-comelec-party-list-slot/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}} In the 2025 elections, Akbayan nominated lawyer Chel Diokno, who ran for senator in 2022 as part of the TRoPa ticket, was chosen as its first nominee for the party-list election. The party also formed the KiBam coalition alongside the Liberal Party and the Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino. The coalition was successful, and the party achieved its highest number of votes and the top vote share in the country, garnering about 2.7 million votes and securing three seats in the House.{{Cite web |last1=Cabalza |first1=Dexter |last2=cbuban |date=2025-05-13 |title=Akbayan tops party list race; Bayan Muna faces delisting |url=https://www.inquirer.net/443389/akbayan-tops-party-list-race-bayan-muna-faces-delisting/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Inquirer.net |language=en}}

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A centre-left party, Akbayan advocates for participatory democracy and a form of governance it characterizes as participatory socialism. The party includes both democratic socialists and social democrats as members. While Akbayan's political-economic platform rests on the democratic-socialist foundation which PDP–Laban ostensibly shares,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQU1AO5M0mo|last=Bello y Flores|first=Walden|date=2021-05-21|title=Walden Bello on Rodrigo Duterte and Fascism|website=Rappler|authorlink=Walden Bello}} the former differs greatly from the latter with regard to civil rights and law enforcement.

The party has affiliate groups that represent government employees, women workers, migrants, as well as members of the LGBT community. The party's official website states that Akbayan is an activist organisation "and proud of it", and that it "vehemently condemn(s) torture, assassination, and other violent acts that undermine human rights and freedoms regardless of whoever commits them".{{Cite journal |date=2 June 2007 |title=RRT Research Response |url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4b6fe2e8c.pdf |journal=Refugee Review Tribunal |volume=Research Response Number PHL 31913}}

Akbayan has been critical of abuses committed by some members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against fellow activists.{{cite web |title=Akbayan feels Esperon praise a left-handed compliment |url=http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article5241 |access-date=25 February 2016}} It has also been critical of the Communist Party of the Philippines, particularly its actions in the countryside against peasant groups and communities and what these groups and communities see as the Maoist group's extortion activities. Due to its stance against right-wing extremism (from some elements of the AFP) and the Maoist far-left (CPP–NPA–NDF), Akbayan has been a target of both political groups.{{cite web |title=Akbayan chides Bayan Muna & affiliates for falling into the AFP's 'divide & rule' strategy : Indybay |url=https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/03/18371891.php?show_comments=1 |access-date=25 February 2016 |work=Indybay}}

Akbayan supports an independent foreign policy that prioritizes the Philippines' sovereignty.{{Cite web |last=Adel |first=Rosette |date=2025-05-19 |title='Para sa hustisya at reporma': ML Partylist, Akbayan signal cooperation after 2025 polls |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2025/05/19/296554/ml-partylist-akbayan-signal-cooperation-after-2025-polls/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Interaksyon |language=en-US}} The party has been noted to oppose the increased incursions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) naval and coast guard vessels into Philippine territorial waters and within the country's 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).{{cite web |title=Philippine Party says China violated its seas : Indybay |url=https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/06/09/18681480.php |access-date=25 February 2016 |work=Indybay}}{{cite news |author=Rodel Rodis |title=Are Filipinos united against China's invasion of Ayungin? |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/79117/are-filipinos-united-against-chinas-invasion-of-ayungin |access-date=25 February 2016 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}} It also opposed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, despite being in coalition with the Liberal Party during the Aquino administration which signed the agreement.

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• Republic Act 9189 – The Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2003/ra_9189_2003.html|title=R.A. 9189|access-date=25 February 2016}}
• Republic Act 9481 – Right to Labor Self-Organization Law{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2007/ra_9481_2007.html|title=R.A. 9481|access-date=25 February 2016}}
• Republic Act 9502 – Cheaper and Quality Medicines Law{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2008/ra_9502_2008.html|title=R.A. 9502|access-date=25 February 2016}}
• Republic Act 9700 – Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER) Law{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9700_2009.html|title=R.A. 9700|access-date=25 February 2016}}
• Republic Act 10354 – Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2012/12/21/republic-act-no-10354/|title=Republic Act No. 10354|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=25 February 2016}}
• Republic Act 10351 – Restructuring the Excise Tax on Alcohol and Tobacco or The Sin Tax Law{{Cite web|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10351_2012.html|title = Republic Act No. 10351}}
• Republic Act 10368 – Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013{{cite web|website=The LawPhil Project|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10368_2013.html|title=Republic Act No. 10368|access-date=25 February 2016}}
• Republic Act 10667 – Philippine Competition Act{{Cite web |url=https://akbayan.org.ph/news/12-press-releases/559-no-more-business-as-usual-as-competition-bill-nears-enactment |title=No more 'business as usual' as Competition bill nears enactment – Akbayan Party List |access-date=May 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924080845/https://akbayan.org.ph/news/12-press-releases/559-no-more-business-as-usual-as-competition-bill-nears-enactment |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
• Republic Act 10028 – Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Law{{Cite web|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2010/ra_10028_2010.html|title = R.A. No. 10028}}
• Republic Act 10742 – Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Law
• Republic Act 10643 – Graphic Health Warning Law{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2014/07/15/republic-act-no-10643/|title=gov.ph|accessdate=February 16, 2024}}
• Republic Act 10932 – Anti-Hospital Deposit Act{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/169911-senate-approves-stiffer-penalties-hospitals-demanding-deposits|title = Senate approves stiffer penalties vs hospitals demanding deposits| date=May 15, 2017 }}
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• Republic Act 11166 – HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/01/11/1884227/who-philippines-lauds-passage-new-law-hiv-aids|title = WHO Philippines lauds passage of new law on HIV, AIDS| website=The Philippine STAR }}

In 2010, one of Akbayan's representatives Risa Hontiveros ran for Senate as a member of Liberal Party. Akbayan fully supported her candidacy. Hontiveros lost and placed 13th, one rank near the 12 winning candidates.{{Cite web |last=Villanueva |first=Marichu A. |date=May 24, 2010 |title=13th Senator |url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2010/05/24/577648/13th-senator |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Philstar.com}}{{Cite web |last=Jimenez |first=Atty Josephus |date=July 20, 2024 |title=Risa Hontiveros: The best senator of the country |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2024/07/20/2371612/risa-hontiveros-best-senator-country |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Philstar.com}} In 2013, Hontiveros again ran for a Senate seat, formally under Akbayan. She lost again, placing 17th.{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2013 |title=Risa Hontiveros regretful for not entering theater scene |url=https://www.philstar.com/other-sections/news-videos/2013/04/18/932147/risa-hontiveros-regretful-not-entering-theater-scene |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Philstar.com}}{{cite news |last=Legaspi |first=Amita |date=17 May 2012 |title=PNoy reveals 4 sure LP senatorial bets for 2013 |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/258502/news/nation/pnoy-reveals-4-sure-lp-senatorial-bets-for-2013 |accessdate=18 May 2012 |work=GMA News}} In the 2016 Senate elections, Hontiveros ran for the third time, and finally won, placing 9th. Hontiveros became the first person in Philippine history from the social democratic and progressive center-left to win a Senate seat.{{Cite web |date= May 19, 2016|title= Risa Hontiveros finally wins Senate seat: 'We defied gravity'|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/133583-hontiveros-proclamation-senators/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Rappler}} In the 2022 Senate elections, Senator Hontiveros ran for reelection, winning amid the anti-progressive rhetoric of the administration, and placing 11th.{{Cite web |date= |title= |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/05/10/22/hontiveros-is-sole-opposition-in-senate-magic-12-race |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=ABS-CBN News}}

In 2013, Kaka Bag-ao ran for the Dinagat Islands seat under the Akbayan label and won. In 2016, she ran for reelection in the Dinagat Islands seat under the Liberal Party label, and won. She was backed by Akbayan as well. In 2025, Bag-ao again ran for the Dinagat Islands seat under the Liberal Party and won. She was backed by Akbayan and continued to be part of the party.{{cite web | url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/kaka-bag-ao-results-dinagat-islands-district-representative-2025/ | title='Dragon Slayer' Kaka Bag-ao returns as Dinagat Islands congresswoman }}

Akbayan is only one of two parties (the other is Butil) to win seats in all party-list elections in the Philippines until 2019. Furthermore, Akbayan is the only party to surpass the 2% election threshold in all elections until the 2016 election where they fell short by 0.12%.

In September 2024, the COMELEC proclaimed the party as a winner after the Supreme Court of the Philippines upheld the COMELEC resolution which revoked the party-list registration of An Waray.{{cite news |last1= Chi|first1=Cristina|title=Akbayan seeks House seat that An Waray vacated|url= https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/09/18/2386170/akbayan-seeks-house-seatthat-waray-vacated|accessdate=September 18, 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=September 18, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=De Leon|first1=Dwight|title=Akbayan back in the House after Comelec formalizes 2022 election win|url= https://www.rappler.com/philippines/comelec-proclaims-akbayan-party-list-winner-2022-elections-returns-house-representatives/|accessdate=September 25, 2024 |work=Rappler |date=September 25, 2024}}

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• Risa Hontiveros – Senator
• Arlene "Kaka" Bag-ao – District Representative, Dinagat Islands (under Liberal Party)
• Walden F. Bello – 1st nominee, party-list
• Ibarra "Barry" M. Gutierrez III – 2nd nominee, party-list
• Angelina Ludovice Katoh – 3rd nominee, party-list
• Sylvia Estrada Claudio – 4th nominee, party-list
• Francis Q. Isaac – 5th nominee, party-list
• Edwin A. Bustillos – 6th nominee, party-list

• Risa Hontiveros – Senator
• Tom Villarin – 1st nominee, party-list
• Barry Gutierrez III – 2nd nominee, party-listAlso the spokesperson of Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid.
• Angelina Katoh – 3rd nominee, party-list
• Rafaela Mae David – 4th nominee, party-list
• Doris Obena – 5th nominee, party-list
• Mylene Hega – 6th nominee, party-list
• Cenon Nolasco – 7th nominee, party-list

• Pat Ibay – Councilor (District 1, Pasay)
• Ileana Ibay – Councilor (District 2, Pasay)
• Alvin Dizon – Councilor (District 1, Cebu City)Ran under the Liberal Party.
• Sergio Bañes Jr. – Councilor (Estancia, Iloilo)
• Egar Chu – Councilor (Estancia, Iloilo)

• Tom Villarin – 1st nominee, party-list
• Gio Tingson – 2nd nominee, party-list
• Doris Dinorog-Obena – 3rd nominee, party-list
• Angelina Katoh – 4th nominee, party-list
• Napoleon Merida – 5th nominee, party-list
• Cristina Oganiza – 6th nominee, party-list

• Risa Hontiveros – Senator
• Percival Cendaña – 1st nominee, party-list
• Raymond John Naguit – 2nd nominee, party-list
• Cristina Oganiza – 3rd nominee, party-list
• Angelina Katoh – 4th nominee, party-list
• JC Tejano – 5th nominee, party-list
• Victoria de Jesus – 6th nominee, party-list

• Lyn Dialde - Board Member, Dinagat Islands
• Fely Pedrablanca - Mayor, Tubajon, Dinagat Islands
• Rexon Arevalo - Vice Mayor, Nagcarlan, Laguna
• Ernesto Balida - Vice Mayor, Batad, Iloilo
• Petnel Sombrado - Vice Mayor, Dinagat, Dinagat Islands
• Zoltan Edera - Vice Mayor, Libjo, Dinagat Islands
• Liezl Aguirre - Councilor, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
• Tobit Cruz - Councilor, Taytay, Rizal
• Erwin Dimaculangan - Councilor, Alitagtag, Batangas
• Elaine Teope - Councilor, Luisiana, Laguna
• Laurence Sombilla - Councilor, Nagcarlan, Laguna
• Richard Pavico - Councilor, San Pablo, Laguna
• Gilbert Arrabis Jr. - Councilor, Daanbantayan, Cebu
• Wilfredo Punay - Councilor, Tubajon, Dinagat Islands
• Samson Tidalgo - Councilor, Tubajon, Dinagat Islands

• Chel Diokno – 1st nominee, party-list
• Percival Cendaña – 2nd nominee, party-list
• Dadah Kiram Ismula – 3rd nominee, party-list
• Justine Balane – 4th nominee, party-list
• Mercy Abucayon – 5th nominee, party-list
• Magdalena Robinson – 6th nominee, party-list
• JC Tejano – 7th nominee, party-list
• Ernesto Neri – 8th nominee, party-list
• Yoyong Merida – 9th nominee, party-list
• Angelina Katoh – 10th nominee, party-list

• Lyn Dialde – Board Member, Dinagat Islands
• Sean Eludo – Board Member, Dinagat Islands
• Frans Gelaine Garcia – Board Member, Bohol
• Fely Pedrablanca – Mayor, Tubajon
• Petnel Sombrado – Mayor, Dinagat, Dinagat Islands
• Ogie Suayan – Mayor, Candelaria, Quezon
• Zoltan Edera – Vice Mayor, Libjo
• Bong Maliwanag – Vice Mayor, Candelaria, Quezon
• Zacarias Suplaag – Vice Mayor, Tubajon
• Hazel Omri Abdon – Councilor, Candelaria, Quezon
• Charlott Angeles – Councilor, Jalajala
• Roderick Bacol – Councilor, Tubajon
• Mark Greg Bonaobra – Councilor, Gumaca
• Tobit Cruz – Councilor, Taytay, Rizal
• Divina Custodio – Councilor, Dinagat, Dinagat Islands
• Alvin Dizon – Councilor, Cebu City
• Opan Dizon – Councilor, Candelaria, Quezon
• Abe Diokno – Councilor, Taal, Batangas
• Bong Ebol – Councilor, Dinagat, Dinagat Islands
• Belo Emralino – Councilor, Candelaria, Quezon
• Maila Escamillas – Councilor, Candelaria, Quezon
• Joel Ganado – Councilor, General Mariano Alvarez
• Ken Paolo Giloo – Councilor, Bacolod
• Bebie Ladaga – Councilor, Tubajon
• Nonong Lamoca – Councilor, Candelaria, Quezon
• Edwin Larida – Councilor, Tubajon
• Jun Padullon – Councilor, Tubajon
• Jun Panguito – Councilor, Jalajala
• Nemerlito Perez – Councilor, Dasmariñas
• Almie Recla – Councilor, Tubajon
• Janice Rosales – Councilor, Dinagat, Dinagat Islands
• Paul Senogat – Councilor, Pasig
• Emerson Sio – Councilor, Candelaria, Quezon
• Freddie Subere – Councilor, Tubajon
• Koping Tabogon – Councilor, Dinagat, Dinagat Islands
• Elaine Teope – Councilor, Luisiana
• Samson Tidalgo – Councilor, Tubajon
• Jessica Trajano – Councilor, Tubajon
• Narcing Villaran – Councilor, Jalajala

• Party President: Rafaela David
• Party Chairperson: Mylene Hega
• Secretary-General: Jordan Gutierrez
• Party Member: Risa Hontiveros
• Party Member: Chel Diokno
• Party Member: Ronald Llamas
• Party Member: Percival "Perci" Vilar Cendaña
• Party Member: Barry Gutierrez

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• von Hofmann, Norbert (2009). [https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/06070.pdf Social Democratic Parties in Southeast Asia - Chances and Limits] Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung p. 29

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