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Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino | |
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| President | Joseph Estrada |
| Founder | Joseph Estrada |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Dissolved | 2001 |
| Succeeded by | Puwersa ng Masa |
| Headquarters | Pasay City |
| Ideology | Populism[1] |
| Political position | Centretocentre-left[1] |
| National affiliation | PMP LDP NPC PDP–Laban |
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The Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (lit. 'Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses') was the umbrella political coalition opposition party during the 1998 Philippine general election that led to the election into the presidency of then-Vice President Joseph Estrada. It was the largest political party during that time, uniting the major Philippine political parties which included then Senator Edgardo Angara's Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, business tycoon Danding Cojuangco's Nationalist People's Coalition and Estrada's Partido ng Masang Pilipino,[1] along with minor and regional parties. Angara, the running mate of Estrada, lost to fellow senator Gloria Macapagal ArroyoofLakas—NUCD—UMDP. Estrada won the presidency against then-House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. with a plurality margin of six million votes.
Shortly after the 1998 elections, the party's name was changed into Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (Organization of the Filipino Masses), as the "struggle" ended with Estrada's victory.
The coalition devised an acronym for the Senate slate which is: TPW (The Pilipino Win/The Philippine Way), JOBS and LABOR. T stands for Torres; P for Pimentel; W for Webb; J for Jaworski; O for Ople; B for Bagatsing; S for Sotto; L for Lagman; A for Aquino-Oreta; B for Biazon; O for Osmeña; R for Romero.
Below is the official senatorial slate of LAMMP for the 1998 Philippine senatorial election.
| Name | Party | Occupation |
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| Tessie Aquino-Oreta | LDP | Representative from Malabon-Navotas |
| Ramon Bagatsing Jr. | LDP | Representative from Manila's 4th congressional district |
| Rodolfo Biazon | LDP | Senator |
| Robert Jaworski | PMP | Professional basketball player |
| Edcel Lagman | LDP | Representative from Albay's 1st congressional district |
| Blas Ople | LDP | Senator |
| John Henry Osmeña | NPC | Representative from Cebu's 3rd congressional district |
| Aquilino Pimentel Jr. | PDP–Laban | former Senator |
| Miguel Romero | LDP | Representative from Negros Oriental's 2nd congressional district |
| Vicente Sotto III | LDP | Senator |
| Ruben Torres | Independent | former Executive Secretary |
| Freddie Webb | LDP | Senator |
The success of the coalition was partly because of the popularity of its presidential bet, Vice President Estrada who won the presidential election. His senatorial slate also gained majority of 7 out of 12 available seats in the Senate. The following were the LAMMP senatorial bets who won:
The coalition also gained great majority in the House of Representatives and majority of elected local officials who ran as members of the coalition.
LAMMP was abolished during the 2001 midterm legislative elections and was replaced by a new coalition of pro-Estrada legislators led by Angara's LDP, named Puwersa ng Masa (Force of the Masses) which was led by Estrada's wife, Luisa Pimentel-Ejercito.
