Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino
Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP) is a Filipino political party founded in 2018. It was formed by supporters of incumbent Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte,[1] including some officers affiliated with the Citizen National Guard, a nationalist, anti-communist political advocacy group, including party Chairman and former Department of Education undersecretary Antonio "Butch" Valdes, President Atty. Ramon Pedrosa, Executive Vice President Princess Lady Ann Indanan-Sahidulla, and Dr. Ricardo Fulgencio IV.[2] The party fielded candidates in the 2019 Philippine general elections.
Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino | |
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President | Atty. Ramon A. Pedrosa |
Chairman | Antonio A. S. Valdes |
Secretary-General | Dr. Ricardo D. Fulgencio IV |
Founded | August 31, 2018 |
Ideology | Populism Filipino nationalism Anti-communism |
Slogan | Partido para sa Kinabukasan |
Seats in the Senate | 0 / 24
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Seats in the House of Representatives | 0 / 303
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Provincial governorships | 0 / 81
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The KDP is unrelated to the similarly named Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino (Union of Democratic Filipinos), an active leftist group opposed to the Marcos regime during the 1970s and 1980s.[3] The said group later evolved to the Christian Social Democratic Movement (CSDM).
Political positions
The Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino's electoral agenda for the 2019 elections were to "stop electoral fraud" by cancelling Smartmatic's contract with the Commission on Elections and reforming the electoral system, to prosecute those involved in the Dengvaxia controversy, and to reduce electrical bills by repealing the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001.[4] Other platforms advocated by the party include the shift from a service economy to an agro-industrialized producer economy, food self-sufficiency, and the inclusion of the Philippines to the Belt and Road Initiative.[5][6]
Candidates for the Philippine general election, 2019
Senatorial Slate
- Toti Casiño
- Glenn Chong
- Larry Gadon (guest candidate from Kilusang Bagong Lipunan and Lakas-CMD)
- RJ Javellana
- Lady Ann Sahidulla
- Butch Valdes
References
- "Pro-Du30 group forms political party". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- "Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino political party launched". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- Pimentel, Boying. "Small band of Fil-Ams and immigrants who defied a dictator | INQUIRER.net". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- "Katipunan Ng Demokratikong Pilipino". www.gavagives.com. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- "Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP) Platform". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
- "Philippine LaRouche Society Head Butch Valdes and Others Launch New Political Party". Executive Intelligence Review. Retrieved 2020-02-05.