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“What Diosdado Macapagal started as a new phenomenon in 1962 turned into a ‘balimbing’ culture, the new normal in Philippine politics”
From then until Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law in September 1972, and except for certain well-known personalities like Claro M. Recto, Lorenzo Tanada, Raul Manglapus and Manuel Manahan, politicians were either Nacionalistas or Liberals. When Marcos proclaimed martial law in 1972, both parties went into limbo, until Marcos gave birth to his Kilusang Bagong Lipunan or KBL where most NP and LP politicians folded in.
This signal victory carried on when Cory Aquino and Doy Laurel ran under the UNIDO standard in the snap elections of 1986, where Comelec and the Batasan proclaimed FM Sr. and his running-mate Arturo Tolentino, but was hijacked by Edsa Uno two weeks later. When LDP fielded Speaker Ramon V. Mitra Jr.in 1992, Defense Secretary Fidel V. Ramos formed Lakas with just seven congressmen in his fold.Despite a huge machinery and ample resources, Mitra was trounced by Ramos, though his win was challenged by a popular Miriam Defensor Santiago.
Estrada won, and again there was a massive exodus from Lakas and other fledgling parties into his LAMMP. But Estrada’s term was cut short by Edsa Dos, and his Lakas VP Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was proclaimed president through a controversial Supreme Court decision.A sub-culture of the turncoatism phenomenon was the emergence of oligarch-funded parties which concentrated on congressional and local candidacies, like NPC and NUP.
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