Ang Kapatiran Party (AKP, lit.'The Brotherhood Party'), also known as the Alliance for the Common Good,[1] is a political party in the Philippines founded by Reynaldo "Nandy" Pacheco in 2004. The party participated in the 2007 elections and was not affiliated with either major coalition.

Ang Kapatiran
PresidentNorman Cabrera
ChairmanEdilberto Cuenca
FounderReynaldo Pacheco
Founded2004 (2004)
HeadquartersIntramuros, Manila
IdeologyConservatism
Social conservatism
Christian democracy
Political positionCenter-right to right-wing
National affiliationTRoPa (2022)
Seats in the Senate
0 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives
0 / 316
Provincial governorships
0 / 82
Provincial vice governorships
0 / 82
Website
www.kapatiranparty.org

Beliefs and ideologies

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The AKP's political and social ideology is based on "Traditional Papal" (Catholic) beliefs and is opposed to abortion, divorce, and religious intolerance.

Senatorial candidates

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The 2007 Senate elections had three AKP candidates:

New officers

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On September 26, 2007, the AKP nominated new officers. Renato H. Peronilla, was appointed as the president, replacing Mario E. Ongkiko. Manolo K. Dayrit became chair and David S. Lim, vice chair. Benjamin P. de Guzman became the vice president, Eric B. Manalang, secretary general, Amador F. Astudillo and Rafael Q. Enriquez, deputy secretaries general, and Ricardo G. Librea the treasurer. Pacheco remained the founder and chair emeritus.[2]

On October 1, 2008, the party launched its campaign for the 2010 general election in Iloilo City at the national convention of the Philippines' Pontifical Council for the Laity. Party secretary-general Eric Manalang announced AKP would field 4,020 candidates, focused on 200 towns and cities with the largest percentage of young voters. AKP fielded 30 candidates in the 2007 Philippine general election, but only John Carlos de los Reyes won as Olongapo City councilor.[3][4]

On March 4, 2010, senatorial candidate Zosimo Paredes transferred to the Bangon Pilipinas Party of Bro. Eddie Villanueva.

Candidates

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  • President – Coun. John Carlos "JC" de los Reyes (lost)
  • Vice-President – Atty. Dominador "Jun" Chipeco, Jr. (lost)
  • Senator
    • Manuel "Manny" Valdehuesa (lost)
    • Col. Hector "Tarzan" Tarrazona (Ret.) PAF (lost)
    • Atty. Jo Aurea "Jo" Imbong (lost)
    • Atty. Grace Riñoza-Plazo (lost)
    • Coun. Reginald "Regie" Tamayo (lost)
    • Mr. Rizalito "Lito" David (lost)
    • Atty. Adrian Sison (lost)

Senatorial Candidates

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  • Rizalito David (lost)
  • John Carlos "JC" delos Reyes (lost)
  • Marwil Llasos (lost)

The party began the campaign for the 2016 Philippine General Elections on June 24, 2015.[5] On October 12, 2015, Rizalito "Lito" David who previously ran for senate in the party in 2010 and 2013, filed his Certificate of Candidacy as presidential candidate of the party, with Albert Alba as his running mate. Alba is a certified public accountant who previously worked for Sycip Gorres Velayo & Company.[6] On October 15, 2015, the party's six senatorial candidates filed their Certificates of Candidacy.[7] In a press conference on October 26, the party officially announced that they would not endorse their candidates because the AKP planned to boycott the elections and advocate for change into the parliamentary system and to bring federalism in the country.[8] After David announced that candidates would instead run under the newly established Koalisyong Katoliko Kristiyano party as the AKP's successor, the party expelled David and Alba.[9] The electoral commission ruled David a nuisance candidate and disqualified him and Alba.[10]

Though initially announcing on September 25, 2021 that Alex Lacson would be the party's standard bearer for the vice presidency,[11] Lacson withdrew his vice presidential candidacy in favor of Kiko Pangilinan and ran instead for senator.[12] He was then eventually included in the Team Robredo-Pangilinan (TRoPa) senatorial slate.[13] Lacson eventually lost his second bid for the Senate, placing 25th of 64 candidates with 5,477,088 votes and 9.86% vote share based on 172 of 173 certificates of canvass.[14]

On the local level, Ang Kapatiran fielded candidates in Las Piñas, Batangas City, Batangas, and in Luisiana, Laguna. Among them, only Raya Fe Arca, who ran for Luisiana, Laguna councilor, won.[15]

Candidates

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  • Senator
    • Alex Lacson
  • House of Representatives[16][17]
    • Louie Redoble (Las Piñas at-large)
    • Luisito Ruiz (Batangas-1st)
    • Carlito Bisa (Batangas-5th)
  • Mayor[16]
    • Rey Rivera (Las Piñas)
    • Edu Garcia (Batangas City, Batangas)
  • Vice Mayor[16]
    • Jerry Delos Reyes (Las Piñas)
  • Councilor[15][16]
    • Anabelle Rondilla (Las Piñas-1st)
    • Abet Goco (Las Piñas-2nd)
    • Raya Fe Arca (Luisiana, Laguna)

Electoral performance

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Presidential and vice presidential elections

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Year Presidential election Vice presidential election
Candidate Vote share Result Candidate Vote share Result
2010 John Carlos de los Reyes
0.12%
Benigno Aquino III
(Liberal)
Dominador Chipeco Jr.
0.15%
Jejomar Binay
(PDP–Laban)
2016 Rizalito David[n 1] N/A Rodrigo Duterte
(PDP–Laban)
Albert Alba[n 2] N/A Leni Robredo
(Liberal)
2022 None[n 3] Bongbong Marcos
(PFP)
None[n 4] Sara Duterte
(Lakas-CMD)

Legislative elections

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Congress of the Philippines
House of Representatives Senate
Year Seats won Result Year Seats won Ticket Result
2007 Did not participate Lakas plurality 2007
0 / 12
Single party ticket Genuine Opposition win 8/12 seats
2010
0 / 286
Lakas plurality 2010
0 / 12
Single party ticket Liberal Party win 4/12 seats
2013
0 / 293
Liberal Party plurality 2013
0 / 12
Single party ticket Team PNoy win 9/12 seats
2016 Did not participate Liberal Party plurality 2016 Did not participate Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid win 7/12 seats
2019 Did not participate PDP–Laban plurality 2019 Did not participate Hugpong ng Pagbabago win 9/12 seats
2022
0 / 316
PDP–Laban plurality 2022
0 / 12
TRoPa UniTeam win 6/12 seats
  1. ^ David was disqualified from the presidential race.
  2. ^ Alba was disqualified from the vice presidential race.
  3. ^ Ang Kapatiran supported Leni Robredo's presidential bid.
  4. ^ Ang Kapatiran supported Kiko Pangilinan's vice presidential bid.

References

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  1. ^ "About Our Party". Ang Kapatiran. Retrieved 29 January 2022. Kapatiran Party or Alliance for the Common Good is a NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTY registered with and accredited by the Commission on Elections on 8 May 2004.
  2. ^ Inquirer.net, Kapatiran picks new officers[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ thenewstoday.info, The church-based party aim for positions in 2010 polls
  4. ^ GMA news.tv/story, Church-based political party gears up for 2010 polls
  5. ^ The Philippine Star, Will good shepherds run for public office?
  6. ^ GMA News Online, Poe's accuser Rizalito David files COC for president
  7. ^ ABS-CBN News, FULL LIST: 172 Senate bets file certificates of candidacy[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Alcober, Neil A. (2015-10-26). "Kapatiran calls for boycott of 2016 elections". The Manila Times. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  9. ^ Aning, Jerome (December 30, 2015). "Ang Kapatiran expels Rizalito David for opposing party policy | Inquirer News". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  10. ^ "SC affirms Comelec: Poe nemesis a nuisance bet". Rappler. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Atty Alex Lacson's full acceptance speech as VP candidate for 2022". 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  12. ^ "Kapatiran Party vice presidential bet, Atty. Alex Lacson withdraws his VP candidacy in favor of Sen Kiko Pangilinan". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  13. ^ "Sonny Matula is 12th member of Robredo's Senate slate". RAPPLER. 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  14. ^ "OFFICIAL RESULTS: 2022 senatorial election | Philippines". PHVOTE. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  15. ^ a b "2022 ELECTION RESULTS: Luisiana, Laguna". PHVOTE. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  16. ^ a b c d "2022 ELECTION RESULTS: Las Piñas City, NCR". PHVOTE. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  17. ^ "2022 ELECTION RESULTS: Batangas". PHVOTE. Retrieved 2022-06-08.