HISTORY

OF
PWERSA NG MASANG PILIPINO

Kurt Ryan P. Jesura

Daryl C. Teodosio
 Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino???
• Partido ng Masang Pilipino (Party of the Filipino
Masses),
• Is a populist political party in the Philippines.
• It is the political party of former Philippine
President Joseph Estrada.
• In the 1998 presidential election, it aligned itself
with other political parties to form the Laban ng
Makabayang Masang Pilipino or LAMMP (Struggle
of the Patriotic Filipino Masses) coalition.
 Party Officers
ORIGINAL OFFICERS
• The Founding President of PMP was Joseph Ejercito Estrada. The original set of officers of PMP
was as follows:
• Vice- President: Greg Taruc
• Secretary General: Chito Lucero
• Secretary: Rene Socorro
• Treasurer: Eduardo Echauz
• Auditor/Accountant: Rodelio Torres
• PRO: Reli German
Directors
• Economy: Louie Lichaoco
• Labor: Roberto Oca
• Political Affairs: Pablo B. Casimina
• Finance: Juan T. Ng
• Legal Counsel: Atty.Amado Santiago
• Business: Eleuterio Gardiner
 Party Officers
Current Officers
Today's PMP Officials:
PMP CHIEF OFFICERS
• Chairman Emeritus: Senate President JUAN PONCE ENRILE
• Chairman & President: Former President JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
• Executive Vice President: Senator President Pro-Temporate JINGGOY ESTRADA
PMP VICE PRESIDENTS
• National Capital Region (NCR): Congressman TOBY TIANGCO (Lone District - Navotas City)
• Luzon: Congressman J.V. EJERCITO (Lone District - San Juan City)
• Visayas: Nomination process still in-process
• Mindanao: Congressman RUFUS RODRIGUEZ (District 2 - Cagayan de Oro City)
PMP EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
• Secretary General: Hon. HORACIO R. MORALES, Jr.
• Dep Sec-Gen & Director for Ways & Means: RENATO M. SORIANO
• Treasurer: JESSE M. EJERCITO
• Auditor: Julius TOPACIO
• Director for Political Affairs: PABLO B. CASIMINA
• Director for Special Concerns & Security: Retired General BOBBY CALINISAN
• Director for Protocol & Gov't Concerns: RAMON CARDENAS
• Director for Media Affairs: REY DAVID
• Director for Meetings & Conferences: Atty. FORTING AGUAS, CPA
• Directors for Legal Concerns: Atty. JONATHAN BALIGOD, Atty. NARZAL MALLARES, Atty. DIOSAB FORMILLEZA, Atty. REY BAGATSING and
Atty. DON A. ALVIAR
• Director for Academe: ELDIGARDIO D. GONZALES
• COORDINATOR for FILIPINO-CHINESE AFFAIRS: WILSON "Boy" AGBAYANI & ANTHONY ESCOLAR
• Spokesman: Atty. RALPH CALINISAN, CPA
PWERSA NG MASANG
PILIPINO
TIMELINE
 TIMELINE
• 1990
– Originally named the Partido ng Masang Pilipino,
the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) emanated
from an organization which was an offshoot of the
Economic Recovery Action Program (ERAP)
organized by Mr. George S. Antonio in May 1990.
The ERAP organization was formally launched on
October 4, 1990 with 21 original members.
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• 1991
–  On August 20, 1991, Partido ng Masang Pilipino
was accredited as political party.
• 1992
– PMP took its first major political step by fielding
then Senator Joseph Estrada as its vice-
presidential candidate together with other local
candidates. Under PMP, Estrada overwhelmingly
won against his four opponents.
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• 1995
– The PMP also participated in the May 1995 election.
• 1997
– A permanent and fully operational headquarters was
established at 409 Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City. 
• 1998
– PMP was an active participant in the national elections
with its 1992 bet, Vice-President Estrada, now gunning
for the presidency of the republic.
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• 2001
–  PMP once again led the opposition coalition, with majority of its
candidates elected into office, led by Dr. Luisa Ejercito Estrada who won
a seat in the Senate.
• 2003
– the name Partido ng Masang Pilipino was changed to Pwersa ng Masang
Pilipino.
• 2004
– In April 2004, the PMP agreed to enter into a coalition with the Laban ng
Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) and Partido Demokratiko Pilipino- Lakas
Bayan (PDP LABAN) to form the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino
(KNP) and support the candidacy of Fernando Poe, Jr. for President of
the Republic of the Philippines.
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NATIONAL POSSITION
• 2001
– PMP occupies three Senate seats as a member of the minority floor, occupied by
Estrada's wife, Luisa Ejercito Estrada, who won in 2001
• 2004
– Former San Juan suburb Mayor Jinggoy Estrada and long-time Estrada colleague
veteran politician Juan Ponce Enrile
• 2007
– In the May 14, 2007 election, the party won three seats in the House of
Representatives. Members of the Philippine House of Representatives are
elected to serve three year terms.
In the current 17th Congress the party current holds one senate seat held by
Estrada's son JV Ejercito, due to most members switching sides to PDP–
Laban or UNA.
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PMP-AFFILIATED PARTIES;
• Partido Magdiwang – San Juan
• Partido Navoteño – Navotas
• Asenso Manileño- City of Manila
• Partido Magdalo – Cavite
• Hugpong ng Pagbabago – Davao Region
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• NEWS
• On January 18, 2008, Joseph Estrada's Partido ng Masang
Pilipino (PMP) caused full-page advertisement in Metro
Manila newspapers, blaming EDSA 2 of having "inflicted a
dent on Philippine democracy".
• Alfredo Lim, on August 20, 2008, resigned as head of
Joseph Estrada's Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (Partido ng
Masang Pilipino – PMP) following a PMP's executive
committee resolution removing him as president of the
party. He was replaced by Joseph Estrada who is also the
PMP chairman.
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NEWS
• In 2012, Binay’s party established an electoral alliance
with Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) – the party of
former president Joseph Estrada – in preparation for the
2013 elections, thus forming the United Nationalist
Alliance (UNA).
• In July 7,2021,the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) is set
to back the presidential and vice-presidential candidates
of Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio's Hugpong
ng Pagbabago (HNP) amid talk that the 2 parties forged an
alliance.