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{{Short description|Liberal political party in the Philippines}}
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{{Infobox Philippine political party
| name             = Liberal Party
| native_name      = ''Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas''
| logo             = Liberal_Party_of_the_Philippines_(LP).svg
| colorcode        = {{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}
| president        = [[Erin Tañada]] ([[Acting (law)|Acting]]){{Efn|[[Erin Tañada]] serving on acting capacity following the death of [[Edcel Lagman]].}}
| chairman      = [[Francis Pangilinan]]
| country          = the Philippines
<!--| abbreviation     = LP{{Efn|Even though "LP" is used as its official abbreviation, the term "Liberal" is also used as abbreviation, especially in Wikipedia's election results}}-->
| founders         = [[Manuel Roxas]]<br />[[Elpidio Quirino]]<br />[[José Avelino]]
| legalised        = 1946
| secretary_general = [[Teddy Baguilat|Teodoro Baguilat, Jr.]]
| spokesperson     = [[Leila de Lima|Leila M. de Lima]]
| foundation       = {{Start date and age|1946|1|19}}
| headquarters     = AGS Building, [[EDSA]], Guadalupe Viejo, [[Makati City]], [[Metro Manila|NCR]]
| split            = [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]
| think_tank       = Center for Liberalism and Democracy<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cld.ph/ |title=Home - CLD |publisher=Cld.ph |date=2022-01-31 |access-date=2022-03-13 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520002759/https://cld.ph/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| youth       = Liberal Youth<ref>{{Cite web | title=Liberal Youth {{!}} Makati | url=https://www.facebook.com/LiberalYouthPH | access-date=2025-09-06 | website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
| sectoral            = [[Mamamayang Liberal]]
| membership_year  = February 2025
| membership       = 20,000<ref>{{cite web |last1=Javier |first1=Paige |title=ML Party-list to bank on Liberal Party base, 'Pink Magic' in 2025 polls |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/22/ml-party-list-to-bank-on-liberal-party-base-pink-magic-in-2025-polls-1231 |publisher=ABS-CBN News |access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref>
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Liberalism]] ([[Liberalism in the Philippines|Filipino]])<ref name="Center-left" /><ref name="mindanao">Hutchcroft, P. (2016). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=iT8_DwAAQBAJ Mindanao: The Long Journey to Peace and Prosperity]'' Mandaluyong, Philippines: Anvil Publishing, Inc. Retrieved January 8, 2018.</ref> <br>[[Social liberalism]]<ref name="redefining">Pangilinan, Francis N. (2017). "[https://thediplomat.com/2017/01/redefining-the-liberal-partys-role-in-philippine-society/ Redefining the Liberal Party's Role in Philippine Society]" ''The Diplomat''. Retrieved May 25, 2022.</ref><br>
'''Faction:'''<br> [[Progressivism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/2022-look-ahead-Democracy-at-stake-in-Philippines-election-circus |title=Trudeau made pushing his agenda more complicated with failed bid for majority |quote=The only hope for a return to the glory days of the fight for freedom is current Vice President Leni Robredo, a liberal, whose campaign theme of "radical love" to undo Duterte's toxicity is gathering momentum. |work=[[Nikkei Asia]]|date=27 December 2021 |access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>}}
| position         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Centrism|Center]] to [[Centre-left politics|center-left]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Timberman|first1=David G.|title=A Changeless Land: Continuity and Change in Philippine Politics|date=September 16, 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781315487151|page=237|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8YYDQAAQBAJ&q=liberal+party+philippines+centrist&pg=PT237|access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name="esq">{{cite news |last1=Macaraeg |first1=Pauline |title=Who to Vote For? Get To Know the Political Parties in the Philippines|url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/politics/news/political-parties-in-the-philippines-a00287-20190127-lfrm |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |location=[[Philippines]] |date=January 27, 2019 |access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref>}}
| national         = [[KiBam]] (2025)<br> {{collapsible list|title=Former:|[[United Nationalist Democratic Organization|UNIDO]] (1980–1986)|[[Lakas ng Bayan|Laban]] (1987)|[[Koalisyong Pambansa]] (1992)|[[People Power Coalition|PPC]] (2001)|[[Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan|K4]] (2004)|[[Genuine Opposition]] (2007)|[[Benigno Aquino III 2010 presidential campaign|Liberal]] (2010)|[[Team PNoy]] (2013)|[[Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid|Daang Matuwid]] (2016)|[[Otso Diretso]] (2019)|[[Team Robredo–Pangilinan|TRoPa]] (2022)}}
| international    = [[Liberal International]]
| regional         = [[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]]
| colors           = {{nowrap|{{Color box|#0171bb|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]] {{Color box|#ec1b2e|border=darkgray}} [[Red]] {{Color box|#fcd116|border=darkgray}} [[Yellow]]}}<br /> {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Buff (colour)|Buff]] (customary)
| slogan           = ''Bago. Bukas. Liberal.'' (since 2020)<ref>In the [[Filipino language]], ''bago'' means "new", while ''bukas'' means either "tomorrow" (if used as a noun) or "open" (if used as either an adjective or a verb). ''Liberal'' has no equivalent in the Filipino language.</ref>
| website          = {{URL|http://liberal.ph/}}
| senate_seats           = {{Composition bar|1|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| house_seats           = {{Composition bar|6|317|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| governorships           = {{Composition bar|2|82|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| vice_governorships           = {{Composition bar|1|82|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| provincial_boards           = {{Composition bar|14|840|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
}}
The '''Liberal Party of the Philippines''' ({{langx|fil|Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas}}, '''LP''' or '''Liberal''') is a [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[political party]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://liberal.ph/frequently-asked-questions-joining-partido-liberal/|title=Frequently Asked Questions on joining Partido Liberal – Liberal Party of the Philippines|work=Liberal Party of the Philippines|access-date=July 8, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

Founded on January 19, 1946 by [[Manuel Roxas]], [[Elpidio Quirino]], and [[José Avelino]] from the breakaway liberal wing of the old [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]], the Liberal remains the second-oldest active political party in the Philippines after the Nacionalista, and the oldest continually active party. The Liberals served as the governing party of four Philippine presidents: [[Manuel Roxas]], [[Elpidio Quirino]], [[Diosdado Macapagal]], and [[Benigno Aquino III]].

As a vocal opposition party to the [[History of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos|dictatorship of]] their former member [[Ferdinand Marcos]], it reemerged as a major political party after the [[People Power Revolution]] and the establishment of the [[History of the Philippines (1986–present)|Fifth Republic]]. It subsequently served as a senior member of President [[Corazon Aquino]]'s [[United Nationalist Democratic Organization|UNIDO]] coalition. Upon [[Death and funeral of Corazon Aquino|Corazon Aquino's death]] in 2009, the party regained popularity, winning the [[2010 Philippine presidential election]] under [[Noynoy Aquino|Benigno Aquino III]] and returning it to government to serve from 2010 to 2016. This was the only instance the party had won the presidency since the end of the Marcos dictatorship, however, as it lost control of the office to [[Rodrigo Duterte]] of [[PDP–Laban]] in the [[2016 Philippine presidential election|2016 presidential election]] and became the leading opposition party once again. Its vice presidential candidate [[Leni Robredo]] won in the same election, narrowly beating Marcos' son by a small margin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/05/27/1587569/duterte-robredo-win-final-official-tally/|title=Duterte, Robredo win in final, official tally|work=Jovan Cerda|access-date=July 23, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>

The Liberal Party was the political party of the immediate past [[Vice President of the Philippines]]. In the [[2019 Philippine Senate election|2019 midterm elections]], the party remained the primary opposition party of the Philippines, holding three seats in the [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]]. The Liberals was the largest party outside of [[Coalition for Change (Philippines)|Rodrigo Duterte's supermajority]], holding 18 seats in the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] after 2019. In local government, the party held two [[List of current Philippine provincial governors|provincial governorships]] and five vice governorships. The general election of 2022, however, was a setback for the party, which lost both the Presidency and Vice-Presidency, as well as all of its seats in the Senate, and saw its representation in the House of Representatives reduced.

The Liberals remains an influential organization in [[Politics of the Philippines|contemporary Philippine politics]]. With moderately progressive positions on social issues and centrist positions on economic issues, it is commonly associated with the post-revolution, [[Liberal democracy|liberal-democratic]] status quo of the Philippines in contrast to [[authoritarianism]], [[conservatism]], and [[socialism]]. Aside from presidents, the party has been led by liberal thinkers and politicians including [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]], [[Jovito Salonga]], [[Raul Daza]], [[Florencio Abad]], [[Franklin Drilon]], and [[Mar Roxas]]. Two of its members, Corazon Aquino and [[Leila de Lima]], have received the prestigious [[Prize For Freedom]], one of the highest international awards for liberal and democratic politicians since 1985 given by Liberal International. The Liberals is a member of the [[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]] and [[Liberal International]].

==History==

=== Roxas presidency: 1946–1948 ===

==== 1946 elections: The Rise of Manuel Roxas ====
{{Main|Nacionalista Party}}

The Liberal Party started as the "Liberal Wing" of the [[Nacionalista Party]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Teehankee |first=Julio Cabral |author-link=Julio C. Teehankee |year=2020 |title=Factional Dynamics in Philippine Party Politics, 1900–2019 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1868103420913404 |journal=[[Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs]] |publisher=[[Sage Journals]] |volume=39 |issue=98–123 |pages=98–123 |doi=10.1177/1868103420913404 |via=}}</ref> led by [[Manuel Roxas]] and [[Elpidio Quirino]]. The Liberal Wing is formed due to intention of Roxas to run as president [[1946 Philippine presidential election|for the presidential election]] which he, and his supporters called and lobbied to the [[United States Congress]] to be early.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Oaminal |first=Clarence Paul |date=May 16, 2018 |title=Don Sergio S. Osmeña Sr. is betrayed by his Nacionalista senators in the 1946 election |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2018/05/16/1815641/don-sergio-s-osmea-sr-betrayed-his-nacionalista-senators-1946-election |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> When President [[Sergio Osmeña]] was officially selected as Nacionalista presidential nominee, Roxas and Quirino officially founded the "Liberal Wing" into Liberal Party in January 19, 1946.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jimenez |first=Josephus B. |title=Quo vadis, Liberal Party: Past, present and future |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2021/09/12/2126573/quo-vadis-liberal-party-past-present-and-future |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> Roxas and Quirino where the party's presidential and vice presidential nominee respectively, and became victorious over the administration ticket of Osmeña and [[Eulogio Rodriguez|Amang Rodriguez]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Calica |first=Aurea |date=December 27, 2007 |title=NP, LP gearing up for 2010 |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/12/27/35346/np-lp-gearing-2010 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>  After their presidential election performance, they dominated the [[1946 Philippine House of Representatives elections|House elections]] won the majority of 49 seats, and the [[1947 Philippine Senate election|senate race in 1947]] winning six over eight seats.

=== Quirino to Magsaysay's presidency: 1948–1957 ===

==== 1948: Quirino succeeds Roxas, but facing impeachment attempt ====
After the death of President Roxas in April 15, 1948 at [[Clark Air Base]], Pampanga, due to multiple heart attacks, Elpidio Quirino assumed the presidency.
[[File:Quirino-waving.jpg|thumb|Quirino waving to the crowd]]
Riding on the crest of the growing wave of resentment against Liberal, a move was next hatched to indict President Quirino himself.<ref name="Molina 1961">{{Cite book |last=Molina |first=Antonio |title=The Philippines: Through the Centuries |date=1961 |publisher=University of Santo Tomas Cooperative |location=Manila}}</ref> 

A committee of seven members of the House of Representatives, led by Congressman Agripino Escareal, drafted a five-count complaint that ranged from exorbitant spending to [[nepotism]]. A seven-member committee led by Representative [[Lorenzo Sumulong]] was created by Speaker [[Eugenio Pérez]] to investigate the charges before they were submitted to the Senate, serving as an impeachment body. Felix Angelo Bautista, the [[Office of the Solicitor General (Philippines)|Solicitor General]], arrived as the top executive's defense attorney.<ref name="Molina 1961" /> Following several hearings, on April 19, 1949, after a rather turbulent session that lasted all night, the congressional committee reached a verdict completely exonerating the President.

==== 1949 elections: Quirino reelected ====
For the [[1949 Philippine presidential election|1949 elections]], Quirino got the nomination of the party, while [[Jose Avelino]], the senate leader of the party ran under his own wing of the party. Quirino choose [[Fernando Lopez]] as vice presidential nominee while Avelino selected Senator [[Vicente Francisco]]. Qurino and Lopez won the election over Nacionalista's Jose P. Laurel (who is the president of the [[Second Philippine Republic|Japanese puppet-Republic]]) and [[Manuel Briones]], and Avelino and Francisco. But the said election is considered as one of the dirtiest,<ref>"The Magsaysay Story" (The John Day Company, 1956, updated – with an additional chapter on Magsaysay's death - re-edition by [[Pocket Books]], Special Student Edition, SP-18, December 1957)</ref><ref>[http://pcij.org/stories/lanaos-dirty-secrets/ Lana's dirty secrets] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916171429/http://pcij.org/stories/lanaos-dirty-secrets/|date=2017-09-16}} ''Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism'' Retrieved June 14, 2017</ref> with violence and fraud taking place.<ref>Hedman, Eva-Lotta & Side, John [https://books.google.com/books?id=X_lDpY3vj60C&dq=1949+philippine+election+fraud&pg=PA31 Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century: Colonial Legacies] Retrieved June 14, 2017</ref> As the news reports said that opponent's supporters are either beaten up by Quirino's supporters or the local police.<ref>Taylor, RH [https://books.google.com/books?id=X_lDpY3vj60C&dq=1949+philippine+election+fraud&pg=PA31 The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia] Retrieved June 14, 2017</ref> In the Senate, they swept out the whole 8 member ticket, while still maintaining majority at the House. 

==== 1953 elections: Magsaysay out, Liberal stumbled ====
For the [[1953 Philippine presidential election|1953 elections]], Liberal stalwart named [[Ramon Magsaysay]], who has been recruited by founding member Roxas to fulfill the party with fresh names, wants to snap the presidential nomination of the party. But Quirino has still plans for re-election. Another Liberal also wants to challenge Quirino as the presidential nominee, the [[Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations|country's representative to the United Nations]] [[Carlos P. Romulo]]. Quirino officially selected by the party, with [[José Yulo]] as his running-mate, because Lopez will join Romulo and his supporter's walk-out march out of the party. Magsaysay jumped to Nacionalista and got the party's nomination over one of its stalwarts Senate President [[Camilo Osías]] (who also jumped to Liberal with [[Jose Zulueta]]), in April 12, 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-09 |title=Nacionalista Nominated Magsaysay its Candidate for President |url=https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1490/april-12-1953-the-nacionalista-party-nominated-magsaysay-as-its-candidate-for-the-presidency |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=The Kahimyang Project |language=en}}</ref> Romulo and Lopez founded the [[Democratic Party (Philippines)|Democratic Party]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pace |first=Eric |date=December 16, 1985 |title=CARLOS P. ROMULO OF PHILIPPINES DIES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/16/world/carlos-p-romulo-of-philippines-dies.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> in May 29, 1953,<ref>{{Cite web |title=15. Philippines (1946-present) |url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/philippines-1946-present/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=uca.edu |language=en-US}}</ref> with the two founders selected as their presidential and vice presidential nominee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-27 |title=Fernando Lopez was born in Jaro, Iloilo April 13, 1904 |url=https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1481/today-in-philippine-history-april-13-1904-fernando-lopez-was-born-in-jaro-iloilo |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=The Kahimyang Project |language=en}}</ref> But later, the two cancelled their candidacy and supported Magsaysay's candidacy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cruz |first=Elfren S. |date=July 8, 2021 |title=Winning Philippine elections |url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2021/07/08/2110946/winning-philippine-elections |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Historical Documents - Office of the Historian | url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v12p2/d334 | access-date=2025-09-06 | website=history.state.gov}}</ref>

Quirino's campaign was bombarded by controversies and issues, like with one of party's member named [[Negros Occidental]] Governor Rafael Lacson, a corrupt politician who killed Moises Padilla, his challenger in 1951 elections, and friend of Magsaysay which popularized by a photograph taken with Magsaysay carrying Padilla's dead body, and also being used by the latter in his campaign.<ref name="Pimentel">{{cite web |title=Remembering President Ramón Magsaysay y Del Fierro: A Modern-Day Moses |url=http://www.mabuhayradio.com/content/view/430/51 |access-date=February 3, 2010 |archive-date=March 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318011411/http://www.mabuhayradio.com/content/view/430/51/ |url-status=dead }} A privileged speech by Senator [[Nene Pimentel]] delivered at the Senate, August 2001.</ref><ref name="time 1954">{{cite news |date=September 6, 1954 |title=The Philippines: Justice for the Governor |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,820089,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128092657/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,820089,00.html |archive-date=November 28, 2009 |access-date=February 3, 2010 |work=Time Magazine}}</ref> Another issues like he allegedly own a [[Golden arinola scandal|golden arinola]], corruption and nepotism, being out of touch to the mass due to his lavish lifestyle, and unresolving the Huk rebellion. Magsaysay and his running mate [[Carlos P. Garcia|Carlos Garcia]] won the election via landslide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jimenez |first=Josephus B. |date=September 10, 2021 |title=The historic saga of the Nacionalista Party |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2021/09/10/2126051/historic-saga-nacionalista-party |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> In the [[1953 Philippine presidential election|senate]], the whole Liberal slate was kicked out in the Magic 8, thus not winning any seats, while in the [[1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections|House]] they only won 31 seats.<ref name=":2">{{cite book |url=http://pcdspo.gov.ph/pub/201305may-election-almanac.php |title=Philippine Electoral Almanac |publisher=The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office |year=2013 |page=28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409023000/http://pcdspo.gov.ph/pub/201305may-election-almanac.php |archive-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[1955 Philippine Senate election|1955 Senate elections]], no Liberal again won any seat in the Senate.

=== Garcia to Macapagal's presidency: 1957–1965 ===

==== 1957 elections: Rise of Diosdado Macapagal ====
After the [[1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash|death of Magsaysay]], and succession of Garcia, Liberal fielded their former 1953 Vice Presidential nominee José Yulo, with Kapampangan [[Pampanga's 1st congressional district|1st district Congressman]] [[Diosdado Macapagal]] as his running mate for the [[1957 Philippine presidential election|1957 presidential elections]]. In a four-way race, Yulo lost to incumbent Garcia, but Macapagal managed to defeat former House Speaker [[Pepito Laurel]]. For the first time in electoral history of the Philippines, the winning president did not have a vice president who came from the same party.

==== 1961 elections: Liberal prevailed ====
For the [[1961 Philippine presidential election|1961 elections]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Meadows |first=Martin |date=1962 |title=Philippine Political Parties and the 1961 Election |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2753186 |journal=Pacific Affairs |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=261–274 |doi=10.2307/2753186 |jstor=2753186 |issn=0030-851X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Ilocano Senator [[Ferdinand Marcos]] wants to gain the nomination of the party to challenge Garcia's re-election bid, but Vice President Macapagal also wants to be the nominee of the party. Later, In January 1961, Marcos and Macapagal agreed that the latter will be the presidential nominee, while Marcos will be the new party president replacing Macapagal.<ref name=":8" /> Macapagal promised that he will only run for one term, and Marcos will be the nominee in after his term.<ref name=":9" /> Macapagal will challenge Garcia, choosing young Senator [[Emmanuel Pelaez]]. The two managed to defeat the administration ticket of Garcia and Senator [[Gil Puyat]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Soliven |first=Maximo V. |date=1962 |title=The Elections 1961 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42719757 |journal=Philippine Studies |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=3–31 |jstor=42719757 |issn=0031-7837}}</ref> 

==== Stonehill Scandal ====
{{Main|Stonehill scandal}}
In 1962, a [[Stonehill scandal|bribery scandal]] shocked the whole country which involves some of Liberal politicians, including President Macapagal,<ref name="Kasaysayan9ch2">{{Cite book |title=Kasaysayan, The Story of the Filipino People Volume 9:A Nation Reborn. |publisher=Asia Publishing Company Limited |year=1998 |editor-last=Magno |editor-first=Alexander R. |location=Hong Kong |chapter=A Web of Corruption}}</ref> and then-Senate President Marcos.<ref name="Kasaysayan9ch22">{{Cite book |title=Kasaysayan, The Story of the Filipino People Volume 9:A Nation Reborn. |publisher=Asia Publishing Company Limited |year=1998 |editor-last=Magno |editor-first=Alexander R. |location=Hong Kong |chapter=A Web of Corruption}}</ref><ref name="SaraSolivenDeGuzman20140526">{{Cite news |last=Soliven De Guzman |first=Sara |date=2014-05-26 |title=A ghost from the past – the Stonehill scandal |url=https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2014/05/26/1327283/ghost-past-stonehill-scandal |access-date=2019-01-25 |work=The [[Philippine Star]]}}</ref> Those bribed money are from a businessman named Harry Stonehill,<ref name="PhilipTubeza20020327">{{Cite news |last=Tubeza |first=Philip |date=2002-03-27 |title=Harry Stonehill is Dead |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2479&dat=20020327&id=ra41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1908,19087153 |access-date=2019-01-25 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> a former military officer of the United States who settled in the Philippines to make business.<ref name="Time19620810">{{cite news |date=August 10, 1962 |title=The Philippines: Smoke in Manila |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,873686,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428234039/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,873686,00.html |archive-date=April 28, 2007 |access-date=August 11, 2009 |magazine=Time}}</ref> But, after an argument with Meinhart Spielman, the general manager of his Philippine Tobacco Corporation, he made Spielman suffered physically and the latter revealed to the Senate a "blue book" that listed all of the Filipino politicians bribed.<ref name="case">{{cite web |date=1962-06-29 |title=HARRY S. STONEHILL, ROBERT P. BROOKS, JOHN J. BROOKS and KARL BECK, Petitioners, v. HON. JOSÉ W. DIOKNO, in his capacity as Secretary of Justice; JOSE LUKBAN, in his capacity as Acting Director, National Bureau of Investigation; Special Prosecutors PEDRO D. CENZON, EFREN I. PLANA and MANUEL VILLAREAL, JR. and ASST. FISCAL MANASES G. REYES, ET AL., Respondents. |url=https://www.chanrobles.com/cralaw/1962junedecisions.php?id=309}}</ref> But while Justice Secretary [[Jose W. Diokno|Jose "Pepe" Diokno]] investigated the scandal,<ref name="new">{{cite web |date=January 9, 2020 |title=New Times |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sba2oLR49E0C&q=harry+stonehill+spain+philippines+diokno}}</ref> Macapagal ordered the deportation of Stonehill, but the president's trust rating still plummeting.<ref name="new2">{{cite web |date=January 9, 2020 |title=New Times |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sba2oLR49E0C&q=harry+stonehill+spain+philippines+diokno}}</ref> Diokno later run for senate under Nacionalista banner.

=== Marcos' first two terms: 1965–1972 ===

==== 1965 elections: Broken promise, Marcos out ====
After Diosdado Macapagal's announcement of plan for re-election in [[1965 Philippine presidential election|1965]], Marcos, like what Magsaysay did, jumped into Nacionalista by April 1964, and selected as its presidential nominee.<ref name=":0" /> Meanwhile, Macapagal selected [[Gerardo Roxas]], son of the founder to be his running-mate. The campaign of Macapagal and Roxas focused against Marcos' [[Military career of Ferdinand Marcos|false military medals]]. The two failed to defeat Marcos, and his running mate Fernando Lopez, who is the Vice President under Quirino, and also a former Liberal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gloria |first=Glenda |date=2022-03-05 |title=[ANALYSIS] How Ferdinand Marcos' 1965 election campaign turned Central Luzon into a war zone |url=https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/analysis-how-ferdinand-marcos-1965-election-campaign-turned-central-luzon-war-zone/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== 1967 elections: Rise of Ninoy Aquino ====
In [[1967 Philippine Senate election|1967 elections]], the only one from the Liberal slate was elected from the 8 senate seats contested is [[Ninoy Aquino]], a former Nacionalista who is known for being an associate of Ramon Magsaysay. Aquino managed to gather 49.52% of the votes. 

==== 1969 elections: Dirty elections faced ====
For the [[1969 Philippine presidential election|1969 elections]], Liberal will field [[Sergio Osmeña Jr.|Serging Osmeña]], son of the Nacionalista founder [[Sergio Osmeña]] as their presidential nominee. Osmeña ran for vice presidency in 1961 as an independent and placed second. The party also recruited Magsaysay's brother [[Genaro Magsaysay|Genaro]] to be his running-mate. Both of them lost to the incumbents, but the election year was considered as one of the dirtiest elections in history, like 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Villareal |first=Manolo A. |date=2022-02-13 |title=The 1969 election: A critical turning point |url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/149777/the-1969-election-a-critical-turning-point |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> 

==== 1971: The Plaza Miranda bombing ====
After what happened to [[Plaza Miranda bombing]],<ref name=":32">{{cite book |last=Hamilton-Paterson |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-L4PBAAAQBAJ&q=ninoy+tipped+plaza+miranda&pg=PT278 |title=America's Boy: The Marcoses and the Philippines |date=August 21, 2014 |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=9780571320196}}</ref> Liberal won five seats. In Manila mayoral election, the party chose Congressman [[Ramon Bagatsing]] instead of incumbent [[Antonio Villegas]]. Villegas left the party, and Bagatsing won the mayoral election.

=== Martial law and Fourth Republic era ===

==== Being threat to Marcos ====
During the [[History of the Philippines (1965–1986)#The Marcos administration (1965–1972)|days leading to his declaration of martial law]], Marcos would find his old party as a potent roadblock to his quest for [[Dictatorship|one-man rule]]. Led by [[Ninoy Aquino]], [[Gerry Roxas]] and [[Jovito Salonga]], Liberal would hound President Marcos on issues like [[human rights]] and the curtailment of [[freedoms]]. Even after Marcos' [[Proclamation No. 1081|declaration of martial law]] silenced the Liberal, the party continued to oppose the regime, and many of its leaders and members would be prosecuted and even killed during this time.<ref name="Center-left">{{cite book |last1=Dayley |first1=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCrTDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA195 |title=Southeast Asia In The New International Era |date=2016 |publisher=Avalon |isbn=9780813350110 |access-date=April 19, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Melted">{{cite news |date=January 21, 2017 |title='Melted?' Liberal Party meets for 71st anniversary |url=http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/158997-liberal-party-anniversary |access-date=April 19, 2017 |work=Rappler}}</ref>

==== 1978 elections ====
For the incoming [[1978 Philippine parliamentary election|1978 parliamentary elections]], some Liberal members joined the [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan]], a regime-controlled coalition, while others joined Ninoy Aquino's [[Lakas ng Bayan]] (LABAN). With many preferring not to be involved, the ''Liberal'' went to hibernation, but the party became more liberal during this era.<ref name=":03">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Philippines - Local government |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Philippines/Local-government#ref387454 |access-date=July 24, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

==== 1981 boycott ====
After Marcos lifted Martial Law with ''Proclamation 2045'', on January 17, 1981,<ref name="GovPH-PP2045">{{cite web |date=January 17, 1981 |title=Proclamation No. 2045, s. 1981 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1981/01/17/proclamation-no-2045-s-1981/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202194842/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1981/01/17/proclamation-no-2045-s-1981/ |archive-date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=June 2, 2020 |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}</ref> Liberal joined [[United Nationalist Democratic Organization]] (UNIDO), the main coalition of the opposition. But UNIDO and LABAN declared a boycott due to   Marcos did not accept the demand of UNIDO like to clean the voters' list, revamping of the [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|Commission on Elections]] (COMELEC), and accreditation of UNIDO as the minority. This caused for Marcos to be reportedly dismayed as he could not legitimize the election without a viable opposition candidate.<ref name="Celoza">{{Cite book |last=Celoza |first=Albert |title=Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines: The Political Economy of Authoritarianism |publisher=Praeger Publishers |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-275-94137-6 |pages=73–76}}</ref> 

==== 1986 snap elections ====
Liberal stalwarts joined UNIDO with Nacionalista, and PDP–Laban members, they supported the candidacy of [[Corazon Aquino|Cory Aquino]] and [[Salvador Laurel|Doy Laurel]] for the [[1986 Philippine presidential election|1986 election]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Pollard, Vincent Kelly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L37RZlzA530C&pg=PA50 |title=Globalization, democratization and Asian leadership: power sharing, foreign policy and society in the Philippines and Japan |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7546-1539-2 |page=50}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Parnell, Philip C. |title=Crime's power: anthropologists and the ethnography of crime |publisher=Palgrave-Macmillan |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-4039-6179-2 |editor1=Parnell, Philip C. |page=214 |chapter=Criminalizing Colonialism: Democracy Meets Law in Manila |editor2=Kane, Stephanie C. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j2hpz4_fob4C&pg=PA214}}</ref> In the said election, violence was rampant and cheating scandals and controversies arose,<ref name="NSM">{{cite book |last1=Zunes |first1=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlIH-NQbFQgC&pg=PA129 |title=Nonviolent Social Movements: A Geographical Perspective |last2=Asher |first2=Sarah Beth |last3=Kurtz |first3=Lester |date=November 5, 1999 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-57718-076-0 |page=129 |access-date=May 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107165602/https://books.google.com/books?id=rlIH-NQbFQgC&pg=PA129 |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NAMFREL |url=http://www.namfrel.com.ph/v2/photogallery/1986-tallyboard2.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809053035/http://www.namfrel.com.ph/v2/photogallery/1986-tallyboard2.php |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |access-date=September 20, 2016 |website=www.namfrel.com.ph}}</ref> with COMELEC officers walked out of the PICC, the place where COMELEC transmission of data happens.<ref name="militaryIntervention1986197">{{cite web |date=October 3, 1990 |title=The Final Report of the Fact-Finding Commission: IV: Military Intervention in the Philippines: 1986 – 1987 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1990/10/03/the-final-report-of-the-fact-finding-commission-iv-military-intervention-in-the-philippines-1986-1987/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021023713/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1990/10/03/the-final-report-of-the-fact-finding-commission-iv-military-intervention-in-the-philippines-1986-1987/ |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |publisher=Official Gazette of the Government of the Philippines}}</ref> The election victory of Marcos prompted [[People Power Revolution]] in February 25 of the same year.<ref>{{Citation |last=Crisostomo |first=Isabelo T. |title=Cory, Profile of a President: The Historic Rise to Power of Corazon |date=April 1, 1987 |page=257 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iW_ddLowBYkC&pg=PA257 |access-date=December 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107165557/https://books.google.com/books?id=iW_ddLowBYkC&pg=PA257 |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |url-status=live |publisher=Branden Books |isbn=978-0-8283-1913-3}}.</ref>

=== First Aquino to Ramos' presidency: 1986–1992 ===

==== Under Aquino Administration ====
After democracy was restored after the [[People Power Revolution]], some of the Liberal stalwarts was instrumental in ending more than half a century of US military presence in the Philippines with its campaign in the 1991 senate to reject a new RP-US Bases Treaty which mainly led by their veteran [[Jovito Salonga]]. This ironically cost the party dearly, losing for it the [[1992 Philippine Senate election|elections of 1992]].<ref name="Melted" />

==== 1992 elections ====
Liberal and the PDP–Laban formed a coalition named [[Koalisyong Pambansa]], it also supported the candidacy of Salonga, as president and [[Nene Pimentel]] as vice president for the 1992. But both of them lost to Aquino's preferred candidate and Defense Secretary [[Fidel V. Ramos|Fidel Ramos]], and Senator [[Joseph Estrada]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jimenez |first=Josephus B. |date=2021-07-09 |title=Learning from the 1992 and 1998 presidential polls |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2021/07/09/2111243/learning-1992-and-1998-presidential-polls/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.philstar.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== 1995 elections ====
Liberal won 5 seats in the [[1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections|House elections]], but the party did not have any senatorial candidate.

=== Estrada's presidency: 1998–2001 ===

==== 1998 elections: Alfredo Lim ====
In [[1998 Philippine presidential election|1998]], Liberal fielded Manila Mayor [[Alfredo Lim]] as their presidential candidate, with [[Serge Osmeña]] as his running mate. Serge Osmeña is the son of the party's former presidential nominee. The two is supported by former president Corazon Aquino.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AP |url=https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=03070823943cf1b142a983e3ccbf1d89&mediatype=video&source=youtube |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=newsroom.ap.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1, 1998 |title=Will 'Cory Magic' work wonders for Lim run? |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19980301&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Manila Standard}}</ref> But the tandem lost to Vice President Joseph Estrada and Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, daughter of their 1961 presidential nominee respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cayabyab |first=Marc Jayson |date=August 9, 2020 |title=Fred Lim, senator, mayor, tough cop, 90 |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/08/09/2033942/fred-lim-senator-mayor-tough-cop-90 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

==== EDSA Dos ====
In 2000, it was in opposition to the [[Presidency of Joseph Estrada|Estrada administration]], actively supporting the Resign-Impeach-Oust initiatives that led to [[Second EDSA Revolution|People Power II]].<ref name="Center-left" /><ref name="Melted" /> 

=== Arroyo's presidency: 2001–2010 ===

==== 2001: People Power Coalition ====
After Estrada being kicked out of the Presidency, Liberal joined the administration's [[People Power Coalition]] for the [[2001 Philippine Senate election|2001 elections]], with former Quezon City councilor [[Francis Pangilinan|Kiko Pangilinan]] and former Senator [[Wigberto Tañada|Bobby Tañada]] as the party's senatorial candidate. Among the two, Pangilinan only managed to win, placing 8th with 10,971,896 votes.

==== 2004: K-4 and Rise of Mar Roxas ====
For the [[2004 Philippine general election|2004 elections]], Liberal joined the [[Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan|K-4 coalition]] of President Arroyo, with former Congressman and Gerry Roxas' son [[Mar Roxas|Mar]] and Senator [[Rodolfo Biazon]] are the candidates of the Liberal. Both of them won, with Roxas placed 2nd,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clapano |first=Jose Rodel |date=July 5, 2004 |title=The new faces at the Senate |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2004/07/05/256410/new-faces-senate |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> while Biazon placed 12th.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2004 |title=Biazon, pang-12 senador |url=https://www.philstar.com/bansa/2004/07/01/255982/biazonpang-12-senador |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> Biazon's victory was protested by 13th placer Senator [[Robert Barbers]] (who is also a K-4 member), but the case filed by Barbers later dismissed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aravilla |first=Jose |date=July 1, 2004 |title=Barbers loses case vs Biazon |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2004/07/01/255961/barbers-loses-case-vs-biazon |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

==== 2007 elections: GO and Noynoy ====
After the [[Hello Garci scandal|revelation that Arroyo cheated]] in the presidential elections, many Liberal members who are part of the cabinet of Arroyo [[Hyatt 10|resigned in 2005]], thus joining the opposition, including party stalwart [[Florencio Abad|Butch Abad]].<ref name="formed">{{cite news |date=July 9, 2009 |title=How 'Hyatt 10' was formed |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090709-214576/How-Hyatt-10-was-formed |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210223036/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090709-214576/How-Hyatt-10-was-formed |archivedate=February 10, 2012 |access-date=September 24, 2011 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.}}</ref> For the [[2007 Philippine Senate election|2007 elections]], Liberal fielded a candidate, the son of Ninoy and Cory, Tarlac Congressman [[Benigno Aquino III|Noynoy Aquino]]. Kiko Pangilinan also ran for re-election in senate, but as an independent and still under Liberal,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clapano |first=Jose Rodel |date=February 28, 2007 |title=It's final: Kiko to go it alone |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/02/28/387163/its-final-kiko-go-it-alone |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>after being kicked out by [[Genuine Opposition]] (GO), which Aquino is a member.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2007 |title=GO sumabog kay Kiko! |url=https://www.philstar.com/bansa/2007/03/03/387616/go-sumabog-kay-kiko |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> Aquino managed to win the senate elections, placing 6th and Pangilinan placed 5th.

==== Drilon-Roxas wing vs Atienza wing ====
Some Liberal members installed [[Mayor of Manila|Manila Mayor]] [[Lito Atienza]] as the party president wayback March 2, 1998, even though that time former Congressman and then-Senate candidate [[Raul Daza]] is officially serving as the party president. What pro-Atienza wing did triggered leadership struggle and party schism lasted after Daza's leadership.

Liberal met on November 27, 2007, to decide who would succeed [[Franklin Drilon]] as the party president and to hold an election for his replacement. Both Noynoy Aquino and his Senate colleague Mar Roxas received nominations, but Aquino emerged victorious as the party's president, while Roxas is set to be the presidential nominee.<ref name=":04">{{Cite web |last=Clapano |first=Jose Rodel |date=November 27, 2007 |title=LP picks Roxas as president |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2007/11/27/30000/lp-picks-roxas-president |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> The former chairman and head of the "Atienza faction" or "Pro-Arroyo faction," DENR secretary Lito Atienza, congratulated him, but he later condemned the election and referred to Drilon and his supporters as a "merry cabal of destabilizers". He added that the other group had disregarded the Supreme Court's injunction to maintain the status quo.<ref name=":04" /> Later, Supreme Court recognized the Drilon Wing as the sole legitimate wing of the Liberal.

=== Liberal's resurgence under Noynoy Aquino's presidency: 2010–2016 ===

==== 2010: Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III administration ====
{{Main|Benigno Aquino III 2010 presidential campaign|Mar Roxas 2010 presidential campaign}}

Liberal regained influence when it nominated as its next presidential candidate then-Senator Benigno Aquino III,<ref name="Melted" /> the son of former President [[Corazon Aquino]], for the [[2010 Philippine presidential election]] after the [[Death and funeral of Corazon Aquino|latter's death]] that subsequently showed a groundswell of support for his candidacy.<ref name="the-diplomat.com">{{cite web|title=Candidate Profiles: Benigno Simeon 'Noynoy' Cojuangco Aquino III|url=https://thediplomat.com/philippines-election-2010/candidate-profiles/|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-06-09|publisher=The-diplomat.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412115449/https://thediplomat.com/philippines-election-2010/candidate-profiles/|archive-date=2010-04-12}}</ref> Even though the party had earlier nominated Mar Roxas to be its presidential candidate for the [[2010 Philippine general election]], Roxas gave way to Aquino and instead ran for vice president. The party was able to field new members breaking away from the then-ruling party [[Lakas–CMD|Lakas–Kampi–CMD]], becoming the largest minority party in Congress.<ref name="Center-left" /><ref name="Melted" /><ref name="left">{{cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/aquino-backs-interior-minister-roxas-to-be-next-president|title=Aquino backs interior minister Roxas to be next president|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|date=August 1, 2015|access-date=April 19, 2017}}</ref> Aquino would later win by plurality, and Liberal would become the majority party in Congress.<ref name="aquinopromisesjusticeasphilippinespresident">{{cite web|title=Aquino promises justice as Philippines president - Yahoo! News|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_aquino|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615002143/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_aquino|archive-date=2010-06-15}}</ref>

But, some incidents like the appointment of party president [[Jun Abaya]] and mismanagement of the [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)]] cost the party's next presidential elections.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cabacungan |first=Gil C. |date=2015-11-08 |title='Abaya must go, but Aquino will keep him' |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/737868/abaya-must-go-but-aquino-will-keep-him |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> 

==== 'Twerk na daan' controversy ====
On October 1, 2015, during an oath-taking event and birthday celebration of Liberal Congressman [[Benjamin Agarao Jr.|Benjamin Agarao]] of [[Laguna's 4th congressional district|Laguna's 4th district]], [[Chairperson of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority|MMDA Chairman]] [[Francis Tolentino]] hired all-girl dance group ''Playgirls'' to perform at the said event. One of the dancers was seen on the top of an unidentified male who was lying on his back simulating a sexual act or [[twerking]], and the said event has minors in the audience.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero |first=Alexis |date=October 2, 2015 |title=LP to probe 'sexy dancers' incident in Laguna event |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/10/02/1506547/lp-probe-sexy-dancers-incident-laguna-event |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EDITORYAL – 'Twerk' na daan |url=https://www.philstar.com/pang-masa/punto-mo/2015/10/05/1507639/editoryal-twerk-na-daan |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> Liberal leader Mar Roxas, who is absent at the said event, started an investigation about the incident, while labor groups and some women's rights advocates filed charges against Tolentino.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MARCELO |first=ELIZABETH |date=2015-10-07 |title=Complaint filed vs. MMDA chair Tolentino over Playgirls performance |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/539798/complaint-filed-vs-mmda-chair-tolentino-over-playgirls-performance/story/ |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref> The said controversy was coined by columnist and critics as '''Twerk na Daan''<nowiki/>' (which was combination of the word "twerk" and "Tuwid na daan" campaign of Aquino).<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2015 |title=EDITORYAL – 'Twerk' na daan |url=https://www.philstar.com/pang-masa/punto-mo/2015/10/05/1507639/editoryal-twerk-na-daan |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

==== 2016 elections: Oras Na, Roxas Na! ====
{{Main|Mar Roxas 2016 presidential campaign}}

In the [[2016 Philippine presidential election|2016 presidential elections]], the Liberal nominated Mar Roxas, former [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Department of Transportation and Communications]] (DoTC) and [[Department of the Interior and Local Government]] (DILG) secretary, and [[Leni Robredo]], a representative from Naga City and widow of [[Jessie Robredo|Jesse Robredo]], the DILG secretary who preceded Roxas, as the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates. Roxas defeated by former member [[Rodrigo Duterte]] of PDP–Laban, but Robredo managed to win. Most of the party's members either switched allegiance to [[PDP–Laban]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Key LP members jump ship to PDP–Laban |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/568543/key-lp-members-jump-ship-to-pdp-laban/story/ |access-date=July 8, 2018 |work=GMA News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=More LP lawmakers, local officials jump ship to admin party |url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/05/11/10-congressmen-jump-ship-to-PDP-Laban.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717042521/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/05/11/10-congressmen-jump-ship-to-PDP-Laban.html |archive-date=July 17, 2017 |access-date=July 8, 2018 |work=CNN Philippines |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Avendaño |first=Christine O. |title=LP disowns Agusan del Sur execs who jumped ship to PDP–Laban |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/967945/lp-disowns-agusan-del-sur-execs-who-jumped-ship-to-pdp-laban |access-date=July 8, 2018 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en}}</ref> joined a supermajority alliance but retained their Liberal membership (with some defecting later), joined the "recognized minority", or created an opposition bloc called "Magnificent 7".

=== Liberal being purged under Duterte's presidency: 2016–2022 ===

==== Post-2016 elections ====
After its loss in the 2016 elections, as early as February 2017, the leaders of the Liberal chose to focus on rebuilding the party by inviting sectoral representation of non-politicians in its membership numbers.<ref>{{cite news |title=LP rebuilding to focus on non-politicians: Robredo |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/02/09/17/lp-rebuilding-to-focus-on-non-politicians-robredo |access-date=November 27, 2018 |work=ABS-CBN News|date=February 9, 2017}}</ref> Since then the party had been inducting new members who were non-politicians, some of whom applied online through the party's website.<ref>{{cite news |title=Robredo swears in new Liberal Party members in Negros Occidental |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/205021-robredo-swears-in-negros-occidental-liberal-party-members |access-date=November 27, 2018 |work=Rappler|date=June 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New blood: Liberal Party welcomes 'non-politicians' into fold |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/187751-liberal-party-new-members-non-politicians-oath-taking |access-date=November 27, 2018 |work=Rappler|date=November 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Robredo administers oath to 67 new LP members from Negros Occidental |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1748167 |access-date=November 27, 2018 |work=SunStar|date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> Also, Senator [[Leila de Lima]], who was pushing probe into alleged extrajudicial deaths in the early months of [[Philippine drug war|Duterte's war on drugs]], was arrested in 2017 based on charges linked to the [[New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal|drug trafficking scandal]] in [[New Bilibid Prison]], which the party claimed as only a product of harassment and trumped-up charges against opposing the president.<ref name="press release2" /> Also, it prompted them to review its party rules and principles.<ref name=":10" /><ref name="press release2" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" />

==== 2019 elections: Otso Diretso ====
Before the scheduled [[2019 Philippine general election|2019 general elections]], the Liberal formed [[Otso Diretso]], an electoral coalition of eight candidates for the senate race; led by the party, the coalition field also comprised members of the Magdalo, Akbayan, and [[Aksyon Demokratiko|Aksyon]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/10/27/forecasting-the-2019-campaign/|title=Forecasting the 2019 campaign|work=Manila Bulletin|access-date=November 23, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=November 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123201049/https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/10/27/forecasting-the-2019-campaign/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/216829-strengthen-filipinos-human-rights-awareness-opposition-senatorial-candidates|title=Strengthen human rights awareness of Filipinos, say opposition bets|work=Rappler|access-date=November 23, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/10/25/1863045/benigno-aquino-iii-leni-robredo-endorse-opposition-senate-12|title=Benigno Aquino III, Leni Robredo endorse opposition Senate 12|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref> None of the eight senatorial candidates under Otso Diretso won a seat, however; it was the first time in the history of the current [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] composition of the [[Congress of the Philippines|Philippine Congress]] under the [[1987 Constitution of the Philippines|1987 Constitution]] that the opposition failed to win a seat in one of the chambers, and the second time that a Liberal-led coalition suffered a great loss since [[1955 Philippine Senate election|1955]].

=== Second Marcos presidency: 2022–present ===

==== 2022: Leni Robredo's presidential campaign ====
For the [[2022 Philippine presidential election]], the Liberal nominated Leni Robredo and [[Francis Pangilinan]] for the presidential and vice presidential posts, respectively.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|last=Tan|first=Lara|date=October 7, 2021|title=VP Robredo to run for president in 2022|language=en|work=CNN Philippines|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/10/7/Leni-Robredo-president-2022-elections.html|url-status=dead|access-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007031325/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/10/7/Leni-Robredo-president-2022-elections.html|archive-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Panti|first1=Llanesca|date=October 7, 2021|title=Kiko Pangilinan is Robredo's running-mate in Eleksyon 2022 —sources|work=GMA News Online|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/806087/kiko-pangilinan-is-robredo-s-running-mate-in-eleksyon-2022-source/story/?just_in|url-status=live|access-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007224118/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/806087/kiko-pangilinan-is-robredo-s-running-mate-in-eleksyon-2022-source/story/?just_in|archive-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref> The party led the [[Team Robredo–Pangilinan]] (TRoPa) alliance, which included incumbent senator De Lima, other members of the Liberal, and several guest candidates from other parties such as Akbayan, as well as independents. Robredo ran as an independent candidate whilst remaining affiliated with Liberal. Both candidates lost the election to [[Bongbong Marcos]] and [[Sara Duterte]], respectively, finishing second. While some candidates from the Liberal-led alliance were elected, no candidate from the party won a seat in the senatorial elections, for the first time since the 1995 elections.

==== 2025: KiBam and Mamamayang Liberal ====
In May 2024, [[Bam Aquino]] left Liberal to pursue the Senate race as an independent candidate, but later joined the [[Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino]] (KNP) and became its party chair.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PANTI |first=LLANESCA T. |date=2024-05-14 |title=Ex-senator Bam Aquino leaves LP |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/906665/ex-senator-bam-aquino-leaves-lp/story/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref> Also of the same year, several Liberals led by De Lima formed a sectoral wing called [[Mamamayang Liberal]] (ML) for the 2025 House of Representatives elections for party-list seats. De Lima, who was released from detainment in November 2023, was selected as ML's first nominee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2024 |title=De Lima Leads Nominees Of LP-Backed Party-List |url=https://www.onenews.ph/articles/de-lima-leads-nominees-of-lp-backed-party-list |website=OneNews.ph}}</ref> Former senator and vice presidential candidate [[Kiko Pangilinan]] was the Liberal's sole candidate for the senatorial elections. Pangilinan and the Liberals formed a coalition with KNP to form a [[KiBam|coalition duo]] with Bam Aquino for the [[2025 Philippine Senate election|2025 senate election]].

The duo won the senate race and entered in the magic 12 as Aquino ranked 2nd and Pangilinan ranked 5th, resulting that they will returning in the upper house. Also the Mamamayang Liberal won the party-list race garnering with 500,000+ votes thus guaranteeing one seat in the House of Representatives. Even though de Lima joined minority in the House, Aquino and Pangilinan joined majority in the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magsambol |first=Bonz |date=2025-07-28 |title=It's official: Aquino, Pangilinan join Senate majority |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/aquino-pangilinan-join-senate-majority-20th-congress/ |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Ideology ==
While the Liberal Party defines its ideology as [[social liberalism]],<ref>[https://liberal.ph/values-charter/ Values Charter – Liberal Party of the Philippines]</ref> the party has often been described as a "[[Centrism|centrist]]" or "[[Liberalism|liberal]]" party. Historically, the Liberal Party has been evaluated as a "[[Conservatism|conservative]]" party,<ref>{{cite book|editor=Roger C. Thompson |title=The Pacific Basin since 1945: An International History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BT-gBAAAQBAJ&dq=Philippines+Liberal+Party+conservative-liberal&pg=PA36 |quote= ... The investment parity provision aroused much Filipino opposition and was only accepted because of a narrow electoral victory in April 1946 by the conservative pro-American Liberal Party. Smear tactics and money power assisted this ... |date=2014 |page=36 |publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=9781317875307 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor=Jennifer Franco |title=Elections and Democratization in the Philippines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LIkECwAAQBAJ&dq=conservative+%22Liberal+Party%22+Philippines&pg=PT46 |quote= ... the Nacionalista Party and the Liberal Party, were the exclusive domain of the Philippine elite and exhibited similarly conservative orientations in ... |date=2020 |publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=9781136541919 }}</ref> with an ideology similar to or indistinguishable from the [[Nacionalista Party]]'s ideology,<ref>{{Cite news |title=The decline of Philippine political parties |language=en-US |work=BusinessWorld |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/the-decline-of-philippine-political-parties/ |access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Daniel B. |first=Schimer |url=https://archive.org/details/philippinesreade00schi/page/150 |title=The Philippines Reader: A History of Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Dictatorship and Resistance |publisher=South End Press |year=1987 |isbn=9780896082755 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/philippinesreade00schi/page/150 150]}}</ref> until it became the opposition party under the [[Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos|Marcos dictatorship]], wherein it became more liberal.<ref>{{Cite news |title=What Is Liberalism, and Why Is It Such a Dirty Word? |work=Esquiremag.ph |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/politics/liberalism-a1655-20170407-lfrm |access-date=July 22, 2018}}</ref> Being a founding member of the [[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]] and a full member of [[Liberal International]], the Liberal Party advocates the values of "[[freedom]], [[justice]] and [[solidarity]] (''[[Communal work|bayanihan]]'')," as described in the party's values charter.<ref>{{cite web |title=LP Statement Archives – Liberal Party of the Philippines |url=https://liberal.ph/category/lp/press-statement/ |access-date=November 23, 2018 |website=Liberal Party of the Philippines |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Frequently Asked Questions on joining Partido Liberal – Liberal Party of the Philippines |language=en-US |work=Liberal Party of the Philippines |url=https://liberal.ph/frequently-asked-questions-joining-partido-liberal/ |access-date=July 22, 2018}}</ref>  Although this may be deemed theoretically true since the party's founding in 1946, it became more tangible through the party's position of continuing dissent during the Marcos dictatorship.

Since 2017, the party has opened party membership to the general public and to [[Civil society|key sectors of society]], aiming to harness a large [[volunteering]] base. According to the party, this aims to ostensibly build on "the promise of becoming a true people's party".

=== Symbols ===
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The Liberal Party is associated with the color [[yellow]], a [[Political colour|political color]] commonly associated with [[liberalism]]. During the [[People Power Revolution]], opposition parties against the Marcos dictatorship, including the Liberal, used [[Yellow ribbon|yellow ribbons]] as a symbol of resistance and support for [[Ninoy Aquino]], one of the leading politicians against the regime. The color would later be co-opted by his son, [[Benigno Aquino III]], as well as the Liberal, for his [[Benigno Aquino III 2010 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] in 2010, which he later won.

After his presidency, yellow continued to be associated with the party, which became the leading opposition party against the presidency of their former member Rodrigo Duterte. The [[pejorative]] term ''[[wiktionary:dilawan|dilawan]]'' ({{Translation|yellowed ones}}), associated with the liberal elite, has been used against the party and other critics of the Duterte administration.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-27 |title=Beyond the Yellow and Red Politics of the Philippines - Democratic Erosion |url=https://www.democratic-erosion.com/2019/11/27/beyond-the-yellow-and-red-politics-of-the-philippines/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=democratic-erosion.org |language=en-US}}</ref> In an effort to distance herself from the negative connotations of the color and unite various opposition groups, then party chair [[Leni Robredo]] adopted the color [[pink]] for her [[Leni Robredo 2022 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-06 |title=Leni Robredo: The woman leading the Philippines' 'pink revolution' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61318519 |access-date=2024-12-27 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Both pink and yellow are currently used by the party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abad |first=Michelle |date=2024-10-05 |title=LP eyes House comeback through De Lima-led Mamamayang Liberal |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/lp-eyes-house-comeback-through-de-lima-led-mamamayang-liberal/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US |quote=Mamamayang Liberal kicked off the filing of certificates of candidacy early Saturday by gathering supporters — who were asked to wear yellow or pink — at the Quirino Grandstand.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bordey |first=Hana |date=2024-08-16 |title=Bato claims Marcos people allying with Reds, Yellows vs. Duterte |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/917341/bato-claims-marcos-people-allying-with-reds-yellows-vs-duterte/story/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref>

== Current political positions ==
The party has declared policies geared toward [[Social exclusion|inclusiveness]] and [[Empowerment|people empowerment]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liberal Party of the Philippines |url=https://cald.org/member-parties/liberal-party-of-the-philippines/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=CALD}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> It also advocates and supports secure [[Job security|jobs]], [[Food security|food]], [[Housing|shelter]], [[universal health care]], [[Free education|public education access]], and other [[social services]], and is against [[extrajudicial killing]]s, any challenge to the [[rule of law]], and curtailments of [[human rights]] strictures. The party also aims to form an [[Open government#Asia|open government]] with [[participatory democracy]], positions that have been supported by the party's recent leaders.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-09 |title=Leni, Kiko vow to uphold transparency, participatory governance |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1167338 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Philippine News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gregorio |first=Xave |title='Gobyernong Tapat': A look at Robredo's platform and the people around her |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/02/27/2161729/gobyernong-tapat-look-robredos-platform-and-people-around-her |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>

===Economic policy===
* Improve [[social safety net]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Philippines: Leni Robredo: A symbol of hope |url=https://www.freiheit.org/philippines/leni-robredo-symbol-hope |access-date=2022-05-31 |newspaper=Friedrich Naumann Foundation |date=May 6, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=VP Leni ensures social protection for all workers if elected President - Office of the Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines |url=https://ovp.gov.ph/post/vp-leni-ensures-social-protection-all-workers-if-elected-president.html |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=ovp.gov.ph}}</ref>
* Impose 1% [[wealth tax]] on individuals with [[Net (economics)|net value]] [[asset]]s exceeding [[Philippine peso|₱]]1 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robredo open to taxing super rich, but says this alone can't solve inequality |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2022/01/21/2155468/robredo-open-taxing-super-rich-says-alone-cant-solve-inequality |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>
* Create [[tax exemption]]s for selected products.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lalu |first=Gabriel Pabico |date=2022-03-25 |title=Robredo favors tax exemptions over outright fuel excise tax suspension |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1573605/robredo-favors-tax-exemptions-over-outright-oil-excise-tax-suspension |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref>
* Maximize the budget windfall of [[local government]]s for [[Poverty reduction|antipoverty]] projects.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Marlon |date=2022-03-20 |title=Robredo pushes development projects |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1570767/robredo-pushes-devt-projects |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref>
* Increase [[minimum wage]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robredo's Labor Day promise: Wage hike for PH workers |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/05/01/robredos-labor-day-promise-wage-hike-for-ph-workers/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Manila Bulletin |date=May 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Declare and address an "education crisis",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robredo to address 'educational crisis' with 'all hands on deck' approach |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/04/08/robredo-to-address-educational-crisis-with-all-hands-on-deck-approach/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Manila Bulletin |date=April 8, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> increase the education budget to 6% of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]], streamline [[teacher]]s' function,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Labesig |first=Vergel |title=TOP EDUCATION LEADERS RENEW SUPPORT FOR LENI-KIKO TANDEM |url=https://thepost.net.ph/news/kabataan-sa-halalan/top-education-leaders-renew-support-for-leni-kiko-tandem/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=The POST |language=en-US}}</ref> and establish [[special education]] (SPED) centers in all public schools.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2016-07-18 |title=Robredo wants SPED centers in all public schools |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/140136-leni-robredo-special-education-centers-public-schools-children-disabilities/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Develop an [[Social innovation|inter-sectoral approach and convergence of roles]] for the attainment of a functioning [[universal health care]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/health_magazine/_6_Healthbeat_Sept-Oct_2016_Edition_as_of_3717.pdf|title=Keynote Address: Vice President Maria Leonor S. Robredo - National Health Summit 2016|date=2016|website=Republic of the Philippines Department of Health|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308035059/https://doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/health_magazine/_6_Healthbeat_Sept-Oct_2016_Edition_as_of_3717.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> provide due fixed allowances and statutory benefits to [[Barangay health volunteer|barangay health workers]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=HON. SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS |work=Senate Electoral Tribunal |url=https://www.set.gov.ph/current-members/4781/hon-senator-risa-hontiveros/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |language=en-US}}</ref> and fix the corruption in [[Philippine Health Insurance Corporation|PhilHealth]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lalu |first=Gabriel Pabico |date=2021-11-08 |title=Robredo bares more on COVID plan: Tackle corruption, pick skillful DOH chief, fix PhilHealth |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1511998/robredo-bares-more-on-covid-plan-tackle-corruption-pick-skillful-doh-chief-fix-philhealth |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref>
* Prioritize [[infrastructure]] for spurring [[rural development]], transportation, [[Water resources|water resource management]], and [[climate resilience]], funded through [[Public–private partnership|public-private partnerships]] rather than loans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VP Leni to continue government's Build Build Build program, but will prioritize public-private partnership infrastructure programs over loans - Office of the Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines |url=https://ovp.gov.ph/post/vp-leni-continue-governments-build-build-build-program-will-prioritize-public-private-partnership-infrastructure-programs-over-loans.html |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=ovp.gov.ph}}</ref>
* Upgrade [[Science and technology studies|science and technology]] [[research and development]] funding<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robredo to upgrade research and development funding if elected President |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/01/12/robredo-to-upgrade-research-and-development-funding-if-elected-president/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Manila Bulletin |date=January 12, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> and promote [[Data science|data-driven]] agriculture.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-11 |title=Press Release - Data-driven agriculture should be able to help raise farmers' incomes: Pangilinan |url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2020/1111_pangilinan1.asp |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=legacy.senate.gov.ph |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Invest in [[Energy subsidy|subsidies to promote renewable energy]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=Robredo to invest in subsidies to promote renewable energy |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1170843 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Philippine News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cabico |first=Gaea Katreena |title=Environmentalists, science workers back 'green' Robredo-Pangilinan tandem |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/climate-and-environment/2022/04/20/2175501/environmentalists-science-workers-back-green-robredo-pangilinan-tandem |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> and implement better [[Waste management|waste disposal]] to mitigate [[Marine pollution|sea pollution]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flores |first=Helen |title=Robredo: Climate change must be embedded in government plans |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/02/17/2161397/robredo-climate-change-must-be-embedded-government-plans |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref>
* Prioritize a [[job guarantee]] program<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Ruben D. |date=2022-02-11 |title=Labor agenda of presidential candidates: Vice President Leni Robredo |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/02/11/opinion/columns/labor-agenda-of-presidential-candidates-vice-president-leni-robredo/1832575 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=The Manila Times |language=en}}</ref> and expand coverage of the [[Social Security System (Philippines)|SSS]] and [[Pag-IBIG Fund|Pag-Ibig]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-17 |title='Dapat may PhilHealth, SSS, Pag-IBIG ang riders' -- Pangilinan |url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2022/0117_pangilinan1.asp |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=legacy.senate.gov.ph |language=en}}</ref>
* Promote [[financial literacy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-11 |title=Financial Literacy, A Priority - VP Leni Robredo |url=https://gdfi.com.ph/financial-literacy-a-priority-vp-leni-robredo/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Global Dominion Financing Incorporated |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Offer [[School voucher|voucher programs]] for access to [[Private university|private colleges and universities]].<ref name=":7" />
* Enact a law calling for equal participation of women in the economy and in decision-making positions, both in [[Public sector|public]] and [[Private sector|private organizations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robredo: Gender Equality Not a "Soft" Issue |url=https://www.freiheit.org/manila/robredo-gender-equality-not-soft-issue |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=www.freiheit.org |date=April 24, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
* Addressing [[Political corruption|systemic corruption in government]].<ref name="redefining" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2017-06-23 |title=The fall of the 'dilawang' Liberal Party |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/173706-liberal-party-duterte-one-year/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Social ===
* [[Air pollution|Cleaner air]] and [[Water pollution|water]] and [[Sustainable agriculture|sustainable]] [[arable land]] as well as extensive [[Climate change mitigation|programs against climate change]].

== Legal issues ==
Senator [[Leila de Lima]], who led an investigation into alleged extrajudicial deaths in the early months of [[Philippine drug war|Duterte's war on drugs]], was issued an arrest warrant in 2017 based on charges linked to the [[New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal]], which the party claimed was based on trumped-up charges, labelling the arrest "patently illegal".<ref name="press release2">{{Cite web |title=Press Release - STATEMENT OF LIBERAL PARTY SENATORS ON THE FILING OF CRIMINAL CASES VS SEN. DE LIMA BEFORE RTC |url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2017/0217_pangilinan1.asp |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=legacy.senate.gov.ph |language=en}}</ref> While on the whole, de Lima's investigation was seen by some pundits as an adversarial investigation that was a strategic mistake, others in the party simply saw it as a call to a review of the party's principles and how members have adhered to them.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Critic of Duterte's drug war arrested on drug charges |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/2/24/senator-leila-de-lima-arrested-in-the-philippines |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="press release2"/><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2016-09-19 |title=Trillanes files reso to include 'Davao Death Squad' killings in Senate probe |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/146641-trillanes-resolution-include-davao-death-squad-killings/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last=Thompson |first=Mark R. |date=2016 |title=Bloodied Democracy: Duterte and the Death of Liberal Reformism in the Philippines |journal=Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs |language=en |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=39–68 |doi=10.1177/186810341603500303 |s2cid=55119121 |issn=1868-1034|doi-access=free }}</ref>

Senator De Lima has been fully acquitted of all criminal charges on June 24, 2024,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moaje |first=Marita |date=June 24, 2024 |title=De Lima cleared of 3rd and final drug charge |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1227568 |access-date=September 4, 2024 |work=Philippine News Agency}}</ref> marking the end of her legal battle and detention that lasted over six years. De Lima, a prominent critic of former President Rodrigo Duterte, described the charges as politically motivated to silence her investigations into Duterte's controversial drug war and alleged human rights abuses.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clarke-Billings |first=Lucy |date=24 June 2024 |title=Leila de Lima cleared of all criminal charges |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqeeeq8r18go |access-date=4 September 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

In 2019, the party, along with other groups, was accused of planning a coup against the Duterte government. The party denounced the allegation and called it a state-sponsored threat of [[legal abuse]], demanding the government provide evidence to back the claims.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-08 |title=Liberal Party, other groups tagged in plot to discredit Duterte |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1069259 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=www.pna.gov.ph |language=en}}</ref> 

== Liberal presidents ==
{{see also|List of presidents of the Philippines}}
As of 2024, there have been a total of 4 Liberal presidents. Those who won presidency under other parties are not included.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! style="text-align:center;" |<abbr title="Order of presidency">#</abbr>
! style="text-align:center;" |Name (lifespan)
! style="text-align:center;" |Portrait
! style="text-align:center;" |Province
! style="text-align:center;" |Presidency<br>start date
! style="text-align:center;" |Presidency<br>end date
! style="text-align:center;" |Time in office
|- style="text-align:left;"
|3
|{{sortname|Manuel|Roxas}}<br>(1892–1948)
|[[File:Manuel_Roxas_2.jpg|173x173px]]
|[[Capiz]]
|[[First inauguration of Manuel Roxas|May 28, 1946]]{{efn|Inauguration as President of Commonwealth|name=commonwealth}}
|April 15, 1948{{efn|Died in office.|name=died}}
|{{Age in years and days|1946|5|28|1948|4|15}}
|- style="text-align:left;"
|4
|{{sortname|Elpidio|Quirino}}<br>(1890–1956)
|[[File:Elpidio_R_Quirino.jpg|163x163px]]
|[[Ilocos Sur]]
|[[First Inauguration of Elpidio Quirino|April 17, 1948]]
|[[Inauguration of Ramon Magsaysay|December 30, 1953]]
|{{Age in years and days|1948|4|17|1953|12|30}}
|- style="text-align:left;"
|9
|{{sortname|Diosdado|Macapagal}}<br>(1910–1997)
|[[File:Diosdado_Macapagal_photo.jpg|183x183px]]
|[[Pampanga]]
|[[Inauguration of Diosdado Macapagal|December 30, 1961]]
|[[First inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos|December 30, 1965]]
|{{ayd|1961|12|30|1965|12|30}}
|- style="text-align:left;"
|15
|{{sortname|Benigno|Aquino III}}<br>(1960–2021)
|[[File:Benigno_"Noynoy"_S._Aquino_III_portrait_(half-body_crop).jpg|189x189px]]
|[[Tarlac]]
|[[Inauguration of Benigno Aquino III|June 30, 2010]]
|[[Inauguration of Rodrigo Duterte|June 30, 2016]]
|{{ayd|2010|6|30|2016|6|30}}
|}

== Party leadership ==

=== Current party officials ===
*'''President:''' Vacant
*'''Vice President and Acting President:''' [[Erin Tañada]], former [[Quezon's 4th congressional district|Quezon's 4th district]] representative (2022–present)
*'''Chairperson:''' [[Francis Pangilinan]], [[Senate of the Philippines|Senator]] (2025-present)
*'''Vice Chairperson:''' Kit Belmonte, former [[Quezon City's 6th congressional district|Quezon City's 6th district]] representative (2022–present)
*'''Secretary-General:''' [[Teddy Baguilat]], former [[Legislative districts of Ifugao#Lone District|Ifugao's lone district]] representative (2022–present)
*'''Treasurer:''' [[Alfonso Umali Jr.]], [[Oriental Mindoro's 2nd congressional district|Oriental Mindoro's 2nd district]] representative (2022–present)
*'''Spokesperson:''' [[Leila de Lima]], [[Mamamayang Liberal]] representative (2023–present)

=== Party presidents ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! #
! Name
! Start of term
! End of term
|-
| 1 || [[Manuel Roxas]]<ref name="Melted" /> || January 19, 1946 || April 15, 1948
|-
| 2 || [[José Avelino]] || April 19, 1948 || May 8, 1949
|-
| 3 || [[Elpidio Quirino]] || April 17, 1949 || December 30, 1950
|-
| 4 || [[Eugenio Pérez]] || December 30, 1950 || December 30, 1957
|-
| 5 || [[Diosdado Macapagal]] || December 30, 1957 || January 21,1961
|-
|6
|[[Ferdinand Marcos|Ferdinand E. Marcos]]<ref name=":8">{{Citation |title=BASAGAN NG TRIP: What liberalism, LP, & yellow really mean |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L4CJyTFHb8 |access-date=2023-07-05 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NEWS ExplainED: Papel ng political parties sa bansa |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oa8ulhjjxq |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
|January 21, 1961<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2013-01-23 |title=Senator Marcos was elected president of the Liberal Party January 21, 1961 |url=https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1427/today-in-philippine-history-january-21-1961-senator-marcos-was-elected-president-of-the-liberal-party |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=The Kahimyang Project |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Butwell |first=Richard |date=1965 |title=The Philippines: Prelude to Elections |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2642180 |journal=Asian Survey |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=43–48 |doi=10.2307/2642180 |jstor=2642180 |issn=0004-4687|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|April 1964<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 7 || [[Cornelio Villareal|Cornelio T. Villareal]]|| April 1964 || May 10, 1969
|-
| 8 || [[Gerardo Roxas]]|| May 10, 1969 || April 19, 1982
|-
| 9 || [[Jovito Salonga]]|| April 20, 1982 || June 1, 1993
|-
| 10 || [[Wigberto Tañada]]|| June 2, 1993 || October 17, 1994
|-
| 11 || [[Raul Daza|Raul A. Daza]]|| October 18, 1994 || September 19, 1999
|-
| 12 || [[Florencio Abad]]|| September 20, 1999 || August 9, 2004
|-
| 13 || [[Franklin Drilon]]|| August 10, 2004 || November 5, 2007
|-
| 14 || [[Mar Roxas]]|| November 6, 2007 || September 30, 2012
|-
| 15 || [[Jun Abaya|Joseph Emilio Abaya]]|| October 1, 2012 || August 7, 2016
|-
| 16 || [[Francis Pangilinan]]|| August 8, 2016 || September 30, 2022
|-
| 17 || [[Edcel Lagman]] || September 30, 2022 || January 30, 2025
|-
| Act || [[Erin Tañada]] || January 30, 2025 || 
|-
|}

== Elected members ==

=== 20th Congress (2025-present) ===

==== Senators ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+Senators of Liberal in 2025
!Name
!Took office
!Bloc
|-
|[[Kiko Pangilinan]]
|June 30, 2025
|Majority
|}

==== District Representatives ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+District Representatives of Liberal in 2025
!Name
!District
!Took office
!Bloc
|-
|[[Krisel Lagman]]
|[[Albay's 1st congressional district]]
|June 30, 2025
|Minority
|-
|[[Edgar Erice]]
|[[Caloocan's 2nd congressional district]]
|June 30, 2025
|Minority
|-
|[[Kaka Bag-ao]]
|[[Dinagat Islands's at-large congressional district]]
|June 30, 2025
|Minority
|-
|[[Jaime Fresnedi]]
|[[Muntinlupa's at-large congressional district]]
|June 30, 2022
|Majority
|-
|[[Alfonso Umali Jr.]]
|[[Oriental Mindoro's 2nd congressional district]]
|June 30, 2019
|Majority
|-
|[[Ian Amatong]]
|[[Zamboanga del Norte's 3rd congressional district]]
|June 20, 2022
|Majority
|}

==== Partylist Representatives ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+Partylist Representatives of Liberal in 2025
!Name
!Partylist
!Took office
!Bloc
|-
|[[Leila de Lima]]
|[[Mamamayang Liberal|Mamamayang Liberal (ML)]]
|June 30, 2025
|Minority
|}

==== Governors ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+Provincial Governors of Liberal in 2025
!Name
!Province
!Took office
|-
|[[Mujiv Hataman]]
|[[Basilan]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|Trina Firmalo-Fabic
|[[Romblon]]
|June 30, 2025
|}

==== Mayors ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+City/Municipal Mayors of Liberal in 2025
!Name
!Province
!Took office
|-
|Meg Constantino
|[[Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|Tin Antonio
|[[Alcala, Cagayan]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|[[Nestor Archival]]
|[[Cebu City]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|Sonia Arnado
|[[Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|Glicerio Almero, III
|[[Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|[[Leni Robredo]]
|[[Naga City, Camarines Sur]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|Shimonette Francisco
|[[New Washington, Aklan]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|Celsa Rivera
|[[Padre Garcia, Batangas]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|Joe Abad Lazaro
|[[San Joaquin, Iloilo]]
|June 30, 2025
|-
|Bartolome Rivera
|[[San Mateo, Rizal]]
|June 30, 2025
|}

==Electoral performance==
===Presidential elections===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
! Result
! Outcome
|-
! [[1946 Philippine presidential election|1946]]
| align="left" | [[Manuel Roxas]]
| 1,333,006	
| 53.93
| {{Won}}
| align="left" |'''[[Manuel Roxas]] won'''
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[1949 Philippine presidential election|1949]]
| align="left" |[[Elpidio Quirino]]{{Efn|In 1949, the Liberal Party was split into two wings, one led by Quirino or the "Quirino wing", and another led by Avelino or the "Avelino wing".|name=1949wing}}
|1,803,808
|50.93
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="2" align="left" |'''[[Elpidio Quirino]] won'''
|-
| align="left"  | [[José Avelino]]{{Efn|name=1949wing}}
|419,890
|11.85
| {{Lost}}
|-
! [[1953 Philippine presidential election|1953]]
| align="left"  | [[Elpidio Quirino]]
|1,313,991
|31.08
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Ramon Magsaysay]] ([[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]) won
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[1957 Philippine presidential election|1957]]
| align="left"  | [[José Yulo]]
|1,386,829
|27.62
| {{Lost}}
| rowspan="2" align="left" |[[Carlos P. Garcia]] ([[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]) won
|-
| align="left"  |[[Antonio Quirino]]{{Efn|Quirino ran under his own wing of the Liberal Party, while the rest of the party supported Yulo's candidacy.}}
|60,328
|1.20
| {{Lost}}
|-
! [[1961 Philippine presidential election|1961]]
| align="left"  | [[Diosdado Macapagal]]
|3,554,840
|55.00
| {{Won}}
| align="left"  |'''[[Diosdado Macapagal]] won'''
|-
! [[1965 Philippine presidential election|1965]]
| align="left"  | [[Diosdado Macapagal]]
|3,187,752
|42.88
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Ferdinand Marcos]] ([[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]) won
|-
! [[1969 Philippine presidential election|1969]]
| align="left"  | [[Sergio Osmeña Jr.]]
|3,143,122
|38.51
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Ferdinand Marcos]] ([[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]) won
|-
! [[1981 Philippine presidential election|1981]]
| align="left" colspan="3" | Not participating
| {{n/a}}
| align="left"  |[[Ferdinand Marcos]] ([[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]) won
|-
! [[1986 Philippine presidential election|1986]]
| colspan="3"  | None; main wing endorsed [[Corazon Aquino]] ([[United Nationalist Democratic Organization|UNIDO]]), while [[Eva Estrada Kalaw|Kalaw]] had no running mate.
| {{No result|[[1986 Philippine presidential election|Disputed]]}}
| align="left"  | [[Corazon Aquino]] assumed presidency
|-
! [[1992 Philippine presidential election|1992]]
| align="left"  | [[Jovito Salonga]]
|2,302,123
|10.16
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Fidel V. Ramos]] ([[Lakas–NUCD]]) won
|-
! [[1998 Philippine presidential election|1998]]
| align="left"  | [[Alfredo Lim]]
|2,344,362
|8.71
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Joseph Estrada]] ([[Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino|LAMMP]]) won
|-
! [[2004 Philippine presidential election|2004]]
| align="left"  colspan=3 | None; endorsed [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] ([[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas–CMD]])
| {{n/a}}
| align="left"  |[[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] ([[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas–CMD]]) won
|-
! [[2010 Philippine presidential election|2010]]
| align="left"  | [[Benigno Aquino III]]
|15,208,678
|42.08
| {{Won}}
| align="left"  |'''[[Benigno Aquino III]] won'''
|-
! [[2016 Philippine presidential election|2016]]
| align="left"  | [[Mar Roxas]]
|9,978,175
|23.45
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Rodrigo Duterte]] ([[PDP–Laban]]) won
|-
! [[2022 Philippine presidential election|2022]]
| align="left"  | [[Leni Robredo]]{{efn|Ran as an [[independent politician|independent]] candidate while retaining membership.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramos |first1=Christia Marie |title=Robredo says running as independent is 'symbolic way' of showing inclusivity |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1499055/robredo-says-running-as-independent-is-symbolic-way-of-showing-inclusivity |access-date=October 25, 2021 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=October 8, 2021}}</ref>}}
|15,035,773
|27.94
|{{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Bongbong Marcos]] ([[Partido Federal ng Pilipinas|PFP]]) won
|}

=== Vice presidential elections ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
!Year
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
! Result
!Outcome
|-
! [[1946 Philippine presidential election|1946]]
| align="left"  | [[Elpidio Quirino]]
| 1,161,725
| 52.36
| {{Won}}
| align="left"  |'''[[Elpidio Quirino]] won'''
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[1949 Philippine presidential election|1949]]
| align="left"  |[[Fernando Lopez]]{{Efn|name=1949wing}}
|1,341,284
|52.19
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="2" align="left" |'''[[Fernando López]] won'''
|-
| align="left"  | [[Vicente J. Francisco]]{{Efn|name=1949wing}}
|44,510
|1.73
| {{Lost}}
|-
! [[1953 Philippine presidential election|1953]]
| align="left"  | [[José Yulo]]
|1,483,802
|37.10
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Carlos P. Garcia]] ([[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]) won
|-
![[1957 Philippine presidential election|1957]]
| align="left"  | [[Diosdado Macapagal]]
| 2,189,197
| 46.55
| {{Won}}
| align="left"  |'''[[Diosdado Macapagal]] won'''
|-
! [[1961 Philippine presidential election|1961]]
| align="left" | [[Emmanuel Pelaez]]
|2,394,400
|37.57
| {{Won}}
| align="left" |'''[[Emmanuel Pelaez]] won'''
|-
! [[1965 Philippine presidential election|1965]]
| align="left" | [[Gerardo Roxas]]
|3,504,826
|48.12
| {{Lost}}
| align="left" |[[Fernando López]] ([[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]) won
|-
! [[1969 Philippine presidential election|1969]]
| align="left" | [[Genaro Magsaysay]]
|2,968,526
|37.54
| {{Lost}}
| align="left" |[[Fernando López]] ([[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]]) won
|-
! [[1981 Philippine presidential election|1981]]
| colspan=5 {{n/a|'''Vice presidency abolished'''}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[1986 Philippine presidential election|1986]]
| colspan="3" align="left"  | None; main wing endorsed [[Salvador Laurel]] ([[United Nationalist Democratic Organization|UNIDO]])
| rowspan="2" {{No result|[[1986 Philippine presidential election|Disputed]]}}
| rowspan="2" align="left" |[[Salvador Laurel]] ([[United Nationalist Democratic Organization|UNIDO]]) assumed vice presidency
|-
| align="left"  |[[Eva Estrada Kalaw]]
|662,185
|3.31
|-
! [[1992 Philippine presidential election|1992]]
| align="left" | None; Salonga's running mate was [[Aquilino Pimentel Jr.]] ([[PDP–Laban]])
|2,023,289
|9.91
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  | [[Joseph Estrada]] ([[Nationalist People's Coalition|NPC]]) won
|-
! [[1998 Philippine presidential election|1998]]
| align="left"  | [[Serge Osmeña]]
|2,351,462
|9.20
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] ([[Lakas–CMD (1991)|Lakas–NUCD–UMDP]]) won
|-
! [[2004 Philippine presidential election|2004]]
| colspan="3" align="left"  | None; endorsed [[Noli de Castro]] ([[Independent politician|Independent]])
| {{n/a}}
| align="left"  |[[Noli de Castro]] ([[Independent politician|Independent]]) won
|-
! [[2010 Philippine presidential election|2010]]
| align="left"  | [[Mar Roxas]]
|13,918,490
|39.58
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Jejomar Binay]] ([[PDP–Laban]]) won
|-
! [[2016 Philippine presidential election|2016]]
| align="left"  | [[Leni Robredo]]
|14,418,817
|35.11
| {{Won}}
| align="left"  |'''[[Leni Robredo]] won'''
|-
! [[2022 Philippine presidential election|2022]]
| align="left"  | [[Francis Pangilinan]]
|9,329,207
|17.82
| {{Lost}}
| align="left"  |[[Sara Duterte]] ([[Lakas–CMD]]) won
|}

===Legislative elections===
==== 1946–1972: Third Republic ====
Senate is abolished from 1972 to 1986
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Senate<br>election
!Seats<br>won
!+/–
! Result
!President
!Seats
!+/–
!Result
!House<br>election
|-
! [[1946 Philippine Senate election|1946]]
|{{Composition bar|10|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|N/A
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Minority
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}"|[[Manuel Roxas]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|49|98|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| rowspan="2" |N/A
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" rowspan="2"| Minority
! rowspan="2" |[[1946 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1946]]
|-
! [[1947 Philippine Senate election|1947]]
|{{Composition bar|15|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 6
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}"| Majority
|-
! [[1949 Philippine Senate election|1949]]
|{{Composition bar|18|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}"| Majority
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}"|[[Elpidio Quirino]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|60|100|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| rowspan="2" |{{increase}} 11
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}" rowspan="2"| Majority
! rowspan="2" |[[1949 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1949]]
|-
! [[1951 Philippine Senate election|1951]]
|{{Composition bar|12|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 6
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}"| Majority
|-
! [[1953 Philippine Senate election|1953]]
|{{Composition bar|7|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 5
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Minority
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"|[[Ramon Magsaysay]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|31|102|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| rowspan="2" |{{decrease}} 35
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" rowspan="2"| Minority
! rowspan="2" |[[1953 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1953]]
|-
! [[1955 Philippine Senate election|1955]]
|{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 4
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Lost
|-
! [[1957 Philippine Senate election|1957]]
|{{Composition bar|2|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Minority
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"|[[Carlos P. Garcia]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|19|102|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| rowspan="2" |{{decrease}} 40
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" rowspan="2"| Minority
! rowspan="2" |[[1957 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1957]]
|-
! [[1959 Philippine Senate election|1959]]
|{{Composition bar|4|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Minority
|-
! [[1961 Philippine Senate election|1961]]
|{{Composition bar|8|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Minority
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}"|[[Diosdado Macapagal]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|29|104|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| rowspan="2" |{{increase}} 10
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" rowspan="2"| Minority
! rowspan="2" |[[1961 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1961]]
|-
! [[1963 Philippine Senate election|1963]]
|{{Composition bar|10|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}"| Majority
|-
! [[1965 Philippine Senate election|1965]]
|{{Composition bar|12|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{steady}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Minority
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"|[[Ferdinand Marcos|Ferdinand E. Marcos]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|61|104|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| rowspan="2" |{{increase}} 32
| style="background-color:{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}" rowspan="2"| Majority
! rowspan="2" |[[1965 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1965]]
|-
! [[1967 Philippine Senate election|1967]]
|{{Composition bar|7|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Minority
|-
! [[1969 Philippine Senate election|1969]]
|{{Composition bar|5|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Minority
| rowspan="2" |{{Composition bar|18|110|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
| rowspan="2" |{{decrease}} 43
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" rowspan="2"| Minority
! rowspan="2" |[[1969 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1969]]
|-
! [[1971 Philippine Senate election|1971]]
|{{Composition bar|8|24|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}"| Minority
|}

==== 1978–1986: Batasang Pambansa====
{| class="wikitable  sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Votes
! %
! Seats
!+/–
! Result
|-
! [[1978 Philippine parliamentary election|1978]]
| colspan="5" | Members ran as part of [[Lakas ng Bayan|LABAN]]
|-
! [[1984 Philippine parliamentary election|1984]]
| colspan="5" | Members ran as part of [[United Nationalist Democratic Organization|UNIDO]]
|}

==== 1987–present ====
{| class="wikitable  sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! House election
! House Seats
!+/–
! Result
!Senate election
!Senate Seats
!+/–
!Result
|-
! [[1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1987]]
| {{Composition bar|4|200|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
| {{Won|Majority}}
![[1987 Philippine Senate election|1987]]
|Ran as part of<br />[[Lakas ng Bayan|LABAN Coalition]]
|N/A
| {{Won|Majority}}
|-
! [[1992 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1992]]
| {{Composition bar|11|200|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 7
| {{Won|Majority}}
![[1992 Philippine Senate election|1992]]
|Ran as part of<br />[[Koalisyong Pambansa]]
|{{decrease}} 3
| {{Won|Majority}}
|-
! [[1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1995]]
| {{Composition bar|5|226|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 6
| {{Won|Majority}}
![[1995 Philippine Senate election|1995]]
|Not participating
|{{steady}}
| {{No attempt|—}}
|-
! [[1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections|1998]]
| {{Composition bar|15|258|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 10
| {{Won|Majority}}
![[1998 Philippine Senate election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{steady}}
| {{Lost}}
|-
! [[2001 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2001]]
|{{Composition bar|19|256|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
| {{Won|Majority}}
![[2001 Philippine Senate election|2001]]
|{{Composition bar|1|13|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
| {{Won|Majority}}
|-
! [[2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2004]]
| {{Composition bar|29|261|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 10
| {{Won|Majority}}
![[2004 Philippine Senate election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|2|12|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
| {{Won|Majority}}
|-
! [[2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2007]]
| {{Composition bar|23|270|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 6
| {{Won|Majority}}
![[2007 Philippine Senate election|2007]]
|{{Composition bar|2|12|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{steady}}
| {{Maybe|Split}}
|-
! [[2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2010]]
| {{Composition bar|47|286|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}}14
| {{Won|Majority}}
![[2010 Philippine Senate election|2010]]
|{{Composition bar|3|12|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{steady}}
| {{Won|Majority}}
|-
! [[2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2013]]
| {{Composition bar|109|292|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}}62
| {{Won|Majority}}
![[2013 Philippine Senate election|2013]]
|{{Composition bar|1|12|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{steady}}
| {{Won|Majority}}
|-
! [[2016 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2016]]
| {{Composition bar|115|297|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 6
| {{Maybe|Split}}
![[2016 Philippine Senate election|2016]]
|{{Composition bar|5|12|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
| {{Maybe|Split}}
|-
! [[2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2019]]
| {{Composition bar|18|304|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 97
| {{Lost|Minority}}
![[2019 Philippine Senate election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
| {{Lost|Minority}}
|-
![[2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2022]]
|{{Composition bar|10|316|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 8
|{{Maybe|Split}}
![[2022 Philippine Senate election|2022]]
|{{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|{{Lost}}
|-
![[2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections|2025]]
|{{Composition bar|6|317|{{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 4
| {{Maybe|Split}}
![[2025 Philippine Senate election|2025]]
|{{Composition bar|1|12|hex={{party color|Liberal Party (Philippines)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
| {{Won|Majority}}
|}

== Notable Liberals ==

===Philippine presidents===
*[[Manuel Roxas]] <small> (5th President of the Philippines; one of the co-founders) </small>
*[[Elpidio Quirino]] <small>(6th President of the Philippines) – also the 2nd Vice President of the Philippines</small>
*[[Ramon Magsaysay]] <small>(7th President of the Philippines) – Magsaysay won in 1953 as the Candidate of the Nacionalista, although he was former Liberal member and in fact he served as President Quirino's Secretary of [[Department of National Defense (Philippines)|Department of National Defense]].</small>
*[[Diosdado Macapagal]] <small>(9th President of the Philippines) </small>
*[[Ferdinand Marcos|Ferdinand Marcos Sr.]] <small>(10th President of the Philippines) – Like Magsaysay, Marcos won as the presidential candidate of the Liberal's rival Nacionalista in 1965, the party to which Marcos joined after failing to get the Liberal nomination from Macapagal. </small>
*[[Joseph Estrada]] <small>(13th President of the Philippines) – A member of the Liberal Party when he was a senator from 1987 to 1991.</small>
*[[Benigno Aquino III]] <small>(15th President of the Philippines)</small>
*[[Rodrigo Duterte]] <small>(16th President of the Philippines) – A former party chair of [[Davao City]] chapter from 2009, Duterte left the party in 2015. He won the presidency in 2016 under the [[Partido Demokratiko Pilipino|PDP–Laban]] ticket.</small><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://rappler.com/nation/rodrigo-duterte-pdp-laban | title=Duterte 're-enters' PDP-Laban amid 2016 prospects | website=rappler.com | access-date=5 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716160429/https://rappler.com/nation/rodrigo-duterte-pdp-laban | archive-date=16 July 2020 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://rappler.com/nation/duterte-lp-wild-card-candidate-2016 | title=Could Duterte be the Liberal Party's wild card bet? | website=rappler.com | access-date=5 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806184707/https://rappler.com/nation/duterte-lp-wild-card-candidate-2016 | archive-date=6 August 2020 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Philippine vice presidents===
*[[Fernando Lopez]] <small>(3rd and 7th vice president of the Philippines)  – Lopez was a Liberal when he was the 3rd Vice President, while a Nacionalista member as the 7th Vice President</small>

*[[Emmanuel Pelaez]] <small>(6th vice president of the Philippines)</small>

*[[Leni Robredo]] <small>(14th vice president of the Philippines)</small>

===Others===
*[[List of Liberal Party (Philippines) members]]

== Notes ==
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== See also ==

* [[Democratic Party (Philippines)]], defunct breakaway party from Liberal existed from 1953 to 1957

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://liberal.ph/}}
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