Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino

Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP) is a Philippine political party founded in 2018. It was formed by supporters of incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte,[1] including some officers affiliated with the Citizen National Guard, a nationalist, anti-communist political advocacy group, including party Chairman and former Department of Education undersecretary Antonio "Butch" Valdes, President Ramon Pedrosa, Executive Vice President Princess Lady Ann Indanan-Sahidulla, and Dr. Ricardo Fulgencio IV.[2] The party had fielded former Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. in the upcoming 2022 presidential election.[3]

Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino
PresidentRamon A. Pedrosa
ChairmanAntonio A. S. Valdes
Secretary-GeneralDr. Ricardo D. Fulgencio IV
FoundedAugust 31, 2018
IdeologyPopulism
Filipino nationalism
Anti-communism
SloganPartido para sa Kinabukasan
Seats in the Senate
0 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives
0 / 303
Provincial governorships
0 / 81

The KDP is unrelated to the similarly named Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino (Union of Democratic Filipinos), an active leftist group opposed to the Marcos regime during the 1970s and 1980s.[4] The said group later evolved to the Christian Social Democratic Movement (CSDM).

Political positions

The Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino's electoral agenda for the 2019 elections were to "stop electoral fraud" by cancelling Smartmatic's contract with the Commission on Elections and reforming the electoral system, to prosecute those involved in the Dengvaxia controversy, and to reduce electrical bills by repealing the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001.[5] Other platforms advocated by the party include the shift from a service economy to an agro-industrialized producer economy, food self-sufficiency, and the inclusion of the Philippines to the Belt and Road Initiative.[6][7]

Candidates for the 2019 general election

Senatorial slate

Local officials

Electoral performance

President
Election Candidate Number of votes Share of votes Outcome of election
2022 Antonio Parlade Jr. N/A N/A Election will be on May 9, 2022

Senate
Election Number of votes Share of votes Seats Outcome of election
2019 4,185,673 1.16%
0 / 12
 No seats

House of Representatives
Election Number of votes Share of votes Seats Outcome of election
2019 116,453 0.29%
0 / 304
 No seats

References
  1. "Pro-Du30 group forms political party". Manila Standard. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  2. "Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino political party launched". CNN Philippines. August 31, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  3. "Ex-NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Antonio Parlade Jr runs for president". Rappler. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  4. Pimentel, Boying. "Small band of Fil-Ams and immigrants who defied a dictator". Inquirer.net. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  5. "Katipunan Ng Demokratikong Pilipino". www.gavagives.com. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. "Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP) Platform". YouTube. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  7. "Philippine LaRouche Society Head Butch Valdes and Others Launch New Political Party". Executive Intelligence Review. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
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