People Power Coalition

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People Power Coalition (PPC) was the Philippine administration's coalition party in the May 14, 2001 midterm Legislative elections. The coalition was created after the EDSA Revolution of 2001 that ousted Joseph Estrada from the presidency on January 20. The coalition include Lakas-National Union of Christian Democrats (NUCD)-Union of Muslim Democrats of the Philippines (UMDP), Liberal Party, Nationalist People's Coalition, Aksyon Demokratiko, Nacionalista Party, PDP-LABAN, Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma-Lapiang Manggagawa (Democratic Reform Party) and some major regional and party-list political parties.

Contents 1 Slogan 2 The Senatorial Slate 3 Election Results 4 See also

[edit] Slogan

The Coalition devised an acronym for the 12 senatorial candidates of PPC which is: VOT FOR D CHAMMP (stands for Vote for the Champ or Champion) V stands for Villar; O for Osmeña; T for Tañada; F for Flavier; O for Obet, Pagdanganan's nickname; R for Recto; D for Drilon; C for Chatto; H for Herrera; A for Arroyo; M for Magsaysay; M for Monsod and P for Pangilinan.

[edit] The Senatorial Slate

Name	Party	Occupation
Joker Arroyo	Aksyon	Representative from Makati City; Lead Prosecutor from the Joseph Estrada Impeachment trial
Liwayway Vinzons-Chato	REPORMA-LM	former Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner
Franklin Drilon	Independent	Senator from Iloilo
Juan Flavier	Lakas-NUCD	Senator from Metro Manila
Ernesto Herrera	Lakas-NUCD	former Senator from Bohol
Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	Senator from Zambales and son of former President Ramon Magsaysay
Solita "Mareng Winnie" Collas-Monsod	Aksyon	UP Economics professor and TV personality
Sergio Osmeña III	PDP-Laban	Senator from Cebu and 1998 Liberal Party Vice Presidential nominee (lost to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo)
Roberto Pagdanganan	Lakas-NUCD	former Governor of Bulacan and 1998 Lakas-NUCD presidential candidate (nomination lost to Jose de Venecia)
Francis Pangilinan	Liberal	lawyer, former Quezon City councilor, TV personality and husband of movie and TV actress Sharon Cuneta
Ralph Recto	Lakas-NUCD	Representative from Batangas and husband of movie and TV actress Vilma Santos
Wigberto Tañada	Liberal	Representative from Quezon, former Senator from Quezon and grandson of former Senator Lorenzo Tañada
Manuel Villar Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	Representative from Las Piñas City and former Speaker of the House of Representatives (1998-2000)

[edit] Election Results

PPC got 8 out of 13 possible seats in the Senate namely: (in order of votes received)

• Juan Flavier
• Sergio Osmeña III
• Franklin Drilon
• Joker Arroyo
• Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
• Manuel Villar Jr.
• Francis Pangilinan
• Ralph Recto

[edit] See also

• Puwersa ng Masa, People Power Coalition's rival coalition
• Lakas NUCD 1998 Senatorial Slate, the Ramos' administration's senatorial slate during the 1998 national elections
• Lakas-Laban Coalition, the name of the pro-Ramos coalition in the 1995 midterm elections.