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People's Reform Party
President	Narciso Santiago Jr.
Spokesperson	Narciso D. Santiago III
Secretary-General	Ariel Nepomuceno
Founder	Miriam Defensor Santiago
Founded	April 12, 1991 (1991-04-12)
Headquarters	Quezon City
Youth wing	Force of Reform
Ideology	Reformism
Political position	Center-left
National affiliation	UniTeam (2021–2024) HNP (2018–2021) K4 (2004) Puwersa ng Masa (2001) NPC (1995)
Colors	Red
Seats in the Senate	0 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives	0 / 316
Provincial governorships	0 / 81
Provincial vice governorships	0 / 81
Website
www.miriam.com.ph
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The People's Reform Party (abbrev. PRP) is a political party in the Philippines. Founded on April 12, 1991, as the political party of former Agrarian Reform Secretary Miriam Defensor Santiago for her bid as president in the 1992 Presidential Elections. During the 1992 Elections, the party nominated Santiago as president and Ramon "Jun" Magsaysay, Jr. as vice president, however both Santiago and Magsaysay lost the elections to former Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos and then-Senator Joseph Estrada, respectively. The Force of Reform Philippines (FORPH) serves as the official youth-wing of the People's Reform Party. While under the same Miriam Defensor Santiago wing, the Youth Reform Movement is not related to the PRP.

Electoral candidates

1992 General Election

These are the following members who ran under the People's Reform Party for the following positions:

• Presidential Election
  • President: Miriam Defensor Santiago
  • Vice President: Ramon Magsaysay, Jr.
• Senatorial Election
  • Fortunato Abat
  • Cris Abasolo
  • Carlos Cajelo
  • Dominico Casas
  • Jose Cordova
  • Dante de Guzman
  • Renato Ecarma
  • Melchor Ines
  • Antonio Leviste
  • Abdullah Abe Madale
  • Jaime Muyargas
  • Antonio Policarpio
  • Mario Reyes
  • Blue Rivera
  • Efren Sumajit
  • Albert Umali
• Local Election: The following politicians won under the People's Reform Party during the 1992 general elections in the Philippines:
  • Manila
    • Mayor: Alfredo Lim
    • Vice Mayor: Lito Atienza
  • Baguio City
    • Mayor: Mauricio Domogan
  • Caloocan
    • Mayor: Rey Malonzo
    • Vice Mayor:
  • San Mateo, Rizal
    • Mayor: Jose Peping Diaz
    • Vice Mayor: Ike Rodriguez
    • Councilor: Rodolfo John Ortiz Teope

1995 General Election

The following run under the banner of People's Reform Party in the 1995 election:

• Senatorial Election

1. Miriam Defensor Santiago (won)
2. Herman Tiu Laurel (lost)
3. Brigido Simon (withdrew and slide to run for Mayor of Quezon City)

• Congressional Election

1. Reynaldo Calalay - First District, Quezon City
2. Leopoldo San Buenaventura - Camarines Sur
3. Narciso Monfort - Iloilo
4. Prospero Nograles - Davao City
5. Dabs Abdullah Mangotara - Lanao del Norte

• Board Members
• Albay
  • Andres Serrano
• Biliran
  • Romulo Bernardes
• Local Election
• Manila
  • Mayor: Alfredo Lim
  • Vice Mayor: Lito Atienza
  • Councilors:

1. Banzai Nieva
2. Berting Ocampo
3. Toting Cailian
4. Erning Dionisio
5. Nesto Ponce
6. Bert Basco
7. Marlon Lacson
8. Joe Lopez
9. Pete de Jesus
10. Nilo Roces
11. Vic Melendez
12. Rino Tolentino
13. Paz Herrera
14. Edward Maceda
15. Rudy Bacani
16. Joey Hizon
17. Felix Espiritu
18. Rogie dela Paz
19. Kim Atienza
20. Roger Gernale
21. Ging Logarta
22. Lou Veloso
23. Joy Dawis
24. Butch Belgica

• Catbalogan City
  • Mayor: Jess Redaja
• Padre Garcia, Batangas
  • Mayor: Victor Reyes
• Mandaluyong
  • Vice Mayor: Ernesto Domingo
• Biñan, Laguna
  • Vice Mayor: Alexis Desuasido
• Sta. Rosa, Laguna
  • Vice Mayor: Jose Catindig
• Baguio City
  • Councilors:

1. Elmo Nevada
2. Edilberto Claraval
3. Richard Carino
4. Rolando dela Cruz
5. Lilia Yaranon

• Bamban, Tarlac
  • Councilors:

1. Ricarte Rivera

• Norzagaray, Bulacan
  • Councilors:

1. Mario Villegas

1998 General Election

Candidates

• Presidential Election
  • President: Miriam Defensor Santiago
  • Vice President: Francisco Tatad
• Senatorial Election

(none)

2001 General Election

• Senatorial Election

The leader Miriam Defensor Santiago and her PRP joined the Puwersa ng Masa coalition of the opposition ticket under deposed President Joseph Estrada.

2004 General Election

• Senatorial Election

The leader Miriam Defensor Santiago and her PRP joined the K-4 coalition of the administration ticket under Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

2010 General Election

• Senatorial Election

People's Reform Party leader Miriam Defensor Santiago was invited by Nacionalista Party standard bearer Manuel "Manny" Villar, Jr. as one of his senatorial guest candidates. PRP was also in coalition with two other parties, Lakas-Kampi CMD and Partido ng Masang Pilipino on the senatorial election. Mike Defensor ran under People's Reform Party in the Quezon City mayoralty race but lost the polls. Arthur Defensor, Sr. ran for the governorship of Iloilo and won the polls, he also caucuses with the Nacionalista Party and Lakas-Kampi-CMD.

2016 General Election

On October 13, 2015, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago announced her intention to run for president in the 2016 elections. She also announced Bongbong Marcos as her running mate for vice president.

Candidates

• Presidential Election
  • President: Miriam Defensor Santiago (Lost)
  • Vice President: Bongbong Marcos (Lost)
• Senatorial Election
  • Greco Belgica (Lost)
  • Martin Romualdez (Lost)
  • Dionisio Santiago (Lost)
  • Francis Tolentino (Lost)
• Local Election - Pasay
  • City Councilor - District 2: Ramon Yabut (Lost)

2019 General Election

Miriam Defensor Santiago died September 29, 2016, at St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig from lung cancer. Though the party exists for the political career of Mrs. Santiago, it agreed through Santiago's widow, Narciso Jr. to nominate Harry Roque as candidate for the Philippine Senate. Roque's nomination was arranged through the auspices of Davao City mayor Sara Duterte, daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte. The nomination of Roque sparked wide criticism, garnering massive backlash notably from stern supporters of the late senator and PRP founder Miriam Defensor Santiago. Various organizations called Roque a 'user' and was 'destroying the image' of PRP and the late Miriam Santiago. Additionally, Roque's already low public appeal degraded further from 8.7% in March 2018 into 8% in October 2018.

The following run under the banner of People's Reform Party in the 2019 election:

• Congressional Election

1. Maricel Natividad-Nagaño - Fourth District, Nueva Ecija (won)

2022 General Election

The People's Reform Party, now under Narciso Jr., announced support for Sara Duterte's potential presidential run and renewed their ties with the Hugpong ng Pagbabago alliance.

The following run under the Banner of PRP for 2022 elections:

• Senatorial Slate

1. Harry Roque - Former Presidential Spokesperson (Lost)
2. Gibo Teodoro - Former Secretary of National Defense (Lost)

Electoral performance

Presidential and vice presidential elections

Legislative elections

Notes

1. Santiago's running mate was Bongbong Marcos of the Nacionalista Party who stood as an independent candidate.
2. PRP adopted Sara Duterte as their candidate for vice president.

Notable Party Members

1. Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
2. Sec. Esperanza Cabral (DOH)
3. Mike Defensor
4. Arthur Defensor, Sr.
5. Harry Roque
6. Gilbert Teodoro

References

1. Philippines Asia Elects
2. Bartolome, Jessica (13 October 2015). "Miriam announces presidential run in 2016". GMA News Online. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
3. Miriam confirms Bongbong abs-cbnnews.com Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Roque gets Miriam Santiago's party nod, thanks to Sara Duterte". 17 October 2018.
5. "Harry Roque drops Senate bid to run for party-list rep". 15 October 2018.
6. "Social Weather Stations | SWS survey on senatorial preferences reported in Philippine Star (10/11/2018) was sponsored by Sec. Francis Tolentino". Sws.org.ph. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
7. Sarao, Zacarian (July 7, 2021). "Miriam Defensor-Santiago's PRP backs Sara Duterte's potential presidential run". Retrieved July 7, 2021.

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