PDP-Laban

People's Democratic Party–People's Power, abbreviated as PDP–Laban, is a political party in AteneoCord founded in the 15th of November 2021. It is the oldest party in the server.
PDP-Laban has been the biggest party in Congress almost continuously since its foundation from December 20, 2021 to February 20, 2022, from June 30, 2022 to July 8, 2022 and then from August 14, 2022 to Present day.
PDP-Laban went through different ideology and policy changes over it's history. Under the Leadership of Naomi from December 2021 to April 2022, the Party was considered left-wing.With Democratic Socialist,Social Democraticand Left-wing Populistvalues.
When U2 took control, PDP-Laban aggressively radicalized and was a Right-wing Populist,Anti-Miriam SegregationistParty from April to June 2022. 
In July 2022 however, U2 eliminated the radical right from the Party and restored PDP-Laban as a moderate centrist Party. PDP-Laban since then is considered a moderate Conservativeand Populistparty. 
== History ==
=== Formation ===
PDP-Laban was founded on November 15, 2021 by U2, ChunChunMaruu and other protesters against the authoritarian government of Tita Tsukki, the 2nd Head Staff of AteneoCord, and Staff members Loyal to Her. These protesters included Naomi Corporation Chairwoman Naomi and other major figures of AteneoCord such as WasteofSpace, Keyaru and Gort. Remnants and Former members of the Ateneo Student League also joined the party in the hopes of continuing their career as activists.
=== People Power Revolution and Aftermath ===
On November 18th, u2 was fired by Tita Tsukki from the Staff Team which started the People Power Revolution, in which PDP-Laban won and Head Staff Tita Tsukki was impeached from her position. After democracy was restored, PDP-Laban was instrumental in forming the AteneoCord Parliament that we have today.
But there were already divide in the leadership. ChunChunMaruu, one of the founders of PDP-Laban, left to form the McGucket Party which would become PDP-Laban's rival party in the 1st and 2nd Congress.
=== December 20, 2021 General Election ===
Full Results
PDP-Laban campaigned on a pro-status quo platform and promised to maintain the server's stability and and the healthy Server Democracy that has been taking place since the People Power Revolution. The Party won the election in a landslide, winning 10 out of the 12 seats and securing more than 67% of the total 246 counted votes. 
=== February 20, 2022 General Election ===
Full Results
PDP-Laban campaigned a yet again pro-status quo platform, promising to maintain the current growth and progress of AteneoCord, but rival parties such as the McGucket Party and the Popular Party formed a coalition against PDP-Laban and campaigned on a platform where they would defeat the status quo and advocate for major reforms. The PDP-Laban government in Parliament was seen as weak, ineffective and incompetent, sometimes even corrupt. And the opposition accused them of not doing anything during times of crisis. 
On election day, PDP-Laban was defeated, losing 2 seats and only being able to gain 37% of the 505 total votes counted. The McGucket party, who was able to win 7 seats formed a government coalition with PDP-Laban effectively in the opposition for the first time in the party's history.
=== Leadership Split ===
From December 2021 to April 2022, PDP-Laban was jointly-ran by u2 and Naomi. But on April 1st 2022, Naomi resigned from her Position as Chairman, leaving u2 as the sole leader. Then on the start of the Troubles, both sides were on opposing factions. Due to this Naomi merged with the McGucket Party to form the Tsukumizu Democratic Party or TKDP which would rival PDP-Laban in the Third Congress.
=== June 30, 2022 General Election ===
Full Results
PDP-Laban decided to compete in the June 30 elections, in which the party focused on opposing Miriam and Guest rights, and the passage of a Civil Rights act that was promoted by the Tsukumizu Democratic Party. PDP-Laban won 7 seats and managed to become the Government with a coalition with BlookyNapstaa's AMDG party. But PDP-Laban received the worst electoral performance in the party's history. Only 30 votes which was 23.6% of the total votes. While it's rival TKDP received 79 votes which was 62.2% of the total votes.
=== Government, Opposition, and Government again ===
PDP-Laban was in a Government coalition with AMDG, but due to massive differences between the two. The Coalition only lasted for a week, from June 30, 2022 to July 8, 2022. AMDG then defected to form a Coalition with TKDP.
From July 8, 2022 to August 14, 2022. PDP-Laban was in the opposition, but then after TKDP's sudden internal collapse. AMDG decided to defect once again to PDP-Laban, and thus became in charge of the Congress once again from August 14, 2022 to August 20, 2022
=== August 20, 2022 General Election ===
Full Results
For the August 20 General Election, PDP-Laban formed an electoral alliance with AMDG once again joining them this time was the far-right PPM party. PDP-Laban's campaign mainly focused on the incompetence of the TKDP government, and promises of proper governance under their leadership.
When the results came in, it was the best performance in PDP-Laban's history. It's coalition secured 11 out of the 12 seats in Parliament, a supermajority. The coalition received 260 of the votes, which was 83.7% of the total votes.
=== October 20, 2022 General Election ===
Full Results
PDP-Laban and it's coalition partners worked tirelessly to maintain the supermajority in Congress, but with different setbacks. AMDG dropped out of the coalition and disbanded it's party, leaving PPM as PDP-Laban's only Ally. The opposition also filed numerous candidates to compete against PDP-Laban, most notably SDE-L led by Ka Filipino and Clueless Partisan.
This was the first General Election in AteneoCord where a livestreamed Debate between candidates were held. Ka Filipino, who was representing SDE-L dominated the debate, giving them a massive boost in opinion polling and heavily damaging the PDP-Laban campaign. 
The results though were an upset victory for the PDP-PPM Coalition. PDP-Laban expanded their seats by 3, and won 61.5% of the total votes, the most ever won by a political party in AteneoCord. PDP-Laban broke it's previous record from the last Election in August.
== Election Results ==
A summary of the electoral results of PDP-Laban in Parliamentary elections since Dec 2021 is shown in the table below.
AteneoCord House of Commons
Election	Votes	% 	Seats 	+/−	Leader	Status
Dec 2021	106 	43% 	7 / 12	+7 	Naomi 	🟢PDP-MG Coalition
(December 2021)
🟢Government
(January - February 2022)
Feb 2022	186 	37% 	5 / 12	-2 	Naomi 	🔴Opposition
Jun 2022	30 	23.6%	7 / 18	+2 	U2 	🟢PDP-AMDG Coalition
(June 2022)
🔴Opposition
(July 2022)
🟢PDP-AMDG-PPM Coalition
(August 2022)
Aug 2022	131 	42.2%	6 / 12	-1 	U2 	🟢PDP-AMDG-PPM-L Coalition
(August - September)
🟢PDP-AMDG-PPM Coalition
(September - October)
Oct 2022	379 	61.5%	9 / 12	+3 	U2 	🟢PDP-PPM Coalition
(October 2022)
🟢PDP-PPM-K Coalition
(November 2022)
Dec 2022	206 	55.8%	8 / 12	-1 	U2 	🟢PDP-PPM Coalition
Feb 2023	242 	25.9%	4/12 	-4 	U2 	🔴Opposition
== Members ==
=== Party Leaders ===
* U2 – Founder, President since November 14, 2021 and Chairman since April 1, 2022
* ChunChunMaruu - Founder, Former Chairman from November 14, 2021 to December 13, 2021
* Naomi - Former Chairwoman from December 13, 2021 to April 1, 2022
=== Speakers of the House under PDP-Laban ===
* Claire – Incumbent Speaker of the House in the 5th Congress
*U2 – Former Speaker of the House in the 1st and 4th Congress
*Moist - Former Speaker of the House in the 4th Congress
=== Deputy Speakers of the House under PDP-Laban ===
* U2 – Former Deputy Speaker of the House in the 2nd and 3th Congress
*Sky - Incumbent Deputy Speaker of the House in the 6th Congress
=== House Majority Leaders under PDP-Laban ===
* Mackenzine – Incumbent House Majority Leader in the 5th and 6th Congress
*U2 - Former House Majority Leader in the 3rd Congress
*Gort – Former House Majority Leader in the 1st Congress
* Wayne - Former House Majority Leader in the 3rd Congress 
* Datu - Former House Majority Leader in the 4th Congress
=== House Minority Leaders under PDP-Laban ===
* Distinguished Gentleman – Former House Minority Leader in the 2nd Congress
* Wayne - Former House Minority Leader in the 3rd Congress 
=== Elected Members of Parliament under PDP-Laban ===
* Datu - Incumbent Member of Parliament in the 4th, 5th and 6th Congress
*Milkman - Incumbent Member of Parliament in the 6th Congress
*Vernanman - Incumbent Member of Parliament in the 6th Congress
*Kumi - Incumbent Member of Parliament in the 5th and 6th Congress
*Mei - Former Member of Parliament in the 5th Congress
*Claire - Incumbent Member of Parliament in the 5th and 6th Congress
*Sky - Incumbent Member of Parliament in the 5th and 6th Congress
*Teardy - Former Member of Parliament in the 5th Congress
* Distinguished Gentleman – Incumbent Member of Parliament in the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th Congress
* moist – Former Member of Parliament in the 3rd, 4th and 5th Congress
*Mackenzine - Incumbent Member of Parliament in the 4th, 5th and 6th Congress
*U2 – Former Member of Parliament in the 3rd and 4th Congress
* Wayne - Former Member of Parliament in the 3rd and 4th Congress
* Nonemu - Former Member of Parliament in the 3rd Congress
*Muse - Former Member of Parliament in the 3rd Congress
*Colonel Toad - Former Member of Parliament in the 3rd Congress
* Yagami Yoshikage - Former Member of Parliament in the 3rd Congress
* Alex01 - Former Member of Parliament in the 3rd Congress
* AHHH – Former Member of Parliament in the 1st Congress
* Kutski - Former Member of Parliament in the 1st Congress
* Grrster – Former Member of Parliament in the 1st Congress
*Ashley– Former Member of Parliament in the 1st Congress
*Naomi – Former Member of Parliament in the 1st Congress
*Keyaru – Former Member of Parliament in the 1st Congress
*CornCobi – Former Member of Parliament in the 1st and 2nd Congress
*Shiba Inu – Former Member of Parliament in the 1st and 2nd Congress
*Tsukki Man – Former Member of Parliament in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Congress
*Gort – Former Member of Parliament in the 1st and 2nd Congress
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