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THE GMA PARTY LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD: THE NEW KBL PARTY
The more it changes, the more it stays the same.” When Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced the merger of the LAKAS-CMD and the KAMPI (the party she organized for her self) as LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD, yesterday, May 28 in Manila Hotel- it reminded us when the dictator Ferdinand Marcos formed the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) in 1979 as the administration party during martial law. The KBL became the party that cheated the elections of April 6, 1978 when the opposition was swept aside and Senator Benigno Aquino place 22nd , the first among the losing candidates. The KBL became the super machinery that formed vigilantes implemented the “ tanod brigades”, the KKK movement and others to cheat in the referendums, plebiscites and elections until 1986.
The more it changes, the more it stays the same.” When Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced the merger of the LAKAS-CMD and the KAMPI (the party she organized for her self) as LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD, yesterday, May 28 in Manila Hotel- it reminded us when the dictator Ferdinand Marcos formed the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) in 1979 as the administration party during martial law. The KBL became the party that cheated the elections of April 6, 1978 when the opposition was swept aside and Senator Benigno Aquino place 22nd , the first among the losing candidates. The KBL became the super machinery that formed vigilantes implemented the “ tanod brigades”, the KKK movement and others to cheat in the referendums, plebiscites and elections until 1986.
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