| Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) | |
| Leader: | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| President: | Ronaldo Puno |
| Spokesperson: | Emigdio Tanjuatco |
| Ideology: | Populism |
| Headquarters: | 7th Floor, L.T.A. Building, 118 Perea St. cor Legazpi St., Makati, Philippines |
| Country: | the Philippines |
| Chairperson: | Tingting Cojuangco |
| Split: | LDP |
| Founded: | 1997 |
| Founder: | Peping Cojuangco |
| Dissolved: | 2008 |
| Position: | Centre-right |
| Merged: | Lakas–CMD |
| Colours: | Gold, white, blue |
The Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI), formerly known as the Kabalikat ng Mamamayang Pilipino, was a political party in the Philippines. It is the main party of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In June 2008, Kampi merged into the Lakas–CMD.
KAMPI was formed during the run up to the 1998 presidential elections as the vehicle for then Senator Arroyo's presidential campaign, after she defected from the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, the party she had been with since she was first elected in 1995. Vicente Sotto III was picked to be her running mate. Before the filing of candidacies, she decided to be the running mate of then Lakas-NUCD-UMDP presidential hopeful Jose de Venecia. As a result, KAMPI coalesced with Lakas-NUCD-UMDP during the 1998 presidential elections.
There were no results available of the last elections for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party holds 26 out of 235 seats (State of the Parties, June 2005). The party was at the 2004 elections member of the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who won the 2004 presidential elections. Many legislators of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats defected to Kampi.
As of March 24, 2007, KAMPI is said to have 67 members of the House of Representatives, 23 provincial governors, and 650 out of the 1610 mayors all over the country. In the May 14, 2007 election, the party won 47 seats.[1]
On January 31, 2008, Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) announced that 134 congressman signed a manifesto of "loss of confidence" versus Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. Luis Villafuerte, KAMPI president, said the successor should be Davao City 1st district Rep. Prospero Nograles.[2]
See main article: Lakas Kampi CMD. Former President and Lakas-CMD Chairman Emeritus Fidel V. Ramos announced on February 6, 2008, that Lakas-CMD would be the surviving entity after its merger with KAMPI.[3]
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on June 18, 2008, confirmed the historical merger of the Lakas Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) and the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) parties. Both parties adopted the “equity of the incumbent” principle, as the merger will account for almost 200 national and 8,000 local officials, amid Mrs. Arroyo's prediction of 2010 elections victory. Prospero Nograles, Lakas President and Kampi Chair Ronaldo Puno signed the covenant at the Davao City regional caucus.[4] [5]
| Year | Presidential election | Vice presidential election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote share | Result | Candidate | Vote share | Result | ||
| 1998 | None[6] | Joseph Estrada (PMP) | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[7] | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas/KAMPI) | |||
| 2004 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo[8] | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas/KAMPI) | None[9] | Noli de Castro (Independent) | |||
| Congress of the Philippines | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House of Representatives | Senate | ||||||
| Year | Seats won | Result | Year | Seats won | Ticket | Result | |
| 1998 | Lakas plurality | 1998 | Not participating | LAMMP win 7/12 seats | |||
| 2001 | Lakas plurality[10] | 2001 | Not participating | People Power Coalition win 8/13 seats | |||
| 2004 | Lakas plurality[11] | 2004 | Not participating | K4 win 7/12 seats | |||
| 2007 | Lakas plurality | 2007 | TEAM Unity | Genuine Opposition win 8/12 seats | |||