Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

The New Society Movement (Filipino: Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, KBL), formerly named the New Society Movement of United Nationalists, Liberals, et cetera (Filipino: Kilusang Bagong Lipunan ng Nagkakaisang Nacionalista, Liberal, at iba pa, KBLNNL), is a right-wing[7][8] political party in the Philippines. It was first formed in 1978 as an umbrella coalition of parties supporting then-President Ferdinand E. Marcos for the Interim Batasang Pambansa (the unicameral parliament) and was his political vehicle during his 20-year regime.[9] It was reorganized as a political party in 1986,[10] and is the furthest to the right of the political spectrum among active parties after Marcos' ouster.[10]

New Society Movement
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
PresidentEfren Rafanan Sr.
ChairmanImelda Marcos (emerita)
Secretary-GeneralJoeme Erroba
FounderFerdinand Marcos Sr.
FoundedFebruary 1978 (1978-02)
Split fromNacionalista
Liberal
Headquarters1611 Orcel II Bldg.,Quezon Ave., Quezon City
IdeologyConservatism[1][2][3][4]
Anti-communism[5][4]
Libertarianism[6]
Historical:
Authoritarianism
Political positionRight-wing[7]
National affiliationUniTeam
Colors  Blue,   white,   red, and   yellow
Seats in the Senate
0 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives
0 / 316
Provincial governorships
1 / 81

Since 1986, the KBL has contested in most of the national and local elections in the Philippines, but retained a single seat in the House of Representatives in Ilocos Norte, which was held by former First Lady Imelda Marcos until 2019.

Establishment and ideology
Main article: Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos

The ideological roots of the "Bagong Lipunan" ("new society") concept can be traced to one Marcos' rationalizations for the declaration of Martial Law in September we 1972.[11]: "66"  In his rhetoric, Marcos contended that a system of "constitutional authoritarianism" was necessary in order to "reform society" and create a "new society" under his authority.[11]: "29" [12][13]

Six years after the declaration of Martial Law, Marcos adopted this rhetoric and used the phrase as the name of the umbrella coalition of administration parties running in the 1978 Philippine parliamentary election.[9] The coalition retained the name when it was reorganized as a political party in 1986.

Splinter factions after the People Power Revolution
Main article: People Power Revolution

After the 1986 People Power Revolution ended Ferdinand Marcos' 21 years in power, he, his family and key followers fled to Hawaii. Marcos' party machinery quickly began to break into numerous factions, the most successful of which were Blas Ople's Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas, a reorganized Nacionalista Party led by Rafael Palmares and Renato Cayetano after the death of Senator Jose Roy, and a reorganized Kilusang Bagong Lipunan led by Nicanor Yñiguez.[14][15]

By the time of the 1987 Philippine constitutional plebiscite, the reconstituted KBL under Yñiguez as the party furthest to the right among the rightwing political parties of the mid-1980s[10] - remaining loyal to Marcos' authoritarian ideology in contrast to the Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas, which took a conservative centrist stance, and the Palmares wing of the Nacionalista party and the Kalaw wing of the Liberal Party took center-right stances.[14]

2009 Party division
Former logo of KBL

On November 20, 2009, the KBL forged an alliance with the Nacionalista Party (NP) between Bongbong Marcos and NP Chairman Senator Manny Villar at the Laurel House in Mandaluyong.[16] Bongbong was later on removed as a member by the KBL National Executive Committee on November 29.[17] As such, the NP broke its alliance with the KBL due to internal conflicts within the party, though Marcos remained part of the NP Senatorial line-up.[16]

Candidates for the 2010 Philippine general election
  • Vetellano Acosta – Presidential Candidate (lost)
  • Jay Sonza – Vice Presidential Candidate (lost)
  • Senatorial slate:
    1. Alma Lood (lost)
    2. Hector Villanueva (lost)
    3. Shariff Ibrahim Albani (lost)

Notable members

Past

Present
  • Remy Albano- Vice Governor of Apayao
  • Raymond Bagatsing – Manila vice mayoral candidate (2022), actor
  • Roberto "Amay Bisaya" Reyes Jambongana – Bohol gubernatorial candidate (2019), comedian
  • Jerry Dalipog- Governor of Ifugao
  • Larry Gadon – Senatorial candidate (2016, 2019 and 2022), former lawyer; pushed for the impeachment of former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno[18][19]
  • Efren Rafanan Sr.- Provincial Board Member of Ilocos Sur

Electoral performance

Presidential and vice presidential elections
Year Presidential election Vice presidential election
Candidate Vote share Result Candidate Vote share Result
1981 Ferdinand Marcos
88.02%
 Ferdinand Marcos
(KBL)		 Vice presidency abolished
1986 Ferdinand Marcos
53.62%
 Disputed
See article for details		 Arturo Tolentino
50.65%
 Disputed
See article for details
1992 Imelda Marcos
10.32%
 Fidel Ramos
(Lakas–NUCD)		 Vicente Magsaysay
3.43%
 Joseph Estrada
(NPC)
1998 None Joseph Estrada
(PMP)		 None Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
(Lakas–CMD)
2004 None Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
(Lakas–CMD)		 None Noli de Castro
(Independent)
2010 Vetallano Acosta[n 1]
0.48%
 Benigno Aquino III
(Liberal)		 Jay Sonza
0.18%
 Jejomar Binay
(PDP–Laban)
2016 None Rodrigo Duterte
(PDP–Laban)		 None Leni Robredo
(Liberal)
2022 None[n 2] Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
(Partido Federal)		 None[n 3] Sara Z. Duterte
(Lakas)

Legislative elections
Interim Batasang Pambansa
Year Seats won Result Senate abolished
1978
150 / 179
 KBL majority
Regular Batasang Pambansa
Year Seats won Result Senate abolished
1984
110 / 197
 KBL majority
Congress of the Philippines
Year Seats won Result Year Seats won Ticket Result
1987
11 / 200
 Lakas ng Bansa / PDP–Laban plurality 1987
0 / 24
 Split ticket LABAN win 22/24 seats
1992
3 / 200
 LDP plurality 1992
0 / 24
 Single party ticket LDP win 16/24 seats
1995
1 / 204
 Lakas / LDP majority 1995
0 / 12
 Nationalist People's Coalition ticket Lakas-Laban Coalition win 9/12 seats
1998
0 / 258
 Lakas plurality 1998 Not
participating		 LAMMP win 7/12 seats
2001 Not
participating		 Lakas plurality 2001
0 / 13
 Single party ticket People Power Coalition win 8/13 seats
2004
1 / 261
 Lakas plurality 2004
0 / 12
 Single party ticket K4 win 7/12 seats
2007
1 / 270
 Lakas plurality 2007
0 / 12
 Single party ticket Genuine Opposition win 8/12 seats
2010
1 / 286
 Lakas plurality 2010
0 / 12
 Single party ticket Liberal Party win 4/12 seats
2013
1 / 292
 Liberal Party plurality 2013 Not
participating		 Team PNoy win 9/12 seats
2016
0 / 297
 Liberal Party plurality 2016
0 / 12
 Single party ticket Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid win 7/12 seats
2019
0 / 304
 PDP–Laban plurality 2019
0 / 12
 Single party ticket Hugpong ng Pagbabago win 9/12 seats
2022
0 / 316
 PDP-Laban plurality 2022
0 / 12
 UniTeam ticket UniTeam win 6/12 seats
  1. Acosta was disqualified from the presidential race.
  2. Endorsed the candidacy of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas who won.
  3. Endorsed the candidacy of Sara Duterte of Lakas-CMD who won.

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  8. Griffin, Roger (1990). The Nature of Fascism. St. Martin's Press. p. 37.
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