Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino
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The Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (Force of the Filipino Masses), formerly Partido ng Masang Pilipino (Party of the Filipino Masses) is a populist political party in the Philippines. It was the political party of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, which merged with other political parties to create Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino or LAMMP (Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses) in the 1998 Presidential Elections.
PMP was founded by Joseph Estrada when he launched a presidential campaign in 1991. On March 1992, the PMP made a coalition with Nationalist People's Coalition party when Estrada ran as Vice President under the ticket of business mogul Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco.
Today, PMP occupies three Senate seats as a member of the Minority floor, occupied by Estrada's wife, Luisa Ejercito Estrada, who won in 2001, his son, former San Juan suburb Mayor Jinggoy Estrada and long-time Estrada colleague veteran politician Juan Ponce Enrile, who both won in 2004.
There are no results available of the last elections for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party holds 2 out of 235 seats (state of the parties, june 2005).
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