Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
Political party in the Philippines
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| 2025 | Partido Demokratiko Pilipino announced its senatorial candidates for the Philippine general elections, including prominent figures such as Ronald 'Bato' Dela Rosa, Bong Go, and other politicians, lawyers, and public personalities. |
| October 2024 | Initial senatorial nominees Ronald Dela Rosa, Bong Go, and Phillip Salvador file their candidacies. Additional candidates Jimmy Bondoc, Raul Lambino, and Jayvee Hinlo also file for the Senate election. |
| September 20 2024 | PDP formally forms an electoral alliance with Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma, Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan, and the Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte-National Executive Coordinating Committee (MRRD-NECC). Greco Belgica and Pantaleon Alvarez sign the alliance agreement. |
| September 5 2024 | Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte joins the party as a new member and executive vice chairperson. |
| April 19 2024 | PDP-Laban drops 'Laban' from its name during a national council meeting in Cebu City, reverting to Partido Demokratiko Pilipino. The party announces senatorial candidates Ronald Dela Rosa, Bong Go, Francis Tolentino, and Phillip Salvador for the 2025 Philippine Senate election. |
| 2022 | Senator Ronald dela Rosa initially filed his candidacy as the party's official presidential candidate but later withdrew from the race. |
| 2022 | Secured 22 seats in the Senate elections during Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.'s presidency, with a split result. |
| June 30 2022 | End of Rodrigo Duterte's presidential term, leading to the departure of PDP-Laban members to other political parties. |
| May 6 2022 | The COMELEC recognized the Duterte-Cusi faction as the legitimate and official PDP–Laban, days before the 2022 elections. |
| May 5 2022 | PDP–Laban was declared by the Commission on Elections as the 'dominant majority party' for the 2022 elections. |
| March 22 2022 | The Cusi wing supported Bongbong Marcos as Sara Duterte's running mate, which was criticized by original PDP–Laban members due to the party's historical opposition to the Marcos dictatorship. |
| January 21 2022 | The Duterte-Cusi faction announced Sara Duterte as their adopted candidate for vice president. |
| October 8 2021 | Senators Bato dela Rosa and Bong Go filed their candidacy for president and vice president, respectively, as standard bearers for the Duterte-Cusi faction. |
| September 19 2021 | The Pacquiao-led faction of PDP–Laban formally nominated Pacquiao as their presidential candidate for 2022, with Lito Atienza as his running mate. |
| September 9 2021 | The Cusi-led faction of PDP–Laban nominated Duterte as their vice presidential nominee for the 2022 election, but without a presidential candidate. |
| July 17 2021 | Alfonso Cusi was elected as the party's president in a meeting attended by President Duterte, amidst the split between Pacquiao and Cusi. |
| December 2020 | Manny Pacquiao was elected to the position of PDP–Laban president in an acting capacity. |
| 2019 | PDP–Laban won three new Senate seats in the general election, with Bato dela Rosa, Francis Tolentino, and Bong Go joining the upper house, increasing the party's Senate representation to five. |
| 2019 | Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel III won a senatorial seat in the Philippine general elections as a candidate of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino. |
| November 30 2019 | The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) recognized Pimentel's group as the legitimate leadership of PDP–Laban, leading to a faction dispute within the party. |
| July 2018 | A four-member PDP-Laban delegation was set to meet with the Workers' Party of Korea in North Korea. |
| July 27 2018 | A faction of PDP-Laban holds an assembly where Willy Talag accuses current party leaders of membership violations. The faction elects Rogelio Garcia as party president and Talag as chairman, attempting to remove Senator Koko Pimentel III and Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez from their positions. |
| July 23 2018 | An internal leadership dispute in the House of Representatives results in Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo becoming Speaker, replacing Pantaleon Alvarez. The resolution was adopted with 184 votes in favor and 12 abstentions. |
| April 2018 | By April 2018, the party reported 300,000 politicians had joined, according to Koko Pimentel. |
| October 2017 | PDP-Laban established ties with United Russia, the ruling party of Russia. |
| 2016 | Secured 3 seats in the Senate elections during Rodrigo Duterte's presidency, maintaining a majority position. |
| 2016 | PDP-Laban returned to major party status with Rodrigo Duterte's successful presidential election campaign. |
| May 2016 | Several representatives from other parties moved to PDP-Laban, including Geraldine Roman (Bataan), Alfred Vargas (Quezon City), and Ansaruddin Adiong (Lanao del Sur). |
| May 2016 | After the May 2016 elections, PDP-Laban signed a coalition agreement with several political parties including Nacionalista Party, Lakas-CMD, National Unity Party, and Nationalist People's Coalition, witnessed by president-elect Rodrigo Duterte. |
| December 8 2015 | Rodrigo Duterte filed a second Certificate of Candidacy for the presidential election. |
| November 27 2015 | Rodrigo Duterte officially filed his Certificate of Candidacy for the presidential election. |
| November 21 2015 | Rodrigo Duterte formally announced his candidacy for president. |
| October 29 2015 | Martin Diño withdrew his presidential candidacy. |
| October 16 2015 | Martin Diño filed his initial candidacy for the presidential election. |
| July 1 2015 | Vice President Jejomar Binay resigned as party chairman and formed the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), marking a significant leadership transition for PDP-Laban. |
| 2013 | Won 1 seat in the Senate elections, achieving a majority. |
| 2011 | Koko Pimentel won an electoral protest to enter the Senate, continuing the Pimentel family's political legacy within the PDP-Laban party. |
| 2010 | Lost 1 seat during the Senate elections under President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III. |
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