Former CALD chair and LP president, Franklin M. Drilon, speaks during the Liberal International Conference on Human Rights with the theme of "Strengthening Networks and Combating Human Trafficking" sponsored by Liberal International.

The event was on December 7-11, 2007 in Taipei, Taiwan hosted by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) with the support of Friedrich Naumann Foundation and Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.

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Nomination Speech
delivered by Gov. Grace Padac
on November 26, 2007,
Kalayaan Hall, Club Filipino

Oras Na!
(Speech as delivered by Sen. Mar Roxas at the LP NECO Meeting held on Monday, November 26 at the Kalayaan Hall of Club Filipino)

WORLD FORUM FOR
DEMOCRATIZATION IN ASIA
Valedictory Remarks
delivered by Sen. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, 
LP vice chairman

HONORING LEANDRO L. ALEJANDRO
Died, 19 September 1987
Privilege Speech
Rep. Lorenzo R. Tañada III
17 September 2007

“The struggle for freedom is the next best thing to actually being free,” is one of my favorite quotes from a student leader and a dear friend who made an impact on the lives of the student activists of the 1980’s.  He was one of the two prominent personalities who were extra-judicially killed or executed immediately after EDSA I.  On Wednesday, the 19th of September, the protest movement and civil society would be commemorating the 20th death anniversary of   Leandro L. Alejandro or simply “Lean” to those who marched with him in the “parliament of the streets”.(more..)

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
FOUNDATION AWARD

By  Jovito R. Salonga

Speech delivered at the Ramon Magsaysay  Presentation Ceremonies on  Friday, August 31, 2007, 4:30 p.m. at the Main Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City.

Sen. Aquino's Privilege Speech

Mr. President, distinguished colleagues, on this day in 1983, my father, Ninoy Aquino, was summarily executed on his return from exile in the United States.

What happened on the tarmac of the Manila International Airport on August 21, 1983 would push an entire country to demand its right to democracy and freedom.  It was the beginning of a new chapter in this country’s history.  It was also the day that heralded our quest for justice in his name.

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
THE SUMMIT ON EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS
BY SENATE MAJORITY LEADER KIKO PANGILINAN
As delivered in Manila Hotel, on July 16, 2007
during the National Summit on Extra Judicial Killings

We laud the Supreme Court for taking this initiative to seek solutions to the growing concern over the spate of killings facing our constitutional democracy. The decision of the Supreme Court to call this summit is unprecedented but I would go on to say that it is precisely this ‘outside the box’ thinking that we need from our national leaders so that we may find concrete and long term solutions to decades old problems that our nation continues to grapple with, quite a number of which with very little success.  I recall in a public debate during the last elections the issues we had debated on were the following 1) insurgency and the peace talks 2) corruption 3) deteriorating quality of education, and 4) Crime. In the course of the debate,  I had come to realize that the issues we were tackling then were the very same issues we had tackled when I was President of the UP Student Council in 1986. Insurgency, Corruption, Quality Education, Crime.(more..)

The Human Securities Act of 2007
Must Be Amended
by
FRANKLIN M. DRILON
President
Liberal Party

One of the most controversial pieces of legislation enacted by the 13th Congress is Republic Act No. 9273, the “Human Security Act of 2007” (“HSA”).  (more..)

"SANA"
State of the Palengke Address
by Sen. Mar Roxas

Three days after President Arroyo delivered her State of the Nation Address, we continue to try and decipher from her remarks what it all meant in terms of a national framework for collective action. (more..)

The way forward
(Keynote speech of Senator MAR Roxas during the 61st Anniversary of the Liberal Party, Club Filipino, San Juan)

THE PREMIER POLITICAL PARTY OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Senator Franklin M. Drilon, President, Liberal Party Reaffirming the Liberal Party’s Commitment to Principled Governance
Speech on the Occasion of the Liberal Party’s 61st Anniversary 29th January 2007, Kalayaan Hall, Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan