2013 elections The
Liberal (LP) was open to creating coalitions or alliances with other parties for the
2013 general election as long as the politicians had aligning principles.
Secretary of Budget and Management Florencio Abad said on April 7, 2012 that it was too early to make conclusions. Two days later, the Liberals revealed 14 names as potential candidates on their ticket, including candidates that were being considered on the
United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) ticket, which meant there were common names on both tickets. In April 2012, the
Nacionalista (NP) was choosing between the LP and the UNA tickets, with party Secretary-General
Alan Peter Cayetano saying that it was too early to decide on such matters. The verdict in the
impeachment of Renato Corona could affect their decision. On May 17, 2012, Aquino revealed the party's four certain senatorial bets, namely Aurora Representative
Sonny Angara, TESDA chairman
Joel Villanueva and 2010 senatorial candidates
Risa Hontiveros and
Ruffy Biazon. All four, were still considering their options to run for Senator. On 28 June 2012, party vice chairman Senator
Franklin Drilon announced the candidacy of former Senator
Ramon Magsaysay Jr. Senator
Francis Escudero, who formerly campaigned for the
Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC)'s presidential nomination in 2010 before resigning from the party and withdrawing from the race abruptly, said he believed that the NPC and the Liberals "are in coalition with one another". It was announced on July 5, 2012 that the ruling Liberal, the NPC and the Nacionalista would most likely field a common senatorial ticket in the May 2013 elections. A meeting between
Noynoy Aquino and
Manuel Villar resulted in an agreement to coalesce for the 2013 elections and details such as local candidates would be dealt with upon on further meetings. Senator and Liberal vice chairman
Franklin Drilon cautioned that the agreement was "not yet sealed" as the distribution of slots in the ticket would also be a factor. The Nacionalista had already endorsed four candidates in Senators
Antonio Trillanes and
Alan Peter Cayetano and Representatives
Robert "Ace" Barbers and
Cynthia Villar. However, NPC official and Senator
Tito Sotto in September said that the three-party coalition might not be pursued as the determination of candidates at the local level remained a stumbling block in the formation of the coalition. The NPC had more local officials than the Liberal and the Nacionalista. Meanwhile, Representative
Mark Villar of the Nacionalista said that they would stay put with their coalition agreement with the Liberal and that most issues had already been resolved. The President's cousin
Bam Aquino and
Jamby Madrigal, one of the defeated presidential candidates in 2010, were sworn in as Liberal members. On 1 October 2012, the President announced the administration coalition's nominees in a speech at
Club Filipino. The ruling coalition, aside from the Liberal, the NPC and the Nacionalista, included the
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) and
Akbayan. In October 2012, Senators
Francis Escudero,
Loren Legarda and
Fernando Poe Jr.'s daughter, former MTRCB Chair
Grace Poe, formally joined the proclamation rally as independent candidates. The three independent candidates were also adopted by the UNA coalition. According to
Joseph Emilio Abaya, the ruling party's spokesman, the independent candidates did not intend to campaign with the UNA, which had also adopted them. However, when asked with whom she will campaign, Legarda said: "I will campaign with the Filipino people". On January 26, 2013, it was announced that the administration ticket would be called Team PNoy. It is a play on the words
pinoy, (an informal term used to denote the Filipino people) and P-Noy, the administration's preferred reference to President Aquino, whose nickname is Noynoy. Angara said that "we decided to use 'PNoy' to send the message that this campaign is for all Filipinos". The coalition released its first TV advertisement the next day with the Team PNoy spelling.
2016 elections A few days after his
final State of the Nation Address, President Aquino endorsed Secretary of the Interior
Mar Roxas as the standard bearer of his administration in the
2016 general election. Meanwhile, Poe and Escudero ran as independents for presidency and vice presidency respectively, while Cayetano ran as Rodrigo Duterte's vice presidential nominee. Team PNoy was replaced by
Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid, now composed of Liberal and Akbayan. == Coalition members ==