MANILA, Philippines—The entire party membership can fit inside a Volkswagen Beetle.
This was how a former foreign affairs secretary described the now ruling party, the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), according to ex-Vice President Jejomar Binay.
“The late Blas Ople once called PDP-Laban a Volkswagen party because its members, all accounted for, could fit inside the tiny car,” Binay, who was once the party’s chair, said way back 2011. Ople was foreign affairs chief during the Estrada administration.
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