The Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas (Association for Service to the New Philippines), [5][7][8] or KALIBAPI, was a fascist [1][2][3][4] Filipino political party that served as the sole party of state during the Japanese occupation. It was intended to be a Filipino version of Japan's governing Imperial Rule Assistance Association. [9]

The Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas (Association for Service to the New Philippines), or KALIBAPI, was a fascist Filipino political party that served as the sole party of state during the Japanese occupation.

Half of the membership of the assembly consisted of provincial governors or city mayors acting in an ex officio capacity, while the other half were indirectly elected through local conventions of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. [1]

Benigno Simeón Aquino y Quiambao (September 3, 1894 – December 20, 1947) was a Filipino politician who served as speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state in the Philippines from 1943 to 1944. He was the Director-General of KALIBAPI, a political party established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.

Oct 4, 2024 · The Second Philippine Republic was formed under the shadow of Japanese occupation, with its leaders, including President José P. Laurel, caught between the demands of their occupiers and the interests of the Filipino people.

On September 20 1943, the KALIBAPI - under the leadership of its director general, Benigno Aquino Sr. held a party convention to elect 54 members of the National Assembly. The Assembly was actually made up of 108 members; but half of this number was composed of incumbent governors and city mayors.

On June 19, 1943, The KALIBAPI after declaring quorum, and adopting resolutions of gratitude to, and of cooperation with Japan, elected twenty members of the Preparatory Commission for Philippine independence.

The Association for Service to the New Philippines (KALIBAPI) was a Filipino political party that served as the only party in the Japanese-occupied Philippines from 8 December 1942 to 1945. Benigno Aquino Sr. was the party's leader during its brief existence, and …

Jan 11, 2019 · In this article, I will discuss how the Japanese administrators used the KALIBAPI to adopt their pan-Asianism to Philippine circumstances, but also how the organization exemplifies the ultimate failure of Japanese pan-Asianism in the Philippines.

Jan 1, 2025 · Bagong Pilipinas (KALIBAPI: lit., ‘Association for Service to the New Philippines’)—the organization founded by the Japanese to create a mass movement among the Filipino people towards the building of a ‘New Philippines’. Much research on the KALIBAPI has been undertaken by Filipino scholars, most notably by Ricardo Trota