1.1 ANG KAPATIRAN PARTY
The Alliance for the Common Good or Ang Kapatiran Party (AKP) was accredited as a national political party by the Commission on Elections on 8 May 2004.
Open to all Filipinos, regardless of faith, social and economic status, AKP espouses open-ended* platform-based politics with clear and specific policy objectives – all aimed at enhancing the common good and promoting the politics of virtue and duty. All AKP candidates are committed to the party’s principles and platform.
Founded on the Social Teaching of the Church, AKP focuses on moral principles, not political expediency; on the needs of the poor and vulnerable, not those of the rich and the powerful; on the pursuit of the common good, not the demands of special interests; and on the culture of life and peace, not the culture of death and violence.
As an antidote to dirty politics, AKP’s approach is holistic and integral with new fervor and new methods. It has two distinct but interrelated components: education and political action.
With the generous support of all Filipinos of good will in terms of “treasure, time and talent,” AKP hopes to overcome “BIG MONEY POLITICS” and provide the nation with alternative leaders who are strengthened by their commitment to God to uphold the common good.
With common good as its musical score, AKP members (elected and appointed) are musicians in an orchestra playing harmoniously and producing a perfect symphony. The President of the Philippines, as conductor, works to prevent a single discordant note.
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* open-ended means AKP is open to additional objectives consistent with its Founding Principles
