Genuine Opposition

Genuine Opposition
Genuine Opposition
Leader	Manny Villar
Founder	Jejomar Binay
Founded	2007
Dissolved	c. before 2010
Preceded by	Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino; ;
Succeeded by	United Nationalist Alliance; ;
Political parties	UNO; Liberal (Drilon wing); PMP; PDP–Laban; NPC (Escudero/Legarda wing); Nacionalista; KBL (Marcos wing); Aksyon; LDP (Trinidad/Calixto wing); ;
Slogan	Isang boto lang po, laban sa nakaupo (lit. 'One vote against the incumbent')
	Politics of the Philippines; Political parties; Elections;

The Genuine Opposition (GO) was an electoral alliance in the Philippines that contested the 2007 Philippine general election. The alliance's members were in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It was originally called the United Opposition (UNO), founded by Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay in June 2005 to unite all politicians who wanted to impeach President Arroyo. UNO then reorganized itself and changed its name to Grand and Broad Coalition (GBC), with the UNO party under that coalition. On February 15, 2007, the group changed its name again to Genuine Opposition after a meeting with Senate President Manny Villar due to the defection of senators Edgardo Angara, Tessie Aquino-Oreta, and Tito Sotto to Arroyo's senatorial slate, TEAM Unity.

In the Senate election, GO won seven of the 12 contested seats. They gained one more seat in 2011 after an electoral protest, through which GO's Koko Pimentel replaced TEAM Unity's Migz Zubiri.^[1] However, GO failed to dominate the House of Representatives.

^ Rood, Steven (August 10, 2011). "Philippine senator resigns seat in election controversy with deep roots". asiafoundation.org. The Asia Foundation. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

[1] Rood, Steven (August 10, 2011). "Philippine senator resigns seat in election controversy with deep roots". asiafoundation.org. The Asia Foundation. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

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