KALIBAPI

Association for Service to the New Philippines
Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas
AbbreviationKALIBAPI
LeaderDirectors-General:
Benigno S. Aquino (1942–1943)
Camilo Osías (1943–1945)
Secretary-GeneralPio Duran
FounderPhilippine Executive Commission
FoundedDecember 8, 1942 (1942-12-08)
Dissolved1945 (1945)
HeadquartersManila, Second Philippine Republic
IdeologyFilipino nationalism
National conservatism
Fascism[1][2][3][4]
Japanophilia[5]
Political positionFar-right[6]
Election symbol
Party flag

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]

  1. ^ a b Peter de Mendelssohn, Japan's Political Welfare, Taylor & Francis US, 2010, p. 121
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Bern163 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Felixberto G. Bustos, And Now Comes Roxas: The Story of the First President of the Republic of the Philippines and the Occupation, C. Z. Bustos, 1945, p. 187
  4. ^ a b Augusto V. de Viana, Kulaboretor!: The Issue of Political Collaboration During World War II, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2003, p. 46
  5. ^ a b Guillermo, Artemio R. (2012), "KALIBAPI", Historical Dictionary of the Philippines (Third ed.), Scarecrow Press, p. 223
  6. ^ Sven Matthiessen, Japanese Pan-Asianism and the Philippines from the Late Nineteenth Century to the End of World War II: Going to the Philippines Is Like Coming Home?, p. 134
  7. ^ Jose (2001), KALIBAPI
  8. ^ Pomeroy (1992), The Philippines, p. 113
  9. ^ Setsuho Ikehata, Lydia N. Yu-Jose, Philippines-Japan Relations, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2003, p. 196