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Filipino hand gesture
Risa Hontiveros displaying
Corazon Aquino 's iconic laban (fight) hand symbol after joining the
Liberal Party in their campaign in the
2010 elections .
The Laban sign is a
Filipino hand
gesture made by extending the thumb horizontally and the index finger pointing up, leaving the other fingers closed to create the letter
L , which stands for laban (
Filipino for "fight"). It is sometimes mistaken for the mildly offensive Western "
loser "
[1] and "
raised gun " gestures, to which it is unrelated.
The term "LABAN" is an abbreviation of
Lakas ng Bayan ("People's Power"), a former
political coalition organised by opposition
Senator
Benigno S. Aquino Jr. for the
1978 Interim Batasang Pambansa regional elections .
[2] The gesture was popular in 1983 during Senator Aquino's
funeral , and the 1986
People Power Revolution that his
assassination had precipitated.
[1] The Laban sign branding was bestowed on Ninoy's widow,
Cory Aquino , along with the color yellow by
Public Relations practitioner Reli German.
[3]
In 2009, the Laban sign was again widely seen during the
funeral of Cory Aquino,
[1] and the subsequent presidential campaign of their son, President
Benigno Aquino III , before the
2010 Philippine elections . In 2021, upon announcing the presidential bid of
Vice President
Leni Robredo for the upcoming
2022 elections , the gesture was associated with her
campaign .
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