 KALIBAPI — "Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas" (Tagalog for the "Association for Service to the New Philippines") — was formed by Proclamation No.109 of the Philippine Executive Commission (Komisyong Tagapagpaganap ng Pilipinas), a piece of legislation passed on December 8, 1942, banning all existing political parties and creating the new governing alliance.Its first director-general was Benigno Aquino, Sr.