Estrada won the presidential election against then-House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr..

Meanwhile, Estrada's running mate Edgardo Angara lost to fellow senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of Lakas–NUCD–UMDP.

Shortly after the 1998 elections, the party's name was changed into Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (Organization of the Filipino Masses), as the "struggle" ended with Estrada's victory.

[2] The coalition devised an acronym for the Senate slate which is: TPW (The Pilipino Win/The Philippine Way), JOBS and LABOR.

T stands for Torres; P for Pimentel; W for Webb; J for Jaworski; O for Ople; B for Bagatsing; S for Sotto; L for Lagman; A for Aquino-Oreta; B for Biazon; O for Osmeña; R for Romero.