The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP; Filipino: Pambansang Demokratikong Prente ng Pilipinas, PDPP) is a coalition of revolutionary social and economic justice organizations, agricultural unions, trade unions, indigenous rights groups, leftist political parties, and other related groups in the Philippines.[6][7][8] Prior to the creation of the NDF, many of its affiliated organizations had already existed, including the Kabataang Makabayan and the Malayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan.In 1971, the Preparatory Commission for the National Democratic Front was formed, under the initiative of the Communist Party of the Philippines, in order to bring together all the various revolutionary organizations that had been forced underground by martial law under Ferdinand Marcos.Since its founding, the NDF has served as the political wing of the CPP, building diplomatic relations abroad and representing it in peace negotiations.Unlike the NDFP, the proposed Bagong Katipunan would be a federation of which the CPP was in equal standing to other revolutionary mass organizations.