Interim Batasang Pambansa

Interim Batasang Pambansa
Interim Batasang Pambansa
Overview
Term	June 12, 1978 – June 5, 1984
President	Ferdinand Marcos
Prime Minister	Ferdinand Marcos; (until June 30, 1981); Cesar Virata; (from July 28, 1981);
Deputy Prime Minister	Cesar Virata; (until July 28, 1981); Jose Roño; (from July 28, 1981);
Batasang Pambansa
Members	189
Speaker	Querube Makalintal
Speaker pro tempore	Datu Blah Sinsuat
Majority leader	Jose Roño
Minority leader	Hilario Davide Jr.

The Interim Batasang Pambansa (English: Interim National Assembly) was the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines from its inauguration on June 12, 1978, to June 5, 1984. It served as a transitional legislative body mandated by the 1973 Constitution as the Philippines shifted from a presidential to a semi-presidential form of government.

Sessions

First Regular Session: June 12, 1978 – June 6, 1979
Second Regular Session: July 23, 1979 – June 11, 1980
Third Regular Session: July 28, 1980 – April 28, 1981
Fourth Regular Session: July 27, 1981 – June 1, 1982
Fifth Regular Session: July 26, 1982 – April 14, 1983
Sixth Regular Session: July 25, 1983 – June 5, 1984

Leadership

President: Ferdinand Marcos (KBL)
Prime Minister:
- Ferdinand Marcos (KBL), until June 30, 1981
- Cesar Virata (KBL), from July 28, 1981
Deputy Prime Minister:
- Cesar Virata (KBL), until July 28, 1981
- Jose Roño (Region VIII, KBL), from July 28, 1981
Speaker: Querube Makalintal (Region IV, KBL)
Speaker pro tempore: Datu Blah Sinsuat (Region XII, KBL)
Majority leader: Jose Roño (Region VIII, KBL)
Minority leader: Hilario Davide Jr. (Region VII, Pusyon Bisaya)

Legislation

The Interim Batasang Pambansa passed a total of 702 laws.

Major legislation

Batas Pambansa Blg. 1 — General Appropriations Act of 1978
Batas Pambansa Blg. 2 — Repeal of Presidential Decree No. 31 and the Consolidation of Taxes of Hotels, Motels and Other Establishments
Batas Pambansa Blg. 3 — National Internal Revenue Code Amendment
Batas Pambansa Blg. 6 — Reduction of the Penalty for Illegal Possession of Bladed, Pointed or Blunt Weapons
Batas Pambansa Blg. 8 — Definition and Implementation of the metric system and instituted the Modern Philippine Standard Time
Batas Pambansa Blg. 22 — The Anti-Bouncing Check Law
Batas Pambansa Blg. 42 — Amending the PCSO Charter
Batas Pambansa Blg. 54 — Setting the date of January 30, 1980 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1976 Amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
Batas Pambansa Blg. 61 — General Banking Act
Batas Pambansa Blg. 62 — Savings and Loan Association Act
Batas Pambansa Blg. 63 — Private Development Banks Act
Batas Pambansa Blg. 64 — Amending the DBP Charter
Batas Pambansa Blg. 65 — Amending the Rural Banks Act
Batas Pambansa Blg. 66 — Amending the Investment House Law
Batas Pambansa Blg. 67 — Amending the Central Bank Act
Batas Pambansa Blg. 68 — The Corporation Code
Batas Pambansa Blg. 70 — Amending the Labor Code
Batas Pambansa Blg. 71 — Amending the Revised Penal Code
Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 — National Census Act of 1980
Batas Pambansa Blg. 73 — Energy Conservation Act of 1980
Batas Pambansa Blg. 74 — Amending the Land Transportation and Traffic Code
Batas Pambansa Blg. 76 — Amending the Probation Law of 1976
Batas Pambansa Blg. 79 — Creation of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas
Batas Pambansa Blg. 122 — Setting the date of April 7, 1981 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1981 Amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
Batas Pambansa Blg. 222 — Barangay Election Act of 1982

Members

Final composition of the Interim Batasang Pambansa.

Region	Member
Region I^[a]	Jose Aspiras	KBL
	Salacnib Baterina	KBL
	Lucas Cauton	KBL
	Andres Cosalan	KBL
	Roque de Guzman	KBL
	Felipe de Vera	KBL
	Victor Dominguez	KBL
	Conrado Estrella Sr.	KBL
	Vicente Millora	KBL
	Jeremias Montemayor	KBL
	Joaquin L. Ortega	KBL
	Antonio Raquiza	KBL
	Antonio Villar	KBL
	Jeremias Zapata	KBL
Region II^[b]	Rodolfo Albano	KBL
	Prospero Bello	KBL
	Simon Gato	KBL
	Gualberto Lumauig	KBL
	Carlos Padilla	KBL
	Benjamin Perez	KBL
	Juan Ponce Enrile	KBL
	Rolando Puzon	KBL
Region III^[c]	Vicente Abad Santos^[d]	KBL
	Amado Alinea	KBL
	Felicita Bernardino^[e]	KBL
	Angel Concepcion	KBL
	Leopoldo Diaz	KBL
	Juan Liwag^[f]	KBL
	Vicente Magsaysay	KBL
	Baldomero Mangiliman	KBL
	Estelito Mendoza	KBL
	Narciso Nario	KBL
	Teodulo Natividad	KBL
	Blas Ople	KBL
	Cicero Punzalan	KBL
	Antonino Roman	KBL
	Mercedes Teodoro	KBL
	Eller Torres	KBL
Region IV^[g]	Emilio Abello Sr.^[h]	KBL
	Estanislao Alinea Jr.	KBL
	Jose Bengzon	KBL
	Jose Conrado Benitez	KBL
	Manuel Camara	KBL
	Fred Elizalde	KBL
	Gerardo Espina Sr.	KBL
	Alejandro Fider	KBL
	Pablo Floro	KBL
	Eddie Ilarde	KBL
	Querube Makalintal	KBL
	Imelda Marcos	KBL
	Roberto Oca Jr.	KBL
	Vicente Paterno	KBL
	Waldo Perfecto^[i]	KBL
	Ricardo Puno	KBL
	Rogelio Quiambao	KBL
	Carlos P. Romulo	KBL
	Januario Soller Jr.	KBL
	Arturo Tolentino	KBL
	Ronaldo Zamora	KBL
Region IV-A^[j]	Mariano Agcaoili	KBL
	Helena Benitez	KBL
	Leonides de Leon	KBL
	Soledad Dolor	KBL
	Gilberto Duavit	KBL
	Estanislao Fernandez^[k]	KBL
	Nemesio Ganan Jr.	KBL
	Salvador Laurel^[l]	KBL^[m]
	Jose Leido Jr.^[n]	KBL
	Expedito Leviste	KBL
	Pedro Mendiola	KBL
	Jorge Nuñez	KBL
	Teodoro Peña	KBL
	Carmencita Reyes	KBL
	Frisco San Juan	KBL
	Godofredo Tan	KBL
	Arturo Tanco Jr.	KBL
	Medardo Tumagay^[o]	KBL
	Cesar Villariba	KBL
	Luis Yulo	KBL
Region V^[p]	Jose Alberto	KBL
	Ricardo Butalid	KBL
	Socorro de Castro	KBL
	Emilio Espinosa Jr.	KBL
	Arnulfo Fuentebella	KBL
	Carlos R. Imperial	KBL
	Augusto Ortiz	KBL
	Maximino Peralta	KBL
	Marcial Pimentel	KBL
	Dolores Sison	KBL
	Francisco Tatad	KBL
	Luis Villafuerte	KBL
Region VI^[q]	Teodoro Benedicto	KBL
	Salvador Britanico	KBL
	Fermin Caram Jr.	KBL
	Pedro Exmundo	KBL
	Alfonso Garcia	KBL
	Roberto Gatuslao	KBL
	Rodolfo Layuman	KBL
	Leopoldo Locsin	KBL
	Jeanito Madamba	KBL
	Narciso Monfort	KBL
	Jose Montalvo	KBL
	Remo Montelibano	KBL
	Arturo Pacificador	KBL
	Jose Tumbokon	KBL
	Niel Tupas Sr.	KBL
	Jose Varela Jr.	KBL
Region VII^[r]	Natalio Bacalso^[s]	Pusyon Bisaya
	Bartolome Cabangbang	Pusyon Bisaya
	Eutiquio Cimafranca^[t]	Pusyon Bisaya
	Alfonso Corominan Jr.	Pusyon Bisaya
	Hilario Davide Jr.	Pusyon Bisaya
	Filemon Fernandez	Pusyon Bisaya
	Jorge Kintanar	Pusyon Bisaya
	Valentino Legaspi	Pusyon Bisaya
	Mariano Logarta	Pusyon Bisaya
	Enrique Medina Jr.	Pusyon Bisaya
	Dominador Pernes	Pusyon Bisaya
	Jesus Villegas	Pusyon Bisaya
	Julian Yballe	Pusyon Bisaya
Region VIII^[u]	Damian Aldaba	KBL
	Victor Amasa	KBL
	Edilberto del Valle	KBL
	Artemio Mate	KBL
	Emiliano Melgazo	KBL
	Benjamin Romualdez	KBL
	Jose Roño	KBL
	Alberto Veloso	KBL
	Fernando Veloso	KBL
	Nicanor Yñiguez	KBL
Region IX^[v]	Antonio Ceniza	KBL
	Joaquin Enriquez Jr.	KBL
	Manuel Espaldon	KBL
	Guardson Lood	KBL
	Hussin Loong	KBL
	Celso Palma	KBL
	Ulpiano Ramas	KBL
	Kalbi Tupay	KBL
Region X^[w]	Edelmiro Amante	KBL
	Reuben Canoy	Mindanao Alliance
	Concordio Diel	KBL
	Carlos Fortich	KBL
	Constantino Navarro	KBL
	Liliano Neri^[x]	KBL
	Emmanuel Pelaez	KBL
	Henry Regalado	KBL
	Antonio Tupaz	KBL
Region XI^[y]	Alejandro Almendras	KBL
	Benjamin Bautista	KBL
	Rodolfo del Rosario	KBL
	Manuel Garcia	KBL
	Teodoro Palma Gil	KBL
	Jose Puyat Jr.	KBL
	Jorge Royeca	KBL
	Felicidad Santos	KBL
	Rogelio Sarmiento	KBL
	Jose Sison	KBL
Region XII^[z]	Jesus Amparo	KBL
	Anacleto Badoy Jr.	KBL
	Tomas Baga Jr.	KBL
	Abdullah Dimaporo	KBL
	Ahdel Pangandaman	KBL
	Ernesto Roldan	Konsensiya ng Bayan^[1]^[2]
	Datu Blah Sinsuat	KBL
	Estanislao Valdez	KBL
Agricultural Labor – Luzon	Luis Taruc	Independent
Agricultural Labor – Luzon	Jose Cervantes	Independent
Agricultural Labor – Visayas	Rolando Bayot	Independent
Agricultural Labor – Mindanao	Jiamil Ismael Dianalan	Independent
Industrial Labor – Luzon	Ruben de Ocampo	Independent
Industrial Labor – Luzon	Eulogio Lerum	Independent
Industrial Labor – Visayas	Januario Seno	Independent
Industrial Labor – Mindanao	Princess Porti Pacasum	Independent
Youth – Luzon	Danilo Concepcion	Independent
Youth – Luzon	Rogelio Peyuan	Independent
Youth – Visayas	Luisito Patalinhug	Independent
Youth – Mindanao	Nurodin Mamaluba	Independent
Youth – Any Region	Macairog Aznar	Independent
Youth – Any Region	Judy Carunungan	Independent

Notes

^ Provinces: Abra, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Mountain Province, Pangasinan
Cities: Baguio, Dagupan, Laoag, San Carlos (Pangasinan)
^ Provinces: Batanes, Cagayan, Ifugao, Isabela, Kalinga-Apayao, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino
^ Provinces: Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales
Cities: Angeles, Cabanatuan, Olongapo, Palayan, San Jose
^ Appointed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on January 17, 1979.
^ Died on May 23, 1983.
^ Died on November 30, 1983.
^ Cities: Caloocan, Manila, Pasay, Quezon City
Municipalities: Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasig, Pateros, San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela
^ Died on May 18, 1982.
^ Died on August 16, 1980.
^ Provinces: Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Quezon, Rizal, Romblon, Aurora (est. 1979)
Cities: Batangas City, Cavite City, Lipa, Lucena, Puerto Princesa, San Pablo, Tagaytay, Trece Martires
^ Died on July 28, 1982.
^ Resigned on September 16, 1983.
^ UNIDO from 1980.
^ Died on July 30, 1983.
^ Died on February 12, 1984.
^ Provinces: Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, Sorsogon
Cities: Iriga, Legazpi, Naga
^ Provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Negros Occidental
Cities: Bacolod, Bago, Cadiz, Iloilo City, La Carlota, Roxas, San Carlos (Negros Occidental), Silay
^ Provinces: Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor
Cities: Bais, Canlaon, Cebu City, Danao, Dumaguete, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Tagbilaran, Toledo
^ Died on March 30, 1984.
^ Died on June 8, 1984.
^ Provinces: Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Southern Leyte
Cities: Calbayog, Ormoc, Tacloban
^ Provinces: Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur
Cities: Dapitan, Dipolog, Pagadian, Zamboanga City
^ Provinces: Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Surigao del Norte
Cities: Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Gingoog, Oroquieta, Ozamiz, Surigao, Tangub
^ Died on August 24, 1978.
^ Provinces: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, South Cotabato, Surigao del Sur
Cities: Davao City, General Santos
^ Provinces: Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat
Cities: Cotabato City, Iligan, Marawi

References

^ Supreme Court of the Philippines (February 8, 1979). "G.R. No. L-49705-09". The LAWPHiL Project. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
^ Olivia C. Caoili (2006). "The Philippine Legislature: The Martial Law Period" (PDF). UP sa Halalan. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.