15th Congress of the Philippines
Deputy Speakers |
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Lakas; since January 20, 2012) | |
Members | 281 (6 vacant) |
The 15th Congress of the Philippines (
Leadership
Senate
- President of the Senate
- Juan Ponce Enrile (PMP), elected July 26, 2010, resigned June 5, 2013
- Jinggoy Estrada (PMP), assumed position June 5, 2013 as Acting President of the Senate
- Senate President Pro-Tempore
- Jinggoy Estrada (PMP), elected July 26, 2010
- Majority Floor Leader
- Tito Sotto (NPC),
- Minority Floor Leader
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal, 4th District of Quezon City), elected July 26, 2010
- Deputy Speakers
- Lorenzo Tañada III (Liberal, 4th District of Quezon)
- Raul Daza (Liberal, 1st District of Northern Samar)
- Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, (Liberal, 1st District of Zamboanga City)
- Pablo P. Garcia (One Cebu/NUP, 3rd District of Cebu)
- Arnulfo Fuentebella (NPC, 3rd District of Camarines Sur)
- Jesus Crispin Remulla (Nacionalista, 7th District of Cavite)
- Majority Floor Leader
- Lone District of Mandaluyong)
- Minority Floor Leader
- Lakas–CMD until January 19, 2012), 1st District of Albay), until January 20, 2012
- Lakas–CMD, 3rd District of Quezon), since January 20, 2012
Sessions
- First regular session: July 26, 2010 – June 6, 2011
- Second regular session: July 25, 2011 – June 6, 2012
- Third regular session: July 23, 2012 – June 5, 2013
Party summary
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Senate
Affiliation | Party (Majority/minority bloc/unclassified) (Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc) |
Total | ||||||||||
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LDP | Lakas
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LP | NP | NPC | PDP
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PRP | PMP | Ind | B-VNP
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Vacant | ||
End of 14th Congress | 1 / 0 | 3 / 1 | 3 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 1 | 1 / 0 | 23 | 1 |
Election | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
June 30, 2010 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
July 25, 2010 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
August 2, 2010 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
August 4, 2010 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
August 3, 2011 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
August 15, 2011 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1/0/1 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
August 17, 2011 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
May 10, 2012 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 3 / 0 | 3 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
July 8, 2012 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 3 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 3 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
September 21, 2012 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2/2/1 | 2 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 3 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
September 23, 2012 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 3 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
House of Representatives
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc; italicization indicates party has members from the minority bloc)
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Bil | BPP | CDP | KBL | LDP | Lakas
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LM
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LP | NP | NPC | NUP | PDP
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PDSP | PMP | UNA | Ind | LT | PL
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Vacant | ||
End of 14th Congress | 0 | — | — | 0 | 1 | 123 | 1 | 30 | 24 | 25 | — | 5 | 0 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 53 | 269 | 3 |
Election | 0 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 105 | 1 | 45 | 24 | 30 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 63 |
May 2010 | 105 | 35 | 259 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
June 25, 2010 | 1 | 96 | 66 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 263 | 24 | |||||||||
July 22, 2010 | 95 | 35 | 262 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
July 25, 2010 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 73 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 265 | 22 | |||||||
August 2, 2010 | 44 | 270 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2010 | 46 | 272 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
September 7, 2010 | 47 | 273 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
September 21, 2010 | 50 | 276 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
September 27, 2010 | 53 | 279 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
October 7, 2010 | 54 | 280 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
November 22, 2010 | 90 | 281 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
November 30, 2010 | 91 | 282 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
January 17, 2011 | 55 | 283 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
February 4, 2011 | 61 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
March 7, 2011 | 60 | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
March 16, 2011 | 61 | 284 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
May 30, 2011 | 1 | 285 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
July 25, 2011 | 57 | 74 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 286 | 1 | |||||||||||||
August 3, 2011 | 0 | 285 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
August 30, 2011 | 54 | 30 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2011 | 55 | 284 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
January 19, 2012 | 53 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
January 26, 2012 | 52 | 283 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
February 13, 2012 | 1 | 284 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
April 16, 2012 | 73 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
May 4, 2012 | 74 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
May 25, 2012 | 51 | 4 | 283 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
May 29, 2012 | 54 | 282 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
May 31, 2012 | 50 | 281 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
June 4, 2012 | 75 | 282 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
August 13, 2012 | 74 | 281 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
October 9, 2012 | 55 | 282 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
October 10, 2012 | 56 | 283 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
October 18, 2012 | 73 | 282 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
November 5, 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 91 | 18 | 44 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||
December 25, 2012 | 43 | 281 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
March 19, 2013 | 90 | 280 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
April 24, 2013 | 27 | 279 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Final voting share | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 31% | 6% | 16% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 20% |
Members
Party standing
Senate
Party | Majority Bloc |
Minority Bloc |
Total | % | |
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LDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.17% | |
Lakas |
2 | 1 | 3 | 12.50% | |
Liberal | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16.67% | |
Nacionalista | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20.83% | |
NPC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.33% | |
PDP–Laban |
1 | 0 | 1 | 4.17% | |
PRP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.17% | |
PMP | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.33% | |
Independents Former NPC: 1, former UNO: 1, former LDP: 1, former PDP–Laban |
4 | 0 | 4 | 16.67% | |
Totals | 19 | 4 | 23 | 95.83%* |
*for purposes of quorum and voting, the vacant seat is included.
House of Representatives
Party | Majority Bloc |
Ind. | Minority Bloc |
Total | % | |
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Bukidnon Paglaum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.35% | |
CDP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36% | |
KABAKA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36% | |
KBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36% | |
LDP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36% | |
Lakas |
10 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 7.34% | |
Liberal | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 31.47% | |
Nacionalista | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6.41% | |
NPC | 38 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 15.30% | |
NUP | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.68% | |
LM |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.36% | |
UNA | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3.91% | |
Independents |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.42% | |
Sectoral |
51 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 19.93% | |
Totals | 254 | 1 | 24 | 279 | 100.00%* | |
Percent | 88.81% | 0.36% | 39% | 97.55% |
Memberships in committees and other bodies
- Note: Doesn't include oversight committees created for specific laws.
Commission on Appointments
The Senate President sits as the chair of the
Chamber | Party | Chair/vice chair | Party | Minority leader | ||
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Senate | PMP | Juan Ponce Enrile | Lakas |
Joker Arroyo | ||
House of Representatives | Liberal | Roilo Golez | Lakas |
Simeon Datumanong |
Judicial and Bar Council
The chairs of the respective houses' committees of justice shall serve as ex officio members of the
Chamber | Party | Name | |
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Senate | Independent |
Francis Escudero | |
House of Representatives | Liberal | Niel Tupas, Jr.
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Electoral tribunals
The Senate Electoral Tribunal is composed of six senators and three justices of the Supreme Court; the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on the other hand is composed of six representatives and three justices of the Supreme Court.
Electoral tribubal | Party | Contingent leader | Party | Minority leader | ||
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Senate | Liberal | Francis Pangilinan | Nacionalista | Pia Cayetano | ||
House of Representatives | Liberal | Franklin Bautista | Lakas |
Simeon Datumanong |
Senate committees
The Senate President, Senate President pro tempore and the Floor Leaders are ex officio members of all committees; the majority floor leader is automatically the chair of the Committee on Rules.
House of Representatives committees
The Speaker, Deputy Speakers and the Floor Leaders are ex officio members of all committees; the majority floor leader is automatically the chair of the Committee on Rules.
Legislative activities
Legislative calendar
- First Regular Session:[1]
- Commencement: July 26, 2010
- Adjournment: October 16, 2010
- Resumption: November 8, 2010
- Adjournment: December 18, 2010
- Resumption: January 17, 2011
- Adjournment: March 26, 2011
- Resumption: May 9, 2011
- Adjournment: June 9, 2011
- Second Regular Session
- Commencement: July 25, 2011
- Third Regular Session
First Regular Session
Convening
Unlike at the beginning of the
In his
Postponement of the barangay elections
The minority bloc filed bills to postpone the upcoming
On August 18, the House of Representatives Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms agreed to consolidate bills that seek to postpone the barangay elections, with Commission on Elections chairman Jose Melo preferring a 2011 date since synchronizing it with the 2013 general election would be costly as it will be included in the automation project. The City Mayors League preferred postponement up to 2011, the Liga ng mga Barangay wants a 2012 election while the SK prefers any year as long as it is held in October.[6]
In the next hearing of the Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, the bills deferring the elections were defeated, paving the way for the elections to be held on October 25. Committee chairman
Impeachment of Merceditas Gutierrez
While there had been attempts in the 14th Congress, to
In July 2010,
On September 1, the committee voted both complaints as sufficient in form.
Five months after the order, the court lifted the status quo ante order, on February 15, 2011, thereby allowing the impeachment proceedings to resume, saying that while there are two complaints, there was only one hearing.[15] The day before the committee would've met to continue the proceedings, Gutierrez filed a motion for reconsideration to reinstate the status quo ante order.[16] The committee met anyway, and found the two complaints sufficient in grounds.[17]
On the next hearing, Gutierrez, who had not been attending the impeachment proceeding as she had pending cases on the Supreme Court, sent a representative. The committee was about to vote on whether the two complaints had probable cause when they learned that the Supreme Court dismissed Gutierrez's petitions; after they were notified, the committee voted that both complaints had probable cause.[18]
After a marathon session that lasted into the next day, the House of Representatives on March 22 voted to impeach Gutierrez of betrayal of public trust, with 212 in favor, 46 against and 4 abstentions.[19] Tupas headed the House of Representatives delegation that passed the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate on March 23.[20]
Gutierrez, citing that "the President needs an Ombudsman in whom he has complete trust and confidence," resigned on April 29, 2011.[21] With her resignation, the senate canceled the impeachment trial.[22]
2011 national budget
The deliberations for the enactment of the national budget were opposed by several representatives from the
The Senate approved their version of the budget, with the major changes from the House version include the increase in allocation for the Office of the Vice President, additional PHP590 million for the House of Representatives, additional PHP345 million for the Senate, the restoration of PHP143.107 million for public colleges, additional subsidy of PHP200 million for local government units and reducing PHP200 million from the Department of Health supposedly for the purchase of contraceptives. The PHP21 billion conditional cash transfer program was kept.[24]
On December 27, 2010, for the first time in eleven years, President Aquino signed the national budget into law before the year ended. Aquino vetoed 13 items, including the provision that Congress should authorize borrowings in excess of the debt ceiling and legislative consultation during budget execution and project implementation.[25]
Investigation of the alleged corruption in the military
The House Committee on Justice conducted hearings on the
On January 26, retired Col. George Rabusa exposed the alleged pabaon or send-off system in the military, which gives at least
On a hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Justice, former Commission on Audit (COA) auditor Heidi Mendoza testified that she uncovered irregularities in funds by the military. Among the irregularities she found was the 200 million peso AFP Inter-Agency Fund, and the US$5 million United Nations (UN) reimbursement for Filipino peacekeepers.[28]
Early morning of February 8, Reyes died in an apparent suicide. Later in the day, the House of Representatives Committee on Justice voted to continue the hearing.[29] Mendoza testified that the military's modernization fund was diverted for the purchase of office supplies, and disputed former COA chairman Guillermo Carague, who denied that he ordered Mendoza to "go slow" in the Garcia case.[30]
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee summoned Ligot's wife Jacinta on the February 24 hearing; however, she was skipped as she was confined in Veterans Memorial Medical Center. Her brother, Edgardo Yambao, was also summoned but invoke his
Postponement of the ARMM general election
On February 3, 2011, President Aquino asked Congress to postpone the general election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and synchronize it with the 2013 mid-term election. The officials that would end their terms in 2011 would be replaced by appointments by Aquino. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that aside from ensuring clean elections, a synchronized ARMM election would be cost-effective.[36] On March 22, the House of Representatives passed the bill before Congress went on recess,[37] while the Senate would take up the measure after the recess.[38] On May 3, the Supreme Court ordered the executive and Congress to file comments on a petition from ARMM residents questioning the postponement.[39]
Reproductive Health bill
On November 24, 2010, the House of Representatives population committee acted on the bills about reproductive health. However, Cebu representative Pablo P. Garcia disputed the committee's jurisdiction on the bills, saying it should have been referred to the Committee on Health. Committee chairman Rogelio Espina reasoned out that no one objected when the bills were referred to his committee.[40] On January 31, 2011, the committee unanimously approved a consolidated version; the approval meant that for the first time after similar bills were created in 1998, that a reproductive health bill would be tackled in plenary session.[41] On February 16, the House of Representatives appropriations committee approved funding for bill, with the Department of Health and the Population Commission receiving additional budgets.[42]
The measure would have been tackled in plenary session on March 8, but questions on quorum and proper attire delayed the proceedings.[43] The authors of the bill agreed to amend some provisions, such as making sex education optional, removal of an "ideal family size" of two children, removal of the provision that orders business to provide reproductive health services to their employees, among others. Primary author Edcel Lagman said that this would not water down the bill, as the "central idea" of the bill was not touched.[44]
Legislation
Laws passed by the 15th Congress:
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External links
- COMELEC Resolution 8670. Accessed on December 10, 2009.
- COMELEC Resolution 8701. Accessed on December 10, 2009.
- COMELEC Resolution 8705. Accessed on December 10, 2009.