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Regular Batasang Pambansa
Regular Batasang Pambansa
Overview
Term	June 30, 1984 – March 25, 1986
President	Ferdinand Marcos; (until February 25, 1986); Corazon Aquino; (from February 25, 1986);
Vice President	Salvador Laurel; (from February 25, 1986)
Prime Minister	Cesar Virata; (until February 25, 1986); Salvador Laurel; (from February 25, 1986);
Deputy Prime Minister	Jose Roño
Batasang Pambansa
Members	200
Speaker	Nicanor Yñiguez
Speaker pro tempore	Salipada Pendatun; (until January 27, 1985); Macacuna Dimaporo; (from March 13, 1985);
Majority leader	Jose Roño
Minority leader	Jose Laurel Jr.

The Regular Batasang Pambansa (English: Regular National Assembly), or the First Batasang Pambansa,^[1]^[2] was the meeting of the Batasang Pambansa from the beginning of its session on July 23, 1984 until it was abolished by President Corazon Aquino on March 25, 1986.

Events

Marcos impeachment attempt

On August 13, 1985, 56 assemblymen signed a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Marcos for graft and corruption, culpable violation of the Constitution, gross violation of his oath of office and other high crimes.

They cited the San Jose Mercury News exposé of the Marcoses' multimillion-dollar investment and property holdings in the United States.^[3]^[4]^[5] The properties allegedly amassed by the First Family were the Crown Building, Lindenmere Estate, and a number of residential apartments (in New Jersey and New York), a shopping center in New York, mansions (in London, Rome and Honolulu), the Helen Knudsen Estate in Hawaii and three condominiums in San Francisco, California.

The Assemblymen also included in the complaint the misuse and misapplication of funds "for the construction of the Film Center, where X-rated and pornographic films are exhibited, contrary to public morals and Filipino customs and traditions".

The following day, the Committee on Justice, Human Rights and Good Government dismissed the impeachment complaint for being insufficient in form and substance:

The resolution is no more than a hodge-podge of unsupported conclusions, distortion of law, exacerbated by ultra partisan considerations. It does not allege ultimate facts constituting an impeachable offense under the Constitution. In sum, the Committee finds that the complaint is not sufficient in form and substance to warrant its further consideration. It is not sufficient in form because the verification made by the affiants that the allegations in the resolution "are true and correct of our own knowledge" is transparently false. It taxes the ken of men to believe that the affiants individually could swear to the truth of allegations, relative to the transactions that allegedly transpired in foreign countries given the barrier of geography and the restrictions of their laws. More important, the resolution cannot be sufficient in substance because its careful assay shows that it is a mere charade of conclusions.^{[This quote needs a citation]}

The People Power Revolution

The People Power Revolution from February 22–25, 1986 was a series of mostly nonviolent mass demonstrations in the Metro Manila area. The peaceful protests were held after a call by Cardinal Jaime Sin, Archbishop of Manila, for civilian support of rebels, and this led to the fall of Marcos' regime and the installation of Corazon Aquino as president.

Abolition

On March 25, 1986, President Aquino signed Presidential Proclamation No. 3, known as the "Freedom Constitution". Article I, Section 3 of this provisional constitution abolished the Regular Batasang Pambansa inter alia:

Section 3. ARTICLE VIII (The Batasang Pambansa), ARTICLE IX (The Prime Minister and the Cabinet), ARTICLE XVI (Amendments), ARTICLE XVII (Transitory Provisions) and all amendments thereto are deemed superseded by this Proclamation.

Sessions

First Regular Session: July 23, 1984 – June 7, 1985
Second Regular Session: July 22, 1985 – March 25, 1986

Leadership

Prime Minister:
- Cesar Virata (Cavite, KBL), until February 25, 1986
- Salvador Laurel (UNIDO), from February 25, 1986
Deputy Prime Minister: Jose Roño (Samar, KBL)
Speaker: Nicanor Yñiguez (Southern Leyte, KBL)
Speaker pro tempore:
- Salipada Pendatun (Maguindanao, KBL), until January 27, 1985
- Macacuna Dimaporo (Lanao del Sur, KBL), from March 13, 1985
Majority leader: Jose Roño (Samar, KBL)
Minority leader: Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas, UNIDO)

Legislation

The Regular Batasang Pambansa passed a total of 181 laws: Mga Batas Pambansa Blg. 703 to 884.

Major legislation

Batas Pambansa Blg. 877 – Stabilization and Regulation of, Rentals of Certain Residential Units for Other Purposes
Batas Pambansa Blg. 880 – Public Assembly Act of 1985
Batas Pambansa Blg. 881 – Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines
Batas Pambansa Blg. 882 – Order of Succession Act
Batas Pambansa Blg. 883 – Special Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act
Batas Pambansa Blg. 884 – Presidential Electoral Tribunal Act

Members

Province/City	Member
Abra	Arturo Barbero	KBL
Agusan del Norte	Edelmiro Amante	Nacionalista
Agusan del Sur	Democrito Plaza	KBL
Aklan	Rafael Legaspi	UNIDO
Albay	Pedro Marcellana Jr.	UNIDO
	Peter Sabido	KBL
	Victor Ziga	UNIDO
Antique	Arturo Pacificador^[a]	KBL
Aurora	Luis Etcubañez	KBL
Baguio	Honorato Aquino	UNIDO
Basilan	Candu Muarip	CCA
Bataan	Antonino Roman	KBL
Batanes	Fernando Faberes	KBL
Batangas	Manuel Collantes	KBL
	Jose Laurel Jr.	UNIDO
	Hernando Perez	Nacionalista
	Rafael Recto	Nacionalista
Benguet	Samuel Dangwa	Independent
Bohol	Eladio Chatto	KBL
	Ramon Lapez	KBL
	David Tirol	KBL
Bukidnon	Lorenzo Dinlayan	KBL
Bukidnon	Jose Maria Zubiri Jr.	KBL
Bulacan	Jesus Hipolito	KBL
	Rogaciano Mercado	UNIDO
	Teodulo Natividad	KBL
	Blas Ople	KBL
Cagayan	Antonio Carag	KBL
	Juan Ponce Enrile	KBL
	Alfonso Reyno Jr.	KBL
Cagayan de Oro	Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	PDP–Laban
Caloocan	Antonio Martinez	PDP–Laban
Caloocan	Virgilio Robles	UNIDO
Camarines Norte	Roy Padilla Sr.	UNIDO
Camarines Sur	Ciriaco Alfelor	UNIDO
	Rolando Andaya	UNIDO
	Edmundo B. Cea	UNIDO
	Luis Villafuerte	UNIDO
Camiguin	Jose Paul Neri	Independent
Capiz	Enrique Belo	Independent
Capiz	Charles Escolin	KBL
Catanduanes	Jose Alberto	KBL
Cavite	Helena Benitez	Independent KBL
	Renato Dragon	KBL
	Cesar Virata	KBL
Cebu	Emerito Calderon	KBL
	Nenita Cortes-Daluz	Panaghiusa
	Ramon Durano III	KBL
	Regalado Maambong	KBL
	Luisito Patalinjug	KBL
	Adelino Sitoy	KBL
Cebu City	Antonio Cuenco	Panaghiusa
Cebu City	Marcelo Fernan	Panaghiusa
Cotabato	Tomas Aga Jr.	KBL
Cotabato	Carlos Cajelo	KBL
Davao City	Manuel Garcia	KBL
Davao City	Zafiro Respicio	PDP–Laban
Davao del Norte	Rodolfo del Rosario	KBL
	Rolando Marcial	PDP–Laban
	Rogelio Sarmiento	KBL
Davao del Sur	Alejandro Almendras	KBL
Davao del Sur	Douglas Cagas	PDP–Laban
Davao Oriental	Merced Edith Rabat	KBL
Eastern Samar	Vicente Valley	KBL
Ifugao	Zosimo Paredes	Independent KBL
Iligan	Camilo Cabili	KBL
Ilocos Norte	Imee Marcos	KBL
Ilocos Norte	Antonio Raquiza	KBL
Ilocos Sur	Salacnib Baterina	KBL
Ilocos Sur	Eric Singson	KBL
Iloilo	Salvador Britanico	KBL
	Fermin Caram Jr.	UNIDO
	Arthur Defensor Jr.	UNIDO
	Narciso Monfort	KBL
	Rafael Palmares	Nacionalista
Isabela	Rodolfo Albano	KBL
	Prospero Bello	KBL
	Simplicio Domingo Jr.	KBL
Kalinga-Apayao	David Puzon	KBL
La Union	Jose Aspiras	KBL
La Union	Joaquin L. Ortega	KBL
Laguna	Arturo Brion	KBL
	Rustico delos Reyes Jr.	Samahan
	Wenceslao Lagumbay	KBL
	Luis Yulo	KBL
Lanao del Norte	Abdullah Dimaporo	KBL
Lanao del Sur	Omar Dianalan	KBL
Lanao del Sur	Macacuna Dimaporo	KBL
Las Piñas–Parañaque	Jaime Ferrer	UNIDO
Leyte	Damian Aldaba	KBL
	Artemio Mate	KBL
	Emiliano Melgazo	KBL
	Benjamin Romualdez^[b]	KBL
	Alberto Veloso	KBL
Maguindanao	Simeon Datumanong	KBL
Maguindanao	Salipada Pendatun^[c]	KBL
Makati	Ruperto Gaite	KBL
Malabon–Navotas–Valenzuela	Manuel Domingo	UNIDO
Malabon–Navotas–Valenzuela	Jesus Tanchanco	KBL
Manila	Lito Atienza	UNIDO
	Eva Estrada Kalaw	UNIDO
	Carlos Fernando	UNIDO
	Mel Lopez	UNIDO
	Gonzalo Puyat II	UNIDO
	Arturo Tolentino	KBL
Marinduque	Carmencita Reyes	KBL
Masbate	Jolly Fernandez	UNIDO
Masbate	Venancio Yaneza^[d]	Independent
Misamis Occidental	Henry Regalado	KBL
Misamis Oriental	Homobono Adaza	Mindanao Alliance
Misamis Oriental	Concordio Diel	KBL
Mountain Province	Victor Dominguez	KBL
Negros Occidental	Wilson Gamboa	UNIDO
	Antonio Gatuslao	Independent
	Roberto Gatuslao	KBL
	Jaime Golez	KBL
	Alfredo Marañon	KBL
	Roberto Montelibano	KBL
	Jose Varela Jr.	KBL
Negros Oriental	Ricardo Abiera	KBL
	Andres Bustamante	KBL
	Emilio Macias	KBL
Northern Samar	Edilberto del Valle	KBL
Nueva Ecija	Angel Concepcion	KBL
	Leopoldo Diaz	Independent KBL
	Mario Garcia	KBL
	Eduardo Nonato Joson	KBL
Nueva Vizcaya	Leonardo B. Perez	KBL
Occidental Mindoro	Pedro Mendiola	KBL
Olongapo	Amelia Gordon	KBL
Oriental Mindoro	Rolleo Ignacio	UNIDO
Oriental Mindoro	Jose Reynaldo Morente	KBL
Palawan	Ramon Mitra Jr.	PDP–Laban
Pampanga	Aber Canlas	KBL
	Rafael Lazatin	UNIDO
	Emigdio Lingad	UNIDO
	Juanita Nepomuceno	UNIDO
Pangasinan	Victor Agbayani	Independent KBL
	Gregorio Cedaña	KBL
	Felipe de Vera	KBL
	Demetrio Demetria	UNIDO
	Conrado Estrella Sr.	KBL
	Fabian Sison	UNIDO
Pasay	Jose Conrado Benitez	KBL
Pasig–Marikina	Emilio dela Paz Jr.	UNIDO
Pasig–Marikina	Augusto Sanchez	UNIDO
Quezon	Cesar Bolaños	UNIDO
	Bienvenido Marquez Jr.	UNIDO
	Hjalmar Quintana	UNIDO
	Oscar Santos	UNIDO
Quezon City	Mel Mathay	KBL
	Orly Mercado	UNIDO
	Cecilia Muñoz-Palma	UNIDO
	Alberto Romulo	UNIDO
Quirino	Orlando Dulay	KBL
Rizal	Francisco Sumulong	PDP–Laban
Rizal	Emigdio Tanjuatco Jr.	PDP–Laban
Romblon	Natalio Beltran Jr.	UNIDO
Samar	Jose Roño	KBL
Samar	Fernando Veloso	KBL
San Juan–Mandaluyong	Neptali Gonzales	UNIDO
Siquijor	Manolito Asok	KBL
Sorsogon	Salvador Escudero	KBL
Sorsogon	Augusto Ortiz	KBL
South Cotabato	Rufino Bañas	UNIDO
	Hilario de Pedro	UNIDO
	Rogelio Garcia	UNIDO
Southern Leyte	Nicanor Yñiguez	KBL
Sultan Kudarat	Benjamin Duque	KBL
Sulu	Hussin Loong	KBL
Surigao del Norte	Constantino Navarro	KBL
Surigao del Sur	Higino Llaguno Jr.	KBL
Taguig–Pateros–Muntinlupa	Rene Cayetano	KBL
Tarlac	Mercedes Cojuangco-Teodoro	KBL
Tarlac	Homobono Sawit	KBL
Tawi-Tawi	Celso Palma	KBL
Zambales	Antonio Diaz	KBL
Zamboanga City	Cesar Climaco^[e]	CCA
Zamboanga del Norte	Romeo Jalosjos Sr.	Nacionalista
Zamboanga del Norte	Guardson Lood	KBL
Zamboanga del Sur	Vicente Cerilles	KBL
	Bienvenido Ebarle	KBL
	Isidoro Real Jr.	CCA
Agricultural Labor	Flores Bayot	Independent
	Jose Bico	Independent
	Luis Taruc	Independent
Industrial Labor	Eulogio Lerum	Independent
Youth	Armando Aguja Jr.	Independent
	Roberto Antonio	Independent
	Maria Victoria Calderon	Independent
	Romel Cañete	Independent
	Edward Chua	Independent
	Nasser Mustafa	Independent

^ The Supreme Court proclaimed Evelio Javier as the winner of the 1984 election on September 22, 1986. Javier was assassinated on February 11, 1986.^[6]
^ Remained as ambassador of the Philippines to the United States.
^ Died on January 27, 1985.
^ Died on September 9, 1984.
^ Assassinated on November 14, 1984.

References

^ "Resolution No. 38". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. February 15, 1986. Retrieved March 30, 2020. ... adopted by the First Batasang Pambansa ...
^ "Omnibus Election Code – Article XXV". Commission on Elections (Philippines). December 3, 1985. Retrieved March 30, 2020. ... passed by the First Batasang Pambansa ...
^ Heherson T. Alvarez (February 26, 2011). "How we kept faith with Edsa in US". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
^ "Katherine Ellison". Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University. n.d. Archived from the original on January 7, 2003. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
^ Philippine News Agency (May 3, 2008). "Award-winning US newspaper that exposed Marcos corruption outsources customer care to RP". Positive News Media. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
^ Javier v. COMELEC, retrieved February 11, 2020