12th Congress of the Philippines

12th Congress of the Philippines
← 11th 13th →
Coat of arms of the Philippines (1998–present)
Overview
Term	July 23, 2001 – June 4, 2004
President	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Vice President	Teofisto Guingona Jr.
Senate
Members	24
President	Franklin Drilon
President pro tempore	Manny Villar (until August 12, 2002) Juan Flavier (from August 12, 2002)
Majority leader	Loren Legarda (until June 3, 2002, and July 23, 2002 – January 12, 2004) Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (June 3 – July 23, 2002) Francis Pangilinan (from January 12, 2004)
Minority leader	Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (until June 3, 2002) Tito Sotto (from June 3, 2002)
House of Representatives
Members	261
Speaker	Jose de Venecia Jr.
Deputy Speakers	Emilio Espinosa Jr. Raul M. Gonzalez Abdulgani Salapuddin
Majority leader	Neptali Gonzales II
Minority leader	Carlos Padilla

The 12th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino : Ikalabindalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 23, 2001, until June 4, 2004, during the first three years of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidency. The convening of the 12th Congress followed the 2001 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

Sessions

• First Regular Session: July 23, 2001 – June 7, 2002
  • First Special Session: January 8 – March 1, 2002
• Second Regular Session: July 22, 2002 – June 6, 2003
• Third Regular Session: July 28, 2003 – June 4, 2004
  • Second Special Session: January 5 – February 13, 2004

Leadership

Senate

Senate President

Franklin Drilon

• President: Franklin Drilon (Independent)
• President pro tempore:
  • Manny Villar (Independent), until August 12, 2002
  • Juan Flavier (Lakas), from August 12, 2002
• Majority Floor Leader:
  • Loren Legarda (Lakas), until June 3, 2002, and July 23, 2002 – January 12, 2004
  • Nene Pimentel (PDP–Laban), June 3 – July 23, 2002
  • Francis Pangilinan (Liberal), from January 12, 2004
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Nene Pimentel (PDP–Laban), until June 3, 2002
  • Tito Sotto (LDP), from June 3, 2002

House of Representatives

House Speaker

Jose de Venecia Jr.

• Speaker: Jose de Venecia Jr. (Pangasinan–4th, Lakas)
• Deputy Speakers:
  • Luzon: Emilio Espinosa Jr. (Masbate–2nd, NPC/INA)
  • Visayas: Raul M. Gonzalez (Iloilo City, Lakas)
  • Mindanao: Abdulgani Salapuddin (Basilan, Lakas)
• Majority Floor Leader: Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong, Lakas)
• Minority Floor Leader: Carlos Padilla (Nueva Vizcaya, LDP)

Members

Senate

Final Senate composition.

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

• For senators elected on May 11, 1998: June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2004
• For senators elected on May 14, 2001: June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2007

Senator	Party [a]		Term	Class
Edgardo Angara		LDP	1	2001
Tessie Aquino-Oreta		LDP	1	1998
Joker Arroyo		Lakas	1	2001
Robert Barbers		Lakas	1	1998
Rodolfo Biazon		LDP	1	1998
Rene Cayetano [b]		Lakas	1	1998
Noli de Castro [c]		Independent	1	2001
Franklin Drilon		Independent	2	2001
Loi Ejercito		Independent	1	2001
Juan Flavier		Lakas	2	2001
Gregorio Honasan [d]		Independent	2	1998
Robert Jaworski		Lakas	1	1998
Panfilo Lacson		LDP	1	2001
Loren Legarda		Lakas	1	1998
Ramon Magsaysay Jr.		Lakas	2	2001
Blas Ople [e]		LDP	2	1998
John Henry Osmeña		NPC	1	1998
Serge Osmeña		PDP–Laban	2	2001
Kiko Pangilinan		Liberal	1	2001
Nene Pimentel		PDP–Laban	1	1998
Ralph Recto		Lakas	1	2001
Ramon Revilla Sr.		Lakas	2	1998
Tito Sotto		LDP	2	1998
Manny Villar		Independent	1	2001

House of Representatives

Final House of Representatives composition.

Twelfth Congress representation map of the Philippines

The term of office of the members of the House of Representatives is from June 30, 2001, to June 30, 2004.

Province/City	District	Representative	Party [f]		Term
Abra	Lone	Luis Bersamin Jr.		PDSP	1
Agusan del Norte	1st	Leovigildo Banaag		LDP	2
	2nd	Edelmiro Amante		Lakas	1
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Rodolfo Plaza		LDP	1
Aklan	Lone	Gabrielle Calizo-Quimpo		LDP	1
Albay	1st	Krisel Lagman		Lakas	2
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial		NPC [g]	1
	3rd	Joey Salceda		Lakas	2
Antipolo	Lone	Victor Sumulong		LDP	2
Antique	Lone	Exequiel Javier		Lakas	1
Apayao	Lone	Elias Bulut Jr.		NPC	1
Aurora	Lone	Bella Angara		LDP	3
Bacolod	Lone	Monico Puentevella		Lakas	1
Baguio	Lone	Mauricio Domogan		Lakas	1
Basilan	Lone	Abdulgani Salapuddin		Lakas	2
Bataan	1st	Antonino Roman		Independent	2
	2nd	Tet Garcia		LDP	3
Batanes	Lone	Florencio Abad		Liberal	3
Batangas	1st	Eileen Ermita-Buhain		Lakas	1
	2nd	Francisco Perez II		Lakas	1
	3rd	Victoria Hernandez-Reyes		Reporma	1
	4th	Oscar Gozos		Lakas	1
Benguet	Lone	Samuel Dangwa		Reporma	1
Biliran	Lone	Gerardo Espina Sr.		NPC	3
Bohol	1st	Edgar Chatto		Lakas	1
	2nd	Roberto Cajes		Lakas	1
	3rd	Eladio Jala		Lakas	2
Bukidnon	1st	Nereus Acosta		Liberal	2
	2nd	Berthobal Ancheta		Lakas	1
	3rd	Juan Miguel Zubiri		Lakas	2
Bulacan	1st	Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado		Lakas	2
	2nd	Wilfrido Villarama		Aksyon	1
	3rd	Lorna Silverio		Lakas	1
	4th	Reylina Nicolas		Lakas	1
Cagayan	1st	Jack Enrile		Independent	2
	2nd	Celia Taganas-Layus		NPC	1
	3rd	Manuel Mamba		Lakas	1
Cagayan de Oro	Lone	Constantino Jaraula		LDP	2
Caloocan	1st	Recom Echiverri		Lakas	2
	2nd	Edgar Erice		Liping Kalookan	1
Camarines Norte	Lone	Renato Unico Jr.		Lakas	1
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando Andaya Jr.		Lakas	2
	2nd	Sulpicio Roco Jr.		Aksyon	1
	3rd	Felix William Fuentebella		NPC	1
	4th	Felix Alfelor Jr.		Lakas	1
Camiguin	Lone	Jurdin Jesus Romualdo		NPC	2
Capiz	1st	Rodriguez Dadivas		Liberal	1
	2nd	Fredenil Castro		Liberal	1
Catanduanes	Lone	Joseph Santiago		NPC	1
Cavite	1st	Plaridel Abaya		Liberal	3
	2nd	Gilbert Remulla		Magdalo	1
	3rd	Napoleon Beratio [h]		Magdalo	2
Cebu	1st	Jose Gullas		Alayon	1
	2nd	Simeon Kintanar		Alayon	2
	3rd	Antonio Yapha		Alayon	2
	4th	Clavel Martinez		PROMDI	2
	5th	Ace Durano		BAKUD [i]	2
	6th	Nerissa Soon-Ruiz		Alayon	1
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar		PROMDI	1
	2nd	Antonio Cuenco		PROMDI	1
Compostela Valley	1st	Manuel E. Zamora		Lakas	1
	2nd	Prospero Amatong		Lakas	2
Cotabato	1st	Emmylou Taliño		Independent	1
	2nd	Gregorio Ipong		NPC	2
Davao City	1st	Prospero Nograles		Lakas	1
	2nd	Vincent Garcia		NPC	1
	3rd	Ruy Elias Lopez		NPC	2
Davao del Norte	1st	Arrel Olaño		Lakas	1
	2nd	Antonio Floirendo Jr.		Lakas	2
Davao del Sur	1st	Douglas Cagas		NPC	2
	2nd	Claude Bautista		NPC	1
Davao Oriental	1st	Corazon Malanyaon		NPC	1
	2nd	Joel Mayo Almario		Lakas	2
Eastern Samar	Lone	Marcelino Libanan		NPC	2
Guimaras	Lone	Edgar Espinosa		Lakas	1
Ifugao	Lone	Solomon Chungalao		Liberal	1
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque Ablan Jr.		Lakas	1
	2nd	Imee Marcos		KBL	2
Ilocos Sur	1st	Salacnib Baterina		Lakas	2
	2nd	Eric Singson		Liberal	1
Iloilo	1st	Oscar Garin		NPC	1
	2nd	Augusto Syjuco Jr.		LDP	2
	3rd	Arthur Defensor Sr.		Lakas	1
	4th	Narciso Monfort		Lakas	3
	5th	Rolex Suplico		LDP	2
Iloilo City	Lone	Raul M. Gonzalez		Lakas	3
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo Albano Jr.		Lakas	1
	2nd	Edwin Uy		Lakas	1
	3rd	Bojie Dy		Lakas	1
	4th	Antonio Abaya [j]		Lakas	1
		Giorgidi Aggabao [k]		NPC	0
Kalinga	Lone	Lawrence Wacnang		Liberal	2
La Union	1st	Manuel Ortega		NPC	2
	2nd	Tomas Dumpit		NPC	2
Laguna	1st	Uliran Joaquin		NPC	2
	2nd	Jun Chipeco		KAMPI	3
	3rd	Danton Bueser		Liberal	2
	4th	Rodolfo San Luis		LDP	2
Lanao del Norte	1st	Alipio Cirilo Badelles		NPC	2
	2nd	Abdullah Dimaporo		Lakas	1
Lanao del Sur	1st	Faysah Dumarpa		PDP–Laban	1
	2nd	Benasing Macarambon Jr.		NPC	2
Las Piñas	Lone	Cynthia Villar		PPC	1
Leyte	1st	Ted Failon		Independent	1
	2nd	Trinidad Apostol		Lakas	1
	3rd	Eduardo Veloso		NPC	2
	4th	Maria Victoria Locsin [l]		NPC	2
		Eufrocino Codilla Sr. [m]		Lakas	0
	5th	Carmen Cari		Lakas	1
Maguindanao	1st	Didagen Dilangalen		PMP	3
	2nd	Guimid Matalam		PMP	1
Makati	1st	Teodoro Locsin Jr.		PDP–Laban	1
	2nd	Butz Aquino		LDP	2
Malabon–Navotas	Lone	Ricky Sandoval		Lakas	2
Mandaluyong	Lone	Neptali Gonzales II		Lakas	3
Manila	1st	Ernesto Nieva		Lakas	2
	2nd	Jaime Lopez		Lakas	1
	3rd	Harry Angping		Lakas	2
	4th	Rodolfo Bacani		Liberal	2
	5th	Joey Hizon		Liberal	2
	6th	Mark Jimenez [n]		Independent	1
Marikina	Lone	Del de Guzman		Kabayani	1
Marinduque	Lone	Edmundo Reyes Jr.		Lakas	2
Masbate	1st	Vida Espinosa		NPC	3
	2nd	Emilio Espinosa Jr.		NPC [g]	2
	3rd	Fausto Seachon Jr.		NPC [g]	3
Misamis Occidental	1st	Ernie Clarete		PPC [o] [p]	1
	2nd	Herminia Ramiro		Liberal	1
Misamis Oriental	1st	Oscar Moreno		Lakas	2
	2nd	Augusto Baculio		LDP	2
Mountain Province	Lone	Roy Pilando		LDP	1
Muntinlupa	Lone	Ruffy Biazon		LDP	1
Negros Occidental	1st	Jules Ledesma		UNA	3
	2nd	Alfredo Marañon		UNA	3
	3rd	Jose Carlos Lacson		UNA	1
	4th	Charlie Cojuangco		UNA	2
	5th	Jose Apolinario Lozada		Lakas	2
	6th	Genaro Alvarez Jr.		NPC	3
Negros Oriental	1st	Jacinto Paras		Lakas	2
	2nd	Emilio Macias		NPC	2
	3rd	Herminio Teves		Lakas	2
Northern Samar	1st	Harlin Abayon		Liberal	2
	2nd	Romualdo Vicencio		Lakas	2
Nueva Ecija	1st	Josefina Joson		NPC	2
	2nd	Eleuterio Violago		Lakas	1
	3rd	Aurelio Umali		LDP	1
	4th	Raul Villareal		NPC	1
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Carlos Padilla		LDP	3
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Josephine Sato		Lakas	1
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Charity Leviste		Lakas	1
	2nd	Alfonso Umali Jr.		Liberal	1
Palawan	1st	Vicente Sandoval		Lakas	3
	2nd	Abraham Mitra		LDP	1
Pampanga	1st	Francis Nepomuceno		NPC	2
	2nd	Zenaida Cruz-Ducut		NPC	3
	3rd	Oscar Samson Rodriguez		Lakas	3
	4th	Juan Pablo Bondoc		NPC	2
Pangasinan	1st	Arthur Celeste		Independent	1
	2nd	Amado Espino Jr.		Lakas	1
	3rd	Generoso Tulagan		NPC	2
	4th	Jose de Venecia Jr.		Lakas	1
	5th	Mark Cojuangco		NPC	1
	6th	Conrado Estrella III		NPC	1
Parañaque	Lone	Eduardo Zialcita		Lakas	1
Pasay	Lone	Consuelo Dy		Lakas	1
Pasig	Lone	Henry Lanot [q]		LDP	2
		Noel Cariño [r]		Lakas	0
Quezon	1st	Rafael Nantes		Liberal	2
	2nd	Lynnette Punzalan		Lakas	1
	3rd	Aleta Suarez		Liberal	1
	4th	Georgilu Yumul-Hermida		PMP	1
Quezon City	1st	Reynaldo Calalay [s]		LDP	3
	2nd	Ismael Mathay III		Independent	1
	3rd	Maria Theresa Defensor		Lakas	1
	4th	Nanette Castelo-Daza		Lakas	1
Quirino	Lone	Junie Cua		Liberal	1
Rizal	1st	Jack Duavit		NPC	1
	2nd	Isidro Rodriguez Jr.		NPC	2
Romblon	Lone	Perpetuo Ylagan		Lakas	1
Samar	1st	Reynaldo Uy		Liberal	1
	2nd	Antonio Nachura		Liberal	2
San Juan	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora		PMP	1
Sarangani	Lone	Erwin Chiongbian		Lakas	1
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando Fua Jr.		Lakas	2
Sorsogon	1st	Francis Escudero		NPC	2
	2nd	Jose Solis		Independent	1
South Cotabato	1st	Darlene Antonino Custodio		NPC [t]	1
	2nd	Arthur Pingoy Jr.		NPC	1
Southern Leyte	Lone	Aniceto Saludo Jr.		LDP	2
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Angelo Montilla		NPC	3
Sulu	1st	Hussin Ututalum Amin		LDP [u]	2
	2nd	Abdulmunir Arbison		LDP	1
Surigao del Norte	1st	Glenda Ecleo		Lakas	1
	2nd	Ace Barbers		Lakas	2
Surigao del Sur	1st	Prospero Pichay Jr.		Lakas	2
	2nd	Jesnar Falcon		NPC	3
Taguig–Pateros	Lone	Alan Peter Cayetano		Lakas	2
Tarlac	1st	Gilbert Teodoro		NPC	2
	2nd	Benigno Aquino III		Liberal	2
	3rd	Jesli Lapus		NPC	2
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Soraya Jaafar		Lakas	1
Valenzuela	1st	Win Gatchalian		NPC	1
	2nd	Magi Gunigundo		Lakas	2
Zambales	1st	James Gordon Jr.		Lakas	3
	2nd	Ruben Torres		NPC	1
Zamboanga City	Lone	Celso Lobregat		LDP	2
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Romeo Jalosjos Sr. [v]		NPC	3
		Cecilia Jalosjos-Carreon [w]		Reporma	0
	2nd	Roseller Barinaga		NPC	2
	3rd	Angel Carloto		Lakas	1
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Isidoro Real Jr.		Lakas	1
	2nd	Nenet San Juan		Lakas	1
Zamboanga Sibugay	Lone	Belma Cabilao		Lakas	1
Party-list		Dioscoro Granada		ABA	1
		Patricia Sarenas		Abanse	2
		Mario Aguja		Akbayan	1
		Etta Rosales		Akbayan	2
		Mujiv Hataman		AMIN	1
		Sunny Rose Madamba		APEC	1
		Ernesto Pablo		APEC	1
		Edgar Valdez		APEC	1
		Crispin Beltran [x]		Bayan Muna	1
		Liza Maza [x]		Bayan Muna	1
		Satur Ocampo		Bayan Muna	1
		Joel Virador [y]		Bayan Muna	0
		Siegfried Deduro [z]		Bayan Muna	0
		Christian Señeres		Buhay	1
		Rene Velarde		Buhay	1
		Benjamin Cruz		Butil	2
		Leonila Chavez		Butil	1
		Joel Villanueva		CIBAC	1
		Maria Blanca Kim Bernardo-Lokin		CIBAC	1
		Emerito Calderon		Cocofed	2
		Rene Magtubo		PM	2
		Jose Virgilio Bautista		Sanlakas	1

Notes

1. Party affiliation as of the 2001 election.
2. Rene Cayetano died on June 25, 2003.
3. Noli de Castro resigned on June 29, 2004, upon taking office as Vice President of the Philippines.
4. Gregorio Honasan was elected on May 14, 2001, to succeed Teofisto Guingona Jr., who was appointed as Vice President of the Philippines on February 7, 2001. He took office on June 30, 2001.
5. Blas Ople resigned on July 29, 2002, upon being appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
6. Party affiliation at election.
7. Also affiliated with Independent Nacionalistas and Allies.
8. Napoleon Beratio died on August 6, 2002.
9. Also affiliated with PROMDI.
10. Antonio Abaya died on February 26, 2003.
11. Giorgidi Aggabao was elected on May 12, 2003, to succeed Antonio M. Abaya. He took office on May 19, 2003.
12. Maria Victoria Locsin initially lost to Eufrocino Codilla Sr., but was proclaimed as representative-elect after Codilla was disqualified by the Second Division of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on June 14, 2001. On August 29, 2001, the COMELEC en banc reversed Codilla's disqualification and removed Locsin.
13. Eufrocino Codilla Sr. took office on December 11, 2002, after winning an electoral protest against Maria Victoria Locsin.
14. Mark Jimenez was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on March 6, 2003, after an electoral protest.
15. Also affiliated with the Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma.
16. Also affiliated with Lakas–CMD.
17. Henry Lanot was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on January 22, 2004, after an electoral protest.
18. Noel Cariño took office on June 11, 2004, after winning an electoral protest against Henry Lanot.
19. Reynaldo Calalay died on January 11, 2003.
20. Also affiliated with the Achievers with Integrity Movement.
21. Also affiliated with the Nationalist People's Coalition.
22. Romeo Jalosjos Sr. was removed on April 23, 2002, after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction for rape.
23. Cecilia Jalosjos-Carreon was elected on August 26, 2002, to succeed Romeo Jalosjos Sr.. She took office on September 2, 2002.
24. Crispin Beltran and Liza Maza resigned on November 1, 2003.
25. Joel Virador took office on November 17, 2003, to succeed Crispin Beltran.
26. Siegfried Deduro took office on November 17, 2003, to succeed Liza Maza.

External links

• "List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
• "The LAWPHiL Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN   971-8832-24-6.
• Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN   971-92245-0-9.

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 2001 Philippine general election