6th Congress of the Philippines

6th Congress of the Philippines
← 5th 7th →
Overview
Term	January 17, 1966 – June 17, 1969
President	Ferdinand Marcos
Vice President	Fernando Lopez
Senate
Members	24
President	Arturo Tolentino (until January 26, 1967) Gil Puyat (from January 26, 1967)
President pro tempore	Lorenzo Sumulong (until January 26, 1967) Jose Roy (from January 26, 1967)
Majority leader	Jose Roy (until January 26, 1967) Rodolfo Ganzon (from January 26, 1967)
Minority leader	Ambrosio Padilla
House of Representatives
Members	104
Speaker	Cornelio Villareal (until February 2, 1967) Jose Laurel Jr. (from February 2, 1967)
Speaker pro tempore	Jose M. Aldeguer
Majority leader	Justiniano Montano (until February 2, 1967) Marcelino Veloso (from February 2, 1967)
Minority leader	Jose Laurel Jr. (until February 2, 1967) Cornelio Villareal (from February 2, 1967)

The 6th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino : Ikaanim na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from January 17, 1966, until June 17, 1969, during the first three-and-a-half years of Ferdinand Marcos's presidency.

Sessions

• First Special Session: January 17–22, 1966

• First Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1966
• Second Special Session: May 20 – June 18, 1966
• Third Special Session: August 15–27, 1966
• First Joint Session: April 25 and June 1, 1966
• Second Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1967
• Fourth Special Session: June 1 – July 5, 1967
• Fifth Special Session: July 17 – August 18, 1967
• Second Joint Session: January 30, February 13, February 27, March 8 and March 14–16, 1967
• Third Regular Session: January 22 – May 16, 1968
• Third Joint Session: February 20 – March 1, 1968
• Sixth Special Session: May 17–28, 1968
• Seventh Special Session: July 8 – August 10, 1968
• Eighth Special Session: August 12–31, 1968
• Fourth Regular Session: January 27 – May 22, 1969
• Ninth Special Session: June 2 – July 5, 1969
• Fourth Joint Session: June 11–17, 1969

Legislation

The Sixth Congress passed a total of 1,481 laws. (Republic Act Nos. 4643 – 6123)

Leadership

Senate

Senate President

Arturo Tolentino,
until January 26, 1967

Gil Puyat,
from January 26, 1967

• President:
  • Arturo Tolentino (Nacionalista), until January 26, 1967
  • Gil Puyat (Nacionalista), from January 26, 1967
• President pro tempore:
  • Lorenzo Sumulong (Nacionalista), until January 26, 1967
  • Jose Roy (Nacionalista), from January 26, 1967
• Majority Floor Leader:
  • Jose Roy (Nacionalista), until January 26, 1967
  • Rodolfo Ganzon (Nacionalista), from January 26, 1967
• Minority Floor Leader: Ambrosio Padilla (Liberal)

House of Representatives

House Speaker

Cornelio Villareal,
until February 2, 1967

Jose Laurel Jr.,
from February 2, 1967

• Speaker:
  • Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–2nd, Liberal), until February 2, 1967
  • Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas–3rd, Nacionalista), from February 2, 1967
• Speaker pro tempore: Jose M. Aldeguer (Iloilo–5th, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader:
  • Justiniano Montano (Cavite, Nacionalista), until February 2, 1967
  • Marcelino Veloso (Leyte–3rd, Nacionalista), from February 2, 1967
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas–3rd, Nacionalista), until February 2, 1967
  • Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–2nd, Liberal), from February 2, 1967

Members

Senate

Composition of the Senate during the 6th Congress' 1st and 2nd (left), and 3rd & 4th (right) sessions.

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

• For senators elected on November 14, 1961: December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1967
• For senators elected on November 12, 1963: December 30, 1963 – December 30, 1969
• For senators elected on November 9, 1965: December 30, 1965 – December 30, 1971
• For senators elected on November 14, 1967: December 30, 1967 – December 30, 1973

Senator	Party		Term ending
Alejandro Almendras		Nacionalista	1971
Gaudencio Antonino [a]		Liberal	1967
Magnolia Antonino		Nacionalista	1973
Ninoy Aquino		Liberal	1973
Dominador Aytona		Nacionalista	1971
Helena Benitez		Nacionalista	1973
Jose W. Diokno		Nacionalista	1969
Eva Estrada Kalaw		Nacionalista	1971
Rodolfo Ganzon		Nacionalista	1969
Maria Kalaw Katigbak		Liberal	1967
Wenceslao Lagumbay		Nacionalista	1971
Salvador Laurel		Nacionalista	1973
Juan Liwag		Liberal	1969
Genaro Magsaysay		Nacionalista	1971
Manuel Manahan		Liberal	1967
Raul Manglapus		Liberal	1967
Camilo Osias		Liberal	1967
Sergio Osmeña Jr.		Liberal	1971
Ambrosio Padilla		Liberal	1969
Emmanuel Pelaez		Nacionalista	1973
Leonardo B. Perez		Nacionalista	1973
Gil Puyat		Nacionalista	1969
Soc Rodrigo		Nacionalista	1967
Gerry Roxas		Liberal	1969
Jose Roy		Nacionalista	1967, 1973
Jovito Salonga		Liberal	1971
Tecla San Andres Ziga		Liberal	1969
Lorenzo Sumulong		Nacionalista	1967
Lorenzo Tañada		NCP	1971
Lorenzo Teves		Nacionalista	1973
Arturo Tolentino		Nacionalista	1969

House of Representatives

Composition of the House of Representatives during the 6th Congress.

Sixth Congress representation map of the Philippines

Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Carmelo Z. Barbero		Liberal
Agusan	Lone	Jose C. Aquino		Liberal
Aklan	Lone	Rafael B. Legaspi		Nacionalista
Albay	1st	Venancio P. Ziga		Liberal
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial		Nacionalista
	3rd	Josefina B. Duran		Liberal
Antique	Lone	Jose A. Fornier		Independent
Bataan	Lone	Pablo R. Roman		Liberal
Batanes	Lone	Aurora B. Abad		Liberal
Batangas	1st	Federico M. Serrano		Nacionalista
	2nd	Olegario B. Cantos		Liberal
	3rd	Jose Laurel Jr.		Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Natalio P. Castillo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose S. Zafra		Nacionalista
	3rd	Teodoro B. Galagar		Nacionalista
Bukidnon	Lone	Benjamin N. Tabios		Liberal
Bulacan	1st	Teodulo C. Natividad		Nacionalista
	2nd	Rogaciano M. Mercado		Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Tito M. Dupaya		Liberal
	2nd	Benjamin Ligot		Liberal
Camarines Norte	Lone	Fernando V. Pajarillo		Nacionalista
Camarines Sur	1st	Ramon Felipe Jr.		Liberal
	2nd	Felix Fuentebella		Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Mariano H. Acuña		Liberal
	2nd	Cornelio Villareal		Liberal
Catanduanes	Lone	Jose M. Alberto		Liberal
Cavite	Lone	Justiniano Montano		Liberal
Cebu	1st	Ramon M. Durano		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Briones		Liberal
	3rd	Ernesto Bascon		Liberal
	4th	Isidro Kintanar		Nacionalista
	5th	Antonio Cuenco		Liberal
	6th	Amado B. Arrieta		Liberal
	7th	Tereso Dumon		Liberal
Cotabato	Lone	Salipada Pendatun		Liberal
Davao	Lone [b]	Lorenzo S. Sarmiento [c]		Liberal
Davao del Norte	Lone [d]	Lorenzo S. Sarmiento [e]		Liberal
Davao del Sur	Lone [f]	Artemio A. Loyola [g]		Nacionalista
Davao Oriental	Lone [h]	Constancio P. Maglana [i]		Nacionalista
Eastern Samar	Lone	Felipe J. Abrigo		Liberal
Ilocos Norte	1st	Antonio Raquiza [j]		Liberal
		Roque Ablan Jr. [k]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Simeon M. Valdez		Nacionalista
Ilocos Sur	1st	Floro Crisologo		Liberal
	2nd	Pablo Sanidad		Liberal
Iloilo	1st	Pedro G. Trono		Liberal
	2nd	Fermin Z. Caram Jr.		Nacionalista
	3rd	Gloria M. Tabiana		Liberal
	4th	Ricardo Yap Ladrido		Liberal
	5th	Jose M. Aldeguer		Nacionalista
Isabela	Lone	Melanio T. Singson		Liberal
La Union	1st	Magnolia Antonino [l]		Independent
	2nd	Epifanio B. Castillejos		Nacionalista
Laguna	1st	Manuel Concordia		Liberal
	2nd	Magdaleno M. Palacol		Liberal
Lanao del Norte	Lone	Mohammad Ali Dimaporo		Liberal
Lanao del Sur	Lone	Rashid Lucman		Liberal
Leyte	1st	Artemio E. Mate		Nacionalista
	2nd	Salud Vivero Parreño [m]		Nacionalista
	3rd	Marcelino R. Veloso		Nacionalista
	4th	Dominador M. Tan		Liberal
Manila	1st	Fidel S. Santiago		Liberal
	2nd	Joaquin R. Roces		Nacionalista
	3rd	Sergio H. Loyola		Liberal
	4th	Pablo V. Ocampo		Nacionalista
Marinduque	Lone	Francisco M. Lecaroz		Liberal
Masbate	Lone	Andres Clemente Jr.		Liberal
Misamis Occidental	Lone	William Chiongbian		Liberal
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Emmanuel Pelaez [n]		Independent
Mountain Province	1st	Juan Duyan		Liberal
	2nd	Andres A. Cosalan		Liberal
	3rd	Luis Hora		Liberal
Negros Occidental	1st	Armando C. Gustilo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Felix P. Amante		Nacionalista
	3rd	Felix M. Feria Jr.		Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Lorenzo Teves [o]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Lamberto L. Macias		Nacionalista
Northern Samar	Lone	Eladio T. Balite [p]		Liberal
		Eusebio Moore [q]		Nacionalista
Nueva Ecija	1st	Eugenio Baltao		Liberal
	2nd	Angel D. Concepcion		Nacionalista
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Leonardo B. Perez [r]		Nacionalista
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Pedro C. Medalla		Nacionalista
Oriental Mindoro	Lone	Luciano A. Joson		Liberal
Palawan	Lone	Ramon Mitra Jr.		Liberal
Pampanga	1st	Juanita L. Nepomuceno		Liberal
	2nd	Angel P. Macapagal		Liberal
Pangasinan	1st	Aguedo F. Agbayani		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jack Laureano Soriano		Liberal
	3rd	Cipriano Primicias Jr.		Nacionalista
	4th	Amadeo J. Perez		Liberal
	5th	Jesus M. Reyes		Nacionalista
Quezon	1st	Manuel S. Enverga		Nacionalista
	2nd	Eladio A. Caliwara		Liberal
Rizal	1st	Eddie Ilarde		Liberal
	2nd	Frisco F. San Juan		Nacionalista
Romblon	Lone	Jose D. Moreno		Nacionalista
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador R. Encinas		Liberal
	2nd	Vicente Peralta		Nacionalista
South Cotabato	Lone [s]	James L. Chiongbian [t]		Nacionalista
Southern Leyte	Lone	Nicanor Yñiguez		Nacionalista
Sulu	Lone	Salih Ututalum [u]		Liberal
		Indanan M. Anni [v]		Nacionalista
Surigao del Norte	Lone	Constantino C. Navarro		Liberal
Surigao del Sur	Lone	Gregorio P. Murillo		Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Peping Cojuangco		Liberal
	2nd	Jose V. Yap		Liberal
Western Samar	Lone	Fernando R. Veloso		Nacionalista
Zambales	Lone	Ramon Magsaysay Jr.		Liberal
Zamboanga del Norte	Lone	Alberto Ubay		Liberal
Zamboanga del Sur	Lone	Vincenzo Sagun		Liberal

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1965 Philippine general election
• 1967 Philippine general election

Notes

1. Gaudencio Antonino died on November 13, 1967.
2. Davao's lone district was divided into Davao del Norte's lone district, Davao del Sur's lone district and Davao Oriental's lone district on May 8, 1967.
3. Lorenzo S. Sarmiento was redistricted to Davao del Norte's lone district on January 22, 1968.
4. Davao del Norte's lone district was created from Davao's lone district on May 8, 1967.
5. Lorenzo S. Sarmiento was redistricted from Davao's lone district on January 22, 1968.
6. Davao del Sur's lone district was created from Davao's lone district on May 8, 1967.
7. Artemio A. Loyola was elected on November 14, 1967.
8. Davao Oriental's lone district was created from Davao's lone district on May 8, 1967.
9. Constancio P. Maglana was elected on November 14, 1967.
10. Antonio Raquiza was appointed as Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications on August 24, 1966.
11. Roque Ablan Jr. was elected on November 14, 1967, to succeed Antonio Raquiza.
12. Magnolia Antonino took office as Senator of the Philippines on December 30, 1967.
13. Salud Vivero Parreño died on December 27, 1969.
14. Emmanuel Pelaez took office as Senator of the Philippines on December 30, 1967.
15. Lorenzo Teves took office as Senator of the Philippines on December 30, 1967.
16. Eladio T. Balite died on August 24, 1967.
17. Eusebio Moore was elected on November 14, 1967, to succeed Eladio T. Balite.
18. Leonardo B. Perez took office as Senator of the Philippines on December 30, 1967.
19. South Cotabato's lone district was created from Cotabato's lone district on July 18, 1966.
20. James L. Chiongbian was elected on November 14, 1967.
21. Salih Ututalum was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on April 23, 1969, after an electoral protest.
22. Indanan M. Anni replaced Salih Ututalum on April 23, 1969, after winning an electoral protest.

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.

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.