8th Congress of the Philippines

8th Congress of the Philippines
← Regular Batasang Pambansa 9th →
Overview
Term	July 27, 1987 – May 25, 1992
President	Corazon Aquino
Vice President	Salvador Laurel
Senate
Members	24
President	Jovito Salonga (until January 18, 1992) Neptali Gonzales (from January 18, 1992)
President pro tempore	Teofisto Guingona Jr. (until July 23, 1990) Sotero Laurel (July 23, 1990 – January 18, 1992) Ernesto Maceda (from January 18, 1992)
Majority leader	Orly Mercado (until July 23, 1990) Teofisto Guingona Jr. (July 23, 1990 – July 22, 1991) Alberto Romulo (from July 22, 1991)
Minority leader	Juan Ponce Enrile (until January 18, 1992) Wigberto Tañada (from January 18, 1992)
House of Representatives
Members	214
Speaker	Ramon Mitra Jr.
Speaker pro tempore	Antonio Cuenco
Majority leader	Francisco S. Sumulong
Minority leader	Rodolfo Albano Jr. (until October 20, 1989) Mohammad Ali Dimaporo (October 20, 1989 – June 1, 1990) Salvador Escudero (June 1, 1990 – July 22, 1991) Victor Francisco Ortega (from July 22, 1991)

The 8th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino : Ikawalong Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 27, 1987, until May 25, 1992, during the presidency of Corazon Aquino. This was the first Congress after the ratification of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.

Leadership

Senate

Senate President

Jovito Salonga,
until January 18, 1992

Neptali Gonzales,
from January 18, 1992

• President:
  • Jovito Salonga (Liberal), until January 18, 1992
  • Neptali Gonzales (LDP), from January 18, 1992
• President pro tempore:
  • Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Liberal), until July 23, 1990
  • Sotero Laurel (UNIDO), July 23, 1990 – January 18, 1992
  • Ernesto Maceda (PDP–Laban), from January 18, 1992
• Majority Floor Leader:
  • Orly Mercado (Liberal), until July 23, 1990
  • Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Liberal), July 23, 1990 – July 22, 1991
  • Alberto Romulo (LDP), from July 22, 1991
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Juan Ponce Enrile (Nacionalista), until January 18, 1992
  • Wigberto Tañada (Liberal), from January 18, 1992

House of Representatives

House Speaker

Ramon Mitra Jr.

• Speaker: Ramon Mitra Jr. (Palawan–2nd, LDP)
• Speaker pro tempore: Antonio Cuenco (Cebu City–2nd, LDP)
• Majority Floor Leader: Francisco S. Sumulong (Rizal–1st, LDP)
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Rodolfo Albano Jr. (Isabela–1st, KBL), until October 20, 1989
  • Mohammad Ali Dimaporo (Lanao del Sur–2nd, KBL), October 20, 1989 – June 1, 1990
  • Salvador Escudero (Sorsogon–1st, KBL), June 1, 1990 – July 22, 1991
  • Victor Francisco Ortega (La Union–1st, Nacionalista), from July 22, 1991

Sessions

• First Regular Session: July 27, 1987 – June 10, 1988
• Second Regular Session: July 25, 1988 – June 8, 1989
  • First Special Session: January 9–13, 1989
• Third Regular Session: July 24, 1989 – June 7, 1990
  • Second Special Session: January 3, 1990
• Fourth Regular Session: July 23, 1990 – June 6, 1991
  • Third Special Session: December 17–21, 1990
• Fifth Regular Session: July 22, 1991 – May 25, 1992
  • Fourth Special Session: December 16–19, 1991

Members

Senate

Final Senate composition.

All senators were elected on May 11, 1987 for terms that began on June 30, 1987, and ended on June 30, 1992.

Senator	Party
Heherson Alvarez		Lakas ng Bansa
Edgardo Angara		Independent
Butz Aquino		BANDILA
Joseph Estrada		Nacionalista
Neptali Gonzales		Lakas ng Bansa
Teofisto Guingona Jr.		Liberal
Ernesto Herrera		Liberal
Sotero Laurel		UNIDO
Joey Lina		Lakas ng Bansa
Ernesto Maceda		PDP–Laban
Raul Manglapus [a]		LABAN
Orly Mercado		Liberal
John Henry Osmeña		Liberal
Vicente Paterno		PDP–Laban
Nene Pimentel		PDP–Laban
Juan Ponce Enrile [b]		Nacionalista
Leticia Ramos-Shahani		Lakas ng Bansa
Nina Rasul [c]		Liberal
Alberto Romulo		Lakas ng Bansa
Rene Saguisag		Liberal
Jovito Salonga		Liberal
Mamintal A. J. Tamano [d]		Nacionalista
Wigberto Tañada		Liberal
Victor Ziga		Liberal

House of Representatives

Final House of Representatives composition.

Eighth Congress representation map of the Philippines

Province/City	District	Representative	Party [e]
Abra	Lone	Rudolfo Bernardez		LnB
Agusan del Norte	1st	Charito Plaza		UNIDO
	2nd	Edelmiro Amante		UNIDO
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Democrito Plaza		UNIDO
Aklan	Lone	Ramon Legaspi		Laban/Nacionalista
Albay	1st	Edcel Lagman		LnB
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial		Independent
	3rd	Elfren Sarte [f]		Liberal
Antique	Lone	Exequiel Javier		Independent
Aurora	Lone	Benedicto Miran		UNIDO
Bacolod	Lone	Romeo Guanzon		Independent
Basilan	Lone	Alvin Dans		LnB/Liberal
Bataan	1st	Felicito Payumo		Liberal
	2nd	Tet Garcia		LnB
Batanes	Lone	Florencio Abad [g]		Liberal
Batangas	1st	Conrado Apacible		UNIDO
	2nd	Hernando Perez		UNIDO
	3rd	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad		UNIDO/Nacionalista
	4th	Jose Calingasan		UNIDO
Benguet	1st	Honorato Aquino		LnB/UNIDO
	2nd	Samuel Dangwa		LnB
Bohol	1st	Venice Borja-Agana		PDP–Laban/LnB/Liberal
	2nd	David Tirol		Nacionalista
	3rd	Isidro Zarraga		LnB/Panaghiusa
Bukidnon	1st	Socorro Acosta		Liberal
	2nd	Violeta Labaria		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Jose Maria Zubiri Jr.		Liberal
Bulacan	1st	Francisco Aniag Jr.		LnB
	2nd	Vicente Rivera Jr.		Liberal
	3rd	Jose Cabochan		PDP–Laban
	4th	Rogaciano Mercado [h]		LnB
Cagayan	1st	Domingo Tuzon		GAD
	2nd	Leoncio Puzon		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Tito Dupaya [i]		Laban
Cagayan de Oro	Lone	Benedicta Roa		Independent
Caloocan	1st	Virgilio Robles [j]		UNIDO
		Romeo Santos [k]		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Gerardo P. Cabochan		PDP–Laban
Camarines Norte	Lone	Renato Unico		PDP–Laban/LnB/UNIDO
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando Andaya		UNIDO
	2nd	Raul Roco		UNIDO
	3rd	Eduardo Pilapil		LnB
	4th	Ciriaco Alfelor		Liberal/PDP–Laban/UNIDO
Camiguin	Lone	Pedro Romualdo		PDP–Laban/LnB
Capiz	1st	Gerardo Roxas Jr.		Liberal
	2nd	Cornelio Villareal		PDP–Laban/LnB/Liberal
Catanduanes	Lone	Moises Tapia [l]		Independent
Cavite	1st	Leonardo Guerrero		Nacionalista/Magdalo
	2nd	Renato Dragon		Nacionalista/Magdalo
	3rd	Jorge Nuñez		Nacionalista/KBL/Magdalo/GAD
Cebu	1st	Antonio Bacaltos		Panaghiusa
	2nd	Crisologo Abines		LnB
	3rd	Pablo P. Garcia		Panaghiusa
	4th	Celestino Martinez Jr.		UNIDO
	5th	Ramon Durano III		Nacionalista
	6th	Vicente dela Serna		PDP–Laban/Panaghiusa
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar		Panaghiusa
	2nd	Antonio Cuenco		LnB/Panaghiusa
Cotabato	1st	Rodrigo Gutang		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Gregorio Andolana		PB
Davao City	1st	Jesus Dureza [m]		Independent
		Prospero Nograles [n]		LnB
	2nd	Cornelio Maskariño		LnB
	3rd	Luis Santos [o]		LnB
Davao del Norte	1st	Lorenzo Sarmiento		LnB
	2nd	Baltazar Sator		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Rodolfo del Rosario		LnB
Davao del Sur	1st	Juanito Camasura Jr.		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Benjamin Bautista Sr.		GAD
Davao Oriental	1st	Enrico Dayanghirang		PDP–Laban/LnB
	2nd	Thelma Almario		PDP–Laban
Eastern Samar	Lone	Jose Ramirez		LnB/Liberal
Ifugao	Lone	Gualberto Lumauig		Independent
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque Ablan Jr.		KBL
	2nd	Mariano Nalupta Jr.		KBL
Ilocos Sur	1st	Chavit Singson		Independent
	2nd	Eric Singson		Independent
Iloilo	1st	Oscar Garin		LnB
	2nd	Alberto Lopez		NUCD/LnB
	3rd	Licurgo Tirador		Liberal
	4th	Narciso Monfort		LnB
	5th	Niel Tupas Sr.		Liberal
Iloilo City	Lone	Rafael Lopez-Vito		UNIDO
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo Albano Jr.		KBL
	2nd	Simplicio Domingo Jr.		KBL
	3rd	Santiago Respicio		KBL
	4th	Antonio Abaya		GAD/KBL
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone	William Claver		PDP–Laban/LnB
La Union	1st	Victor Francisco Ortega		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Aspiras		Independent
Laguna	1st	Nereo Joaquin		PDP–Laban/LnB/UNIDO
	2nd	Jun Chipeco		PDP–Laban/LnB
	3rd	Florante Aquino		PDP–Laban
	4th	Magdaleno Palacol		LnB/Liberal
Lanao del Norte	1st	Mariano Badelles		Liberal
	2nd	Abdullah Dimaporo [p]		UPP/KBL
Lanao del Sur	1st	Omar Dianalan [q]		PDP–Laban/LnB
	2nd	Mohammad Ali Dimaporo		KBL
Las Piñas–Muntinlupa	Lone	Filemon Aguilar		Independent
Leyte	1st	Cirilo Roy Montejo		LnB/Liberal
	2nd	Manuel Horca Jr.		PDP–Laban/LnB/Liberal
	3rd	Alberto Veloso		Nacionalista/GAD/KBL
	4th	Carmelo Locsin		PDP–Laban
	5th	Eriberto Loreto		Independent
Maguindanao	1st	Michael Mastura		PDP–Laban/LnB
	2nd	Guimid Matalam		PDP–Laban
Makati	Lone	Maria Consuelo Puyat-Reyes		PDP–Laban
Malabon–Navotas	Lone	Tessie Aquino-Oreta		UNIDO
Manila	1st	Martin Isidro		LnB
	2nd	Jaime Lopez		LnB
	3rd	Leonardo Fugoso		Liberal
	4th	Ramon Bagatsing Jr.		KABAKA
	5th	Amado Bagatsing		KABAKA
	6th	Pablo Ocampo		PDP–Laban
Marikina	Lone	Democlito Angeles		Liberal
Marinduque	Lone	Carmencita Reyes		Independent
Masbate	1st	Tito Espinosa		Independent
	2nd	Luz Cleta Bakunawa		Independent
	3rd	Moises Espinosa [r]		Independent
Misamis Occidental	1st	Julio Ozamiz		PDP–Laban/LnB
	2nd	Hilarion Ramiro Jr.		UNIDO
Misamis Oriental	1st	Isacio Pelaez		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Victorico Chaves		PDP–Laban
Mountain Province	Lone	Victor Dominguez		Independent
Negros Occidental	1st	Salvador Laguda		LnB
	2nd	Manuel Puey		LnB
	3rd	Jose Carlos Lacson		UNIDO
	4th	Edward Matti		LnB
	5th	Mariano Yulo		Independent
	6th	Hortensia Starke		LnB/UNIDO
Negros Oriental	1st	Jerome Paras		Laban
	2nd	Miguel Romero		LnB
	3rd	Margarito Teves		LnB/UNIDO
Northern Samar	1st	Raul Daza		Liberal
	2nd	Jose Ong Jr.		LnB
Nueva Ecija	1st	Eduardo Nonato Joson		BALANE
	2nd	Simeon Garcia Jr.		PDP–Laban/LnB/BALANE
	3rd	Hermogenes Concepcion Jr.		Independent
	4th	Nicanor de Guzman Jr. [s]		LnB/BALANE
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Carlos Padilla		PDP–Laban/LnB
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Mario Gene Mendiola		Nacionalista/GAD
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Rodolfo Valencia		Liberal
	2nd	Jesus Punzalan		Liberal/LnB
Palawan	1st	David Ponce de Leon		LnB
	2nd	Ramon Mitra Jr.		PDP–Laban/LnB
Pampanga	1st	Carmelo Lazatin Sr.		PDP–Laban/LnB/UNIDO
	2nd	Emigdio Lingad		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Oscar Samson Rodriguez		PDP–Laban/LnB
	4th	Marciano Pineda [t]		PDP–Laban/LnB
		Emigdio Bondoc [u]		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Oscar Orbos [v]		UNIDO/PDP–Laban/NUCD/LnB/Liberal/BANDILA
	2nd	Antonio Bengson III		PDP–Laban/LnB
	3rd	Fabian Sison		PDP–Laban
	4th	Jose de Venecia Jr.		LnB
	5th	Conrado Estrella Jr.		KBL
	6th	Conrado Estrella III		KBL
Parañaque	Lone	Freddie Webb		LnB
Pasay	Lone	Lorna Verano-Yap		PDP–Laban
Pasig	Lone	Rufino Javier		LnB
Quezon	1st	Wilfrido Enverga		UNIDO
	2nd	Mario Tagarao [w]		Liberal
	3rd	Bienvenido Marquez Jr.		UNIDO/Laban
	4th	Oscar Santos		PDP–Laban
Quezon City	1st	Renato Yap		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Antonio Aquino		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Nikki Coseteng		KAIBA
	4th	Mel Mathay		KBL
Quirino	Lone	Junie Cua [x]		Liberal
Rizal	1st	Francisco Sumulong		PDP–Laban/LnB/UNIDO
	2nd	Emigdio Tanjuatco Jr.		PDP–Laban/LnB
Romblon	Lone	Natalio Beltran Jr.		LnB/Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Jose Roño		GAD/Nacionalista/UPP/KBL
	2nd	Venancio Garduce		PB
San Juan–Mandaluyong	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora		Independent
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando Fua		PDP–Laban/LnB
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador Escudero		KBL/UPP/UNIDO
	2nd	Bonifacio Gillego		LnB/PDP–Laban/BANDILA/NUCD/Liberal
South Cotabato	1st	Adelbert Antonino		Independent
	2nd	Hilario de Pedro III		UNIDO/PDP–Laban
	3rd	James Chiongbian		Independent
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger Mercado [y]		Liberal/Panaghiusa/Laban/UNIDO/PDP–Laban/LnB/BANDILA
		Rosette Lerias [z]		KBL
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Estanislao Valdez		PDP–Laban
Sulu	1st	Abdusakur Mahail Tan		Independent
	2nd	Arden Anni		UNIDO/CCA/Nacionalisa
Surigao del Norte	1st	Glenda Ecleo		UNIDO
	2nd	Constantino Navarro		UPP/KBL
Surigao del Sur	1st	Mario Ty		LnB/UNIDO
	2nd	Ernesto Estrella		PDP–Laban
Taguig–Pateros	Lone	Dante Tiñga		PDP–Laban/LnB
Tarlac	1st	Peping Cojuangco		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Jose Yap		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Herminio Aquino		PDP–Laban
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Alawadin Bandon Jr. [aa]		PDP–Laban/UMDP/NUCD
		Romulo Espaldon [ab]		LnB
Valenzuela	Lone	Antonio Serapio		Nacionalista
Zambales	1st	Katherine Gordon		Nacionalista
	2nd	Pacita Gonzales		UNIDO/PDP–Laban/Liberal/LnB
Zamboanga City	Lone	Maria Clara Lobregat		Independent
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Artemio Adasa Jr.		PDP–Laban/CCA/UNIDO
	2nd	Ernesto Amatong		CCA/UNIDO/Liberal/PDP–Laban/LnB
	3rd	Angel Carloto		CCA/UNIDO/Liberal/PDP–Laban/LnB
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Isidoro Real Jr.		CCA/UNIDO/Liberal/PDP–Laban/LnB
	2nd	Antonio Cerilles		Nacionalista/GAD
	3rd	Wilfredo Cainglet		LnB/PDP–Laban/Liberal/UNIDO
Disabled		Art Borjal		Nonpartisan
Farmers		Daniel de Luna		Nonpartisan
Fisherfolk		Antonio Olegario Jr.		Nonpartisan
Labor		Adelisa Almario-Raymundo		Nonpartisan
		Ramon Jabar		Nonpartisan
		Alejandro Villavisa		Nonpartisan
Peasants		Romeo Angeles		Nonpartisan
		Bartolome Arteche		Nonpartisan
Urban Poor		Herminio Panganiban		Nonpartisan
		Rey Teves		Nonpartisan
Veterans and Elderly		Dionisio Ojeda		Nonpartisan
Women		Estelita Juco [ac]		Nonpartisan
Youth		Chito Gascon		Nonpartisan
		Al Ignatius Lopez		Nonpartisan

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1987 Philippine legislative election

Notes

1. Raul Manglapus resigned on October 9, 1987, before being appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
2. Juan Ponce Enrile took office on August 15, 1987.
3. Nina Rasul took office on July 26, 1987.
4. Mamintal A. J. Tamano took office on July 6, 1987.
5. Party affiliation at election.
6. Elfren Sarte died on July 22, 1988.
7. Florencio Abad resigned on December 12, 1989, upon being appointed as Secretary of Agrarian Reform.
8. Rogaciano Mercado died on November 13, 1989.
9. Tito Dupaya died on April 1, 1989.
10. Virgilio Robles was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on February 4, 1991, after an electoral protest.
11. Romeo Santos took office on March 6, 1991, after winning an electoral protest against Virgilio P. Robles.
12. Moises Tapia died on November 15, 1987.
13. Jesus Dureza was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on June 16, 1989, after an electoral protest.
14. Prospero Nograles took office on August 1, 1989, after winning an electoral protest against Jesus Dureza.
15. Luis Santos resigned on October 27, 1987, upon being appointed as Secretary of Local Government.
16. Abdullah Dimaporo resigned on December 12, 1989, to run in the 1990 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao gubernatorial election.
17. Omar Dianalan died on April 30, 1990.
18. Moises Espinosa was assassinated on March 17, 1989.
19. Nicanor de Guzman Jr. resigned on August 7, 1990.
20. Marciano Pineda was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on October 1, 1991, after an electoral protest.
21. Emigdio Bondoc took office on January 28, 1992, after winning an electoral protest against Marciano Pineda.
22. Oscar Orbos resigned on January 1, 1990, upon being appointed as Secretary of Transportation and Communications.
23. Mario Tagarao died on April 23, 1990.
24. Junie Cua took office on November 9, 1987, after initially losing to Richard Puzon (PDP–Laban).
25. Roger Mercado was removed by the Supreme Court on October 15, 1991, after an electoral protest.
26. Rosette Lerias took office on December 4, 1991, after winning an electoral protest against Roger Mercado.
27. Alawadin Bandon Jr. was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on November 16, 1990, after an electoral protest.
28. Romulo Espaldon took office on December 12, 1990, after winning an electoral protest against Alawadin Bandon Jr..
29. Estelita Juco died on July 7, 1989.

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.