Philippine Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation

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Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation
18th Congress
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History
New session started
July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)
Leadership
Chairman
Minority Leader
Structure
Seats19 members
Political groups
Majority (16)
  •   PDP–Laban (5)
  •   Independents (3)
  •   Nacionalista (2)
  •   NPC (2)
  •   CIBAC (1)
  •   LDP (1)
  •   Lakas (1)
  •   UNA (1)

Minority (3)

The Philippine Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

Contents

This committee was formed after the Committee on National Defense and Security and the Committee on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation were merged on September 3, 2019, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 9 of the 18th Congress. [1]

Jurisdiction

According to the Rules of the Senate, [2] the committee handles all matters relating to:

Members, 18th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation has 19 members.

The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members.

Here are the members of the committee in the 18th Congress as of September 24, 2020: [3]

PositionMemberParty
Chairperson Panfilo Lacson Independent
Vice
Chairpersons
Francis Tolentino PDP–Laban
Grace Poe Independent
Ronald dela Rosa PDP–Laban
Bong Go PDP–Laban
Richard Gordon Independent
Manny Pacquiao PDP–Laban
Members
for the
Majority
Lito Lapid NPC
Joel Villanueva CIBAC
Imee Marcos Nacionalista
Nancy Binay UNA
Sonny Angara LDP
Bong Revilla Lakas
Win Gatchalian NPC
Cynthia Villar Nacionalista
Koko Pimentel PDP–Laban
Members
for the
Minority
Francis Pangilinan Liberal
Risa Hontiveros Akbayan
Leila de Lima Liberal

Committee secretary: Charlyne Claire Fuentes-Olay

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References

  1. "Senate Resolution No. 9 (18th Congress)" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  2. "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.