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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, fifty-six 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 complain 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.

The People Power Revolution

Main article: 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 Archbishop of Manila Jaime Cardinal Sin 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 № 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 E. A. Virata (KBL, Parliamentary District of Cavite)

Salvador H. Laurel (UNIDO) appointed on February 25, 1986, concurrently Vice-President^[6]

Deputy Prime Minister

Jose A. Roño, Jr. (KBL, Parliamentary District of Samar)

Speaker of the Batasan

Nicanor E. Yñiguez, Jr. (KBL, Parliamentary District of Southern Leyte)

Speaker Pro-Tempore

Salipada K. Pendatun (KBL, Parliamentary District of Maguindanao)

Macacuna B. Dimaporo (KBL, Parliamentary District of Lanao del Sur), elected 1985

Majority Floor Leader

Jose A. Roño (KBL, Parliamentary District of Samar)

Minority Floor Leader

Jose B. Laurel, Jr. (UNIDO, Parliamentary District of Batangas)

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

Final composition.

Member of Parliament

Province/City	Member of Parliament (MP)	Party
Abra	Arturo V. Barbero	KBL
Agusan del Norte	Edelmiro A. Amante	NP
Agusan del Sur	Democrito O. Plaza	KBL
Aklan	Rafael B. Legaspi	UNIDO
Albay	Pedro M. Marcellana, Jr.	UNIDO
	Peter A. Sabido	KBL
	Victor Ziga	UNIDO
Antique	Arturo F. Pacificador	KBL
Aurora	Luis S. Etcubañez	KBL
Baguio City	Honorato Y. Aquino	UNIDO
Basilan	Candu I. Muarip	UNIDO
Bataan	Antonino P. Roman	KBL
Batanes	Fernando C. Faberes	KBL
Batangas	Manuel G. Collantes	KBL
	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.	UNIDO
	Hernando B. Perez	UNIDO
	Rafael R. Recto	UNIDO
Benguet	Samuel M. Dangwa	ind.
Bohol	Eladio I. Chatto	KBL
	Ramon M. Lapez	KBL
	David B. Tirol	KBL
Bukidnon	Lorenzo S. Dinlayan	KBL
Bukidnon	Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr.	KBL
Bulacan	Jesus S. Hipolito	KBL
	Rogaciano M. Mercado	UNIDO
	Teodulo C. Natividad	KBL
	Blas F. Ople	KBL
Cagayan	Antonio C. Carag	KBL
	Juan Ponce Enrile	KBL
	Alfonso R. Reyno, Jr.	KBL
Cagayan de Oro City	Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-Laban
Caloocan City	Antonio C. Martinez	UNIDO
Caloocan City	Virgilio P. Robles	UNIDO
Camarines Norte	Roy B. Padilla	UNIDO
Camarines Sur	Ciriaco R. Alfelor	UNIDO
	Rolando R. Andaya	UNIDO
	Edmundo B. Cea	UNIDO
	Luis R. Villafuerte, Sr.	UNIDO
Camiguin	Jose Paul N. Neri	ind.
Capiz	Enrique M. Belo	ind.
Capiz	Charles B. Escolin	KBL
Catanduanes	Jose M. Alberto	KBL
Cavite	Helena Z. Benitez	KBL
	Renato P. Dragon	KBL
	Cesar E. A. Virata	KBL
Cebu	Emerito S. Calderon	KBL
	Nenita Cortes-Daluz	UNIDO
	Ramon D. Durano III	KBL
	Regalado E. Maambong	KBL
	Luisito R. Patalinjug	KBL
	Adelino B. Sitoy	KBL
Cebu City	Antonio V. Cuenco	UNIDO
Cebu City	Marcelo B. Fernan	UNIDO
Cotabato	Tomas B. Aga, Jr.	KBL
Cotabato	Carlos B. Cajelo	KBL
Davao City	Manuel M. Garcia	KBL
Davao City	Zafiro L. Respicio	PDP-Laban
Davao del Norte	Rodolfo P. del Rosario	KBL
	Rolando C. Marcial	UNIDO
	Rogelio M. Sarmiento	KBL
Davao del Sur	Alejandro D. Almendras	KBL
Davao del Sur	Douglas R.A. Cagas	PDP-Laban
Davao Oriental	Merced Edith N. Rabat	KBL
Eastern Samar	Vicente O. Valley	KBL
Ifugao	Zosimo Jesus M. Paredes, Jr.	KBL
Iligan City	Camilo P. Cabili	KBL
Ilocos Norte	Imee Marcos-Manotoc	KBL
Ilocos Norte	Antonio V. Raquiza	KBL
Ilocos Sur	Salacnib F. Baterina	KBL
Ilocos Sur	Eric D. Singson	KBL
Iloilo	Salvador B. Britanico	KBL
	Fermin Z. Caram, Jr.	UNIDO
	Arthur D. Defensor	UNIDO
	Narciso D. Monfort	KBL
	Rafael P. Palmares	NP
Isabela	Rodolfo B. Albano	KBL
	Prospero G. Bello	KBL
	Simplicio B. Domingo, Jr.	KBL
Kalinga-Apayao	David M. Puzon	KBL
La Union	Jose D. Aspiras	KBL
La Union	Joaquin L. Ortega	KBL
Laguna	Arturo D. Brion	KBL
	Rustico F. delos Reyes, Jr.	ind.
	Wenceslao R. Lagumbay	NP
	Luis A. Yulo	KBL
Lanao del Norte	Abdullah D. Dimaporo	KBL
Lanao del Sur	Omar M. Dianalan	KBL
Lanao del Sur	Macacuna B. Dimaporo	KBL
Las Piñas-Parañaque	Jaime N. Ferrer	UNIDO
Leyte	Damian V. Aldaba	KBL
	Artemio E. Mate	KBL
	Emiliano J. Melgazo	KBL
	Benjamin T. Romualdez ¹	KBL
	Alberto S. Veloso	KBL
Maguindanao	Simeon A. Datumanong	KBL
Maguindanao	Salipada K. Pendatun ²	KBL
Makati	Ruperto C. Gaite	KBL
Malabon-Navotas-Valenzuela	Manuel C. Domingo	UNIDO
Malabon-Navotas-Valenzuela	Jesus T. Tanchanco	KBL
Manila	Jose L. Atienza, Jr.	UNIDO
	Eva Estrada-Kalaw	UNIDO
	Carlos C. Fernando	UNIDO
	Gemiliano C. Lopez, Jr.	UNIDO
	Gonzalo G. Puyat II	UNIDO
	Arturo M. Tolentino	KBL
Marinduque	Carmencita O. Reyes	KBL
Masbate	Jolly T. Fernandez	UNIDO
Masbate	Venancio L. Yaneza	ind.
Misamis Occidental	Henry Y. Regalado	ind.
Misamis Oriental	Homobono A. Adaza	Mindanao Alliance
Misamis Oriental	Concordio C. Diel	KBL
Mountain Province	Victor S. Dominguez	KBL
Negros Occidental	Wilson P. Gamboa	UNIDO
	Antonio M. Gatuslao	ind.
	Roberto A. Gatuslao	KBL
	Jaime G. Golez	KBL
	Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr.	KBL
	Roberto L. Montelibano	KBL
	Jose Y. Varela, Jr.	KBL
Negros Oriental	Ricardo D. Abiera	KBL
	Andres C. Bustamante	KBL
	Emilio C. Macias II	KBL
Northern Samar	Edilberto A. del Valle	KBL
Nueva Ecija	Angel D. Concepcion	KBL
	Leopoldo D. Diaz	KBL
	Mario S. Garcia	KBL
	Eduardo Nonato N. Joson	KBL
Nueva Vizcaya	Leonardo B. Perez	KBL
Occidental Mindoro	Pedro T. Mendiola	KBL
Olongapo City	Amelia J. Gordon	KBL
Oriental Mindoro	Rolleo L. Ignacio	UNIDO
Oriental Mindoro	Jose Reynaldo V. Morente	KBL
Palawan	Ramon V. Mitra	PDP-Laban
Pampanga	Aber P. Canlas	KBL
	Rafael L. Lazatin	UNIDO
	Emigdio L. Lingad	UNIDO
	Juanita L. Nepomuceno	UNIDO
Pangasinan	Victor E. Agbayani	KBL
	Gregorio S. Cedaña	KBL
	Felipe P. de Vera	KBL
	Demetrio G. Demetria	UNIDO
	Conrado F. Estrella	KBL
	Fabian S. Sison	UNIDO
Pasay City	Jose Conrado Benitez	KBL
Pasig-Marikina	Emilio N. dela Paz, Jr.	UNIDO
Pasig-Marikina	Augusto S. Sanchez	UNIDO
Quezon	Cesar D. Bolaños	UNIDO
	Bienvenido O. Marquez, Jr.	UNIDO
	Hjalamar P. Quintana	UNIDO
	Oscar F. Santos	UNIDO
Quezon City	Ismael A. Mathay	KBL
	Orlando S. Mercado	UNIDO
	Cecilia Muñoz-Palma	UNIDO
	Alberto G. Romulo	UNIDO
Quirino	Orlando C. Dulay	KBL
Rizal	Francisco S. Sumulong	UNIDO
Rizal	Emigdio S. Tanjuatco, Jr.	UNIDO
Romblon	Natalio M. Beltran, Jr.	UNIDO
Samar	Jose A. Roño	KBL
Samar	Fernando R. Veloso	KBL
San Juan-Mandaluyong	Neptali A. Gonzales	UNIDO
Siquijor	Manolito L. Asok	KBL
Sorsogon	Salvador H. Escudero	KBL
Sorsogon	Augusto G. Ortiz	KBL
South Cotabato	Rufino B. Bañas	UNIDO
	Hilario B. De Pedro	UNIDO
	Rogelio V. Garcia	UNIDO
Southern Leyte	Nicanor E. Yñiguez	KBL
Sultan Kudarat	Benjamin C. Duque	KBL
Sulu	Hussin T. Loong	KBL
Surigao del Norte	Constantino C. Navarro, Sr.	KBL
Surigao del Sur	Higino C. Llaguno, Jr.	KBL
Taguig-Pateros-Muntinlupa	Renato L. Cayetano	KBL
Tarlac	Homobono C. Sawit	KBL
Tarlac	Mercedes C. Teodoro	KBL
Tawi-Tawi	Celso J. Palma	KBL
Zambales	Antonio M. Diaz	KBL
Zamboanga City	Cesar C. Climaco ³	UNIDO
Zamboanga del Norte	Romeo C. Jalosjos	NP
Zamboanga del Norte	Guardson R. Lood	KBL
Zamboanga del Sur	Vicente M. Cerilles	KBL
	Bienvenido A. Ebarle	KBL
	Isidoro E. Real, Jr.	UNIDO

^1 Benjamin T. Romualdez preferred to sit as Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States, thereby he was disqualified to sit as Mambabatas Pambansa of Leyte.

^2 Salipada K. Pendatun died in office.

^3 Cesar C. Climaco was assassinated on November 14, 1984.

References

↑ http://www.gov.ph/1986/02/15/resolution-no-38/
↑ http://www.comelec.gov.ph/?r=laws/OmnibusElectionCode/OECArt25
↑ http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/edsa20/view.php?db=1&article=20110226-322279
↑ http://www.stanford.edu/group/CCB/Staff/Kathy.htm
↑ http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Business_19/Award-winning_US_newspaper_that_exposed_Marcos_corruption_outsources_customer_care_to_RP_printer.shtml
↑ President Corazon Aquino appointed Vice-President Salvador Laurel on February 25, 1986 which was confirmed by the Regular Batasang Pambansa.

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