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The Twelfth Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabindalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas) was the national Lower House of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines. The convening of the 12th Congress follows the 2001 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 29, 2002 – June 6, 2003
• Third Regular Session: July 28, 2003 – June 4, 2004
  • Second Special Session: January 5 – February 13, 2004

Legislation

Laws passed by the 12th Congress:

Leadership

Senate

• President of the Senate

Franklin M. Drilon (independent)

• Senate President Pro-Tempore

Manuel B. Villar, Jr. (independent)

Juan M. Flavier (Lakas-NUCD)

• Majority Floor Leader

Loren B. Legarda (Lakas-CMD)

Francis N. Pangilinan (Liberal)

• Minority Floor Leader

Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-LABAN)

Vicente C. Sotto III (LDP)

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas-NUCD, 4th District Pangasinan)

• Deputy Speakers
  • Luzon:   Emilio R. Espinosa (NPC, 2nd District Masbate)
  • Visayas:   Raul V. del Mar (Lakas-NUCD/PROMDI, 1st District Cebu)
  • Mindanao:   Abdulgani A. Salapuddin (Lakas-NUCD, Lone District Basilan)
  • Central Luzon:   Benigno S. Aquino III (Liberal, 2nd District Tarlac)
• Majority Floor Leader

Florencio B. Abad (Liberal, Lone District Batanes)

• Minority Floor Leader

Carlos M. Padilla (LDP, Lone District Nueva Vizcaya)

Members

Composition

Final Senate composition.

Final House of Representatives composition.

	Party	Senate	House of Representatives
	Alayon	0	1
	Aksyon	1	2
	KAMPI	0	1
	KBL	0	1
	LDP	5	20
	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	7	95
	Liberal	1	25
	Nacionalista	0	1
	NPC	1	48
	PDP-Laban	2	1
	PDSP	0	2
	Reporma-LM	0	2
	PMP	0	2
	Independent	5	6
	Sectoral representatives	NA	16
	Vacancies	2	2
	Total	24	237

Senate

Senator		Party	Term	Term Start	Term End
	Edgardo J. Angara	LDP	1	2001	2007
	Teresa Aquino-Oreta	LDP	1	1998	2004
	Joker P. Arroyo	Aksyon	1	2001	2007
	Robert Z. Barbers	Lakas-NUCD	1	1998	2004
	Rodolfo G. Biazon	LDP	1	1998	2004
	Renato L. Cayetano	Lakas-NUCD	1	1998	2004
	Noli L. De Castro	independent	1	2001	2007
	Franklin M. Drilon	independent	2	2001	2007
	Luisa P. Estrada	independent	1	2001	2007
	Juan M. Flavier	Lakas-NUCD	2	2001	2007
	Gregorio B. Honasan	independent	2	2001	2007
	Robert S. Jaworski	Lakas-NUCD	1	1998	2004
	Panfilo M. Lacson	LDP	1	2001	2007
	Loren B. Legarda	Lakas-NUCD	1	1998	2004
	Ramon B. Magsaysay, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	2	2001	2007
	Blas F. Ople	LDP	2	1998	2004
	John Henry R. Osmeña	NPC	1	1998	2004
	Sergio R. Osmeña III	PDP-Laban	2	2001	2007
	Francis N. Pangilinan	Liberal	1	2001	2007
	Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-Laban	1	1998	2004
	Ralph G. Recto	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001	2007
	Ramon B. Revilla	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998	2004
	Vicente C. Sotto III	LDP	2	1998	2004
	Manuel B. Villar, Jr.	independent	1	2001	2007

^a Political affiliation at the beginning of Congress.

^1 Appointed Foreign Secretary on July 18, 2002.

^2 Died on June 25, 2003.

House of Representatives

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

District Representatives
Province/City	District	Representative		Party	Term	First Elected
Abra	Lone		Luis P. Bersamin, Jr.	PDSP	1	2001
Agusan del Norte	1st		Leovigildo B. Banaag	LDP/NPC	2	1998
	2nd		Edelmiro A. Amante, Sr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Agusan del Sur	Lone		Rodolfo G. Plaza	LDP	1	2001
Aklan	Lone		Gabrielle V. Calizo	LDP	1	2001
Albay	1st		Krisel B. Lagman-Luistro	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd		Carlos R. Imperial	NPC	1	2001
	3rd		Joey S. Salceda	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Antipolo City	Lone		Victor R. Sumulong	LDP	2	1998
Antique	Lone		Exequiel B. Javier	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Apayao	Lone		Elias C. Bulut, Jr.	NPC	1	2001
Aurora	Lone		Bellaflor Angara-Castillo	LDP	1	2001
Bacolod City	Lone		Monico O. Puentevella	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Baguio City	Lone		Mauricio G. Domogan	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Basilan	Lone		Abdulgani A. Salapuddin	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Bataan	1st		Antonino P. Roman	independent	2	1998
	2nd		Enrique T. Garcia, Jr.	LDP	3	1995
Batanes	Lone		Florencio B. Abad	Liberal	3	1995
Batangas	1st		Eileen Ermita-Buhain	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Francisco S. Perez II	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd		Victoria H. Reyes	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	4th		Oscar L. Gozos	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Benguet	Lone		Samuel M. Dangwa	REPORMA-LM	1	2001
Biliran	Lone		Gerardo S. Espina, Sr.	NPC/Bando Espina	3	1995
Bohol	1st		Edgar M. Chatto	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Roberto Cajes	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd		Eladio M. Jala	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Bukidnon	1st		J.R. Nereus O. Acosta	Liberal	2	1998
	2nd		Berthobal R. Ancheta	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd		Juan Miguel F. Zubiri	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Bulacan	1st		Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd		Wilfrido B. Villarama	Aksyon	1	2001
	3rd		Lorna C. Silverio	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	4th		Reylina G. Nicolas	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Cagayan	1st		Juan C. Ponce Enrile, Jr.	independent	2	1998
	2nd		Celia T. Taganas-Layus	NPC	1	2001
	3rd		Manuel N. Mamba	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Cagayan de Oro City	Lone		Constantino G. Jaraula	LDP	2	1998
Caloocan City	1st		Enrico R. Echiverri	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd		Edgar R. Erice	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Camarines Norte	Lone		Renato J. Unico, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Camarines Sur	1st		Ronaldo G. Andaya	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd		Sulpicio S. Roco, Jr.	Aksyon	1	2001
	3rd		Felix William B. Fuentebella	NPC	1	2001
	4th		Felix R. Alfelor, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Camiguin	Lone		Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo	NPC	2	1998
Capiz	1st		Rodriguez D. Dadivas	Liberal	1	2001
	2nd		Fredenil H. Castro	Liberal	1	2001
Catanduanes	Lone		Joseph A. Santiago	NPC	1	2001
Cavite	1st		Plaridel M. Abaya	Liberal	3	1995
	2nd		Gilbert C. Remulla	LDP	1	2001
	3rd		Napoleon R. Beratio	LDP/MAGDALO	2	1998
Cebu	1st		Jose R. Gullas	Alayon	1	2001
	2nd		Simeon L. Kintanar	NPC/Alayon	2	1998
	3rd		Antonio P. Yapha, Jr.	NPC/Alayon	2	1998
	4th		Clavel A. Martinez	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	5th		Joseph H. Durano	NPC/Alayon	2	1998
	6th		Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz	Alayon	1	2001
Cebu City	1st		Raul V. Del Mar	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Antonio V. Cuenco	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Compostela Valley	1st		Manuel E. Zamora	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Prospero S. Amatong	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Cotabato (North)	1st		Emmylou J. Taliño-Santos	independent	1	2001
	2nd		Gregorio T. Ipong	NPC	2	1998
Davao City	1st		Prospero C. Nograles	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Vincent J. Garcia	NPC	1	2001
	3rd		Ruy Elias C. Lopez	NPC	2	1998
Davao del Norte	1st		Arrel R. Olaño	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Antonio R. Floirendo, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Davao del Sur	1st		Douglas R.A. Cagas	NPC	2	1998
	2nd		Claude P. Bautista	NPC	1	2001
Davao Oriental	1st		Corazon N. Malanyaon	NPC	1	2001
	2nd		Mayo Z. Almario	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Eastern Samar	Lone		Marcelino C. Libanan	NPC	2	1998
Guimaras	Lone		Edgar T. Espinosa	Lakas-CMD/KAMPI	1	2001
Ifugao	Lone		Solomon R. Chungalao	Liberal	1	2001
Ilocos Norte	1st		Roque R. Ablan, Jr.	Lakas-CMD/KBL	1	2001
	2nd		Imee R. Marcos	KBL	2	1998
Ilocos Sur	1st		Salacnib F. Baterina	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd		Eric D. Singson	Liberal	1	2001
Iloilo	1st		Oscar G. Garin	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Augusto L. Syjuco, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	3rd		Arthur D. Defensor, Sr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	4th		Narciso D. Monfort	Lakas-CMD	3	1995
	5th		Rolex T. Suplico	LDP	2	1998
Iloilo City	Lone		Raul M. Gonzalez	Nacionalista	3	1995
Isabela	1st		Rodolfo B. Albano, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Edwin C. Uy	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd		Faustino G. Dy III	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	4th		Antonio M. Abaya	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
			Giorgidi B. Aggabao	NPC	1	2003
Kalinga	Lone		Laurence B. Wacnang	Liberal	2	1998
La Union	1st		Manuel C. Ortega	NPC	2	1998
	2nd		Tomas M. Dumpit	NPC	2	1998
Laguna	1st		Uliran T. Joaquin	NPC	2	1998
	2nd		Joaquin M. Chipeco, Jr.	KAMPI/LDP	3	1995
	3rd		Danton Q. Bueser	Liberal	3	1995
	4th		Rodolfo S. San Luis	LDP	2	1998
Lanao del Norte	1st		Alipio V. Badelles	NPC	2	1998
	2nd		Abdullah D. Dimaporo	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Lanao del Sur	1st		Faysah R.P.M. Dumarpa	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Benasing O. Macarambon, Jr.	NPC	2	1998
Las Piñas City	Lone		Cynthia A. Villar	independent	1	2001
Leyte	1st		Mario Teodoro E. Failon (Mario Teodoro F. Etong)	independent	1	2001
	2nd		Trinidad G. Apostol	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd		Eduardo K. Veloso	Lakas-CMD/NPC	2	1998
	4th		Eufrocino M. Codilla, Sr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	5th		Carmen L. Cari	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Maguindanao	1st		Didagen P. Dilangalen	PMP	3	1995
	2nd		Guimid P. Matalam	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Makati City	1st		Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr.	PDP-Laban	1	2001
	2nd		Agapito A. Aquino	LDP	2	1998
Malabon City-Navotas	Lone		Federico S. Sandoval II	Liberal	2	1998
Mandaluyong City	Lone		Neptali M. Gonzales II	Lakas-CMD	3	1995
Manila	1st		Ernesto A. Nieva	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd		Jaime C. Lopez	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd		Harry C. Angping	NPC	2	1998
	4th		Rodolfo C. Bacani	Liberal	2	1998
	5th		Joey D. Hizon	Liberal	2	1998
	6th		Mark B. Jimenez (Mario B. Crespo)	independent	1	2001
Marikina City	Lone		Del R. De Guzman	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Marinduque	Lone		Edmundo O. Reyes, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Masbate	1st		Vida V. Espinosa	Lakas-CMD	3	1995
	2nd		Emilio R. Espinosa, Jr.	NPC	2	1998
	3rd		Fausto L. Seachon, Jr.	NPC	3	1995
Misamis Occidental	1st		Ernie D. Clarete	REPORMA-LM	1	2001
	2nd		Herminia M. Ramiro	Liberal	1	2001
Misamis Oriental	1st		Oscar S. Moreno	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd		Augusto H. Baculio	LDP	2	1998
Mountain Province	Lone		Roy S. Pilando	LDP	1	2001
Muntinlupa City	Lone		Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon	LDP	1	2001
Negros Occidental	1st		Julio A. Ledesma IV	NPC	3	1995
	2nd		Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr.	NPC	3	1995
	3rd		Jose Carlos V. Lacson	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	4th		Carlos O. Cojuangco	NPC	2	1998
	5th		Jose Apolinario L. Lozada, Jr.	Lakas-CMD/KAMPI	2	1998
	6th		Genaro M. Alvarez, Jr.	NPC	3	1995
Negros Oriental	1st		Jacinto V. Paras	LDP	2	1998
	2nd		Emilio C. Macias II	NPC	2	1998
	3rd		Herminio G. Teves	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Northern Samar	1st		Harlin C. Abayon	Liberal	2	1998
	2nd		Romualdo T. Vicencio	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Nueva Ecija	1st		Josefina M. Joson	NPC-BALANE	2	1998
	2nd		Eleuterio R. Violago	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd		Aurelio M. Umali	LDP	1	2001
	4th		Raul L. Villareal	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone		Carlos M. Padilla	LDP	3	1995
Occidental Mindoro	Lone		Josephine Y. Ramirez-Sato	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Oriental Mindoro	1st		Charity P. Leviste	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Alfonso V. Umali, Jr.	Liberal	1	2001
Palawan	1st		Vicente A. Sandoval	Lakas-CMD	3	1995
	2nd		Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra	Liberal	1	2001
Pampanga	1st		Francis L. Nepomuceno	NPC	2	1998
	2nd		Zenaida G. Cruz-Ducut	Lakas-CMD	3	1995
	3rd		Oscar S. Rodriguez	Lakas-CMD	3	1995
	4th		Juan Pablo P. Bondoc	NPC	2	1998
Pangasinan	1st		Arthur F. Celeste	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Amado T. Espino, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd		Generoso D.C. Tulagan	NPC	2	1998
	4th		Jose de Venecia, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	5th		Mark O. Cojuangco	NPC	1	2001
	6th		Conrado M. Estrella III	NPC	1	2001
Parañaque City	Lone		Eduardo C. Zialcita	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Pasay City	Lone		Consuelo A. Dy	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Pasig City	Lone		Noel M. Cariño	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Quezon	1st		Rafael P. Nantes	Liberal	2	1998
	2nd		Lynnette A. Punzalan	Liberal	1	2001
	3rd		Aleta C. Suarez	Liberal	1	2001
	4th		Georgilu R. Yumul-Hermida	Liberal	1	2001
Quezon City	1st		Reynaldo A. Calalay	LDP	3	1995
	2nd		Ismael G. Mathay III	independent	1	2001
	3rd		Ma. Theresa T. Defensor	Liberal	1	2001
	4th		Nanette Castelo-Daza	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Quirino	Lone		Junie E. Cua	Liberal	1	2001
Rizal	1st		Michael John "Jack" R. Duavit	NPC	1	2001
	2nd		Isidro S. Rodriguez, Jr.	NPC	2	1998
Romblon	Lone		Perpetuo B. Ylagan	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Samar (Western)	1st		Reynaldo S. Uy	Liberal	1	2001
	2nd		Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura	Liberal	2	1998
San Juan	Lone		Ronaldo B. Zamora	PMP	1	2001
Sarangani	Lone		Erwin L. Chiongbian	Lakas-CMD/SARRO	1	2001
Siquijor	Lone		Orlando A. Fua, Jr.	NPC	1	1998
Sorsogon	1st		Francis G. Escudero	NPC	2	1998
	2nd		Jose G. Solis	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
South Cotabato	1st		Darlene Antonino-Custodio	NPC	1	2001
	2nd		Arthur Y. Pingoy, Jr.	NPC	1	2001
Southern Leyte	Lone		Aniceto G. Saludo, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Sultan Kudarat	Lone		Angelo O. Montilla	Lakas-CMD	3	1995
Sulu	1st		Hussin U. Amin	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd		Munir M. Arbison	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Surigao del Norte	1st		Glenda B. Ecleo	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Robert Ace S. Barbers	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Surigao del Sur	1st		Prospero A. Pichay, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
	2nd		Jesnar R. Falcon	Lakas-CMD	3	1995
Taguig City-Pateros	Lone		Alan Peter S. Cayetano	Lakas-CMD	2	1998
Tarlac	1st		Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr.	NPC	2	1998
	2nd		Benigno S. Aquino III	Liberal	2	1998
	3rd		Jesli A. Lapus, Jr.	NPC	2	1998
Tawi-Tawi	Lone		Soraya C. Jaafar	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Valenzuela City	1st		Sherwin T. Gatchalian	NPC	1	2001
	2nd		Magtanggol T. Gunigundo	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Zambales	1st		James J. Gordon, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	3	1995
	2nd		Ruben D. Torres	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Zamboanga City	Lone		Celso L. Lobregat	LDP	2	1998
Zamboanga del Norte	1st		Cecilia G. Jalosjos-Carreon	PDSP	1	2001
	2nd		Roseller L. Barinaga	NPC	2	1998
	3rd		Angel M. Carloto	NPC	1	2001
Zamboanga del Sur	1st		Isidoro E. Real, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	2nd		Nenet S. San Juan	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Zamboanga Sibugay	Lone		Belma A. Cabilao	Lakas-CMD	1	2001

Sectoral Representatives
Party-List	Representative	Term	First Elected
Akbayan Citizens' Action Party	Mario Joyo Aguja	1	2001
	Loretta Ann P. Rosales	2	1998
Anak Mindanao	Mujiv Hataman	1	2001
Anakpawis	Crispin Beltran	1	2001
Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives	Sunny Rose A. Madamba	1	2001
	Ernesto C. Pablo	1	2001
	Edgar L. Valdez	1	2001
Bayan Muna	Sigfredo Deduro	1	2001
	Satur C. Ocampo	1	2001
	Joel Virador	1	2001
Buhay Hayaan Yumabong	Christian M. Señeres	1	2001
	Rene M. Velarde	1	2001
Citizen's Battle Against Corruption	Emmanuel Joel J. Villanueva	1	2001
Gabriela Women's' Party	Liza Largosa-Maza	1	2001
Partido ng Manggagawa	Renato B. Magtubo	2	1998
Sanlakas	Jose Virgillo Bautista	1	2001

^1 Antonio M. Abaya died in office on February 26, 2003.

^2 Giorgidi B. Aggabao was elected to complete the term of Rep. Antonio M. Abaya and assumed office on May 19, 2003.

^3 Mark B. Jimenez (independent) was disqualified by the House Electoral Tribunal on March 6, 2003.

^4 Replaced Henry P. Lanot (LDP) as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on June 10, 2004.

^5 Reynaldo Calalay died in office on January 11, 2003. No special elections declared.

External links

• "List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 2006-09-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20060914045431/http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/senlist.htm. Retrieved 2006-09-16. 
• "The LAWPHi'L Project - Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on 01 September 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060901234512/http://www.lawphil.net/. Retrieved 2006-09-16. 

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6. 
• Pobre, Cesar P.. 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
• Philippine general election, 2001