Senate Electoral Tribunal

Senate Electoral Tribunal
Location	Quezon City
Composition method	Designation of the Chief Justice Nomination by the Senate
Number of positions	9
Website	Official website

The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the Senate of the Philippines. It consists of 6 senators nominated by the Senate, and 3 justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who are designated by the Chief Justice. The equivalent tribunals for elections to the lower house is the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and to president and vice presidents is Presidential Electoral Tribunal.

The SET is located at SET-HRET Building, Commission on Audit Compound, Quezon City.

Members of the Tribunal receive a monthly allowance of 100,000 Philippine pesos on top of their regular salary.

Cases

Successful electoral protests:

• Romero vs. Sanidad electoral protest (1946)
• Rodriguez vs. Tan electoral protest (1947)
• Recto vs. de Vera electoral protest (1949)
• Pimentel vs. Zubiri electoral protest (2007)

Current members

The chairperson of the SET is always the most senior justice of the Supreme Court that's sitting in the tribunal. These are the members as of the 18th Congress, which first convened on July 22, 2019.

18th Congress (August 6, 2019–Present)

Members	Party	Term	Membership
Estela Perlas-Bernabe	Nonpartisan	August 28, 2018–present	Supreme Court associate justice (Chairperson)
Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa	Nonpartisan	November 4, 2019–present	Supreme Court associate justice
Alexander Gesmundo	Nonpartisan	November 4, 2019–present	Supreme Court associate justice
Pia Cayetano	Nacionalista	August 6, 2019–present	Senator from the majority bloc
Nancy Binay	UNA	August 10, 2016–present	Senator from the majority bloc
Richard J. Gordon	Independent	August 10, 2016–present	Senator from the majority bloc
Lito Lapid	NPC	August 6, 2019–present	Senator from the majority bloc
Manny Pacquiao	PDP-Laban	August 6, 2019-present	Senator from the majority bloc
Franklin Drilon	Liberal	August 10, 2016–present	Senator from the minority bloc

Former senator members

Congress (July 1, 1987–June 30, 2019)

Member	Political party		Term of Senators
Joel Villanueva style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDCD01;" data-sort-value="CIBAC" |	CIBAC	July 1, 2017–June 30, 2019
Grace Poe style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	August 10, 2016–June 30, 2019
Antonio Trillanes style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #98fb98;" data-sort-value="Nacionalista Party" |	Nacionalista	August 10, 2016–June 30, 2019
Cynthia Villar style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #98fb98;" data-sort-value="Nacionalista Party" |	Nacionalista	August 10, 2016–June 30, 2017
Loren Legarda style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #4AA02C;" data-sort-value="Nationalist People's Coalition" |	NPC	July 1, 1998-June 30, 2001; July 1, 2014-August 10, 2016
Bam Aquino style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f0e68c;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" |	Liberal	July 1, 2013–August 10, 2016
Tito Sotto style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #4AA02C;" data-sort-value="Nationalist People's Coalition" |	NPC	July 1, 2001-June 30, 2004; July 1, 2013-August 10, 2016
Pia Cayetano style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #98fb98;" data-sort-value="Nacionalista Party" |	Nacionalista	July 1, 2007–June 30, 2016
Sonny Angara style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0000CD;" data-sort-value="Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino" |	LDP	July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014
Francis Pangilinan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f0e68c;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" |	Liberal	July 1, 2001-June 30, 2004; July 1, 2010-June 30, 2013
Bong Revilla style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-CMD" |	Lakas	July 1, 2004-June 30, 2007; July 1, 2010-June 30, 2013
Gregorio Honasan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FE4D00;" data-sort-value="United Nationalist Alliance" |	UNA	July 1, 2010–June 30, 2013
Lito Lapid style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-CMD" |	Lakas	July 1, 2010-June 30, 2013
Edgardo Angara style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0000CD;" data-sort-value="Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino" |	LDP	July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010
Francis Escudero style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010
Benigno Aquino III style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f0e68c;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" |	Liberal	July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010
Panfilo Lacson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	July 1, 2007-June 30, 2010
Manuel Villar style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #98fb98;" data-sort-value="Nacionalista Party" |	Nacionalista	July 1, 2004-June 30, 2007
Loi Ejercito style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffa500;" data-sort-value="Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino" |	PMP	October 16, 2005-June 30, 2007
Jinggoy Estrada style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffa500;" data-sort-value="Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino" |	PMP	July 1, 2004-October 15, 2005
Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f0e68c;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" |	Liberal	July 1, 2004-June 30, 2007
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan" |	PDP–Laban	July 1, 2001-June 30, 2007
Juan Flavier style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-CMD" |	Lakas	July 1, 2001-June 30, 2007
Rodolfo Biazon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f0e68c;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" |	Liberal	July 1, 2001-June 30, 2004
Ramon Revilla, style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-NUCD-UMDP" |	Lakas	July 1, 1998-June 30, 2001
John Henry Osmeña style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #4AA02C;" data-sort-value="Nationalist People's Coalition" |	NPC	July 1, 1998-June 30, 2001
Robert Jaworski, style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-NUCD-UMDP" |	Lakas	July 1, 1998-June 30, 2001
Raul Roco style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #9683EC;" data-sort-value="Aksyon Demokratiko" |	Aksyon	July 1, 1995-June 30, 1998
Blas Ople style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffa500;" data-sort-value="Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino" |	LAMMP	July 1, 1995-June 30, 1998
Alberto Romulo style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0000CD;" data-sort-value="Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino" |	LDP	July 1, 1995-June 30, 1998
Miriam Defensor Santiago style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F08080;" data-sort-value="People's Reform Party" |	PRP	July 1, 1995-June 30, 1998
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-CMD" |	Lakas	July 1, 1995-June 30, 1998
Francisco Tatad style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F08080;" data-sort-value="People's Reform Party" |	PRP	July 1, 1992-June 30, 1995
Nikki Coseteng style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0000CD;" data-sort-value="Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino" |	LDP	July 1, 1992-June 30, 1995
Leticia Ramos-Shahani style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-NUCD-UMDP" |	Lakas	July 1, 1992-June 30, 1995
Freddie Webb style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0000CD;" data-sort-value="Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino" |	LDP	July 1, 1992-June 30, 1995
Juan Ponce Enrile style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffa500;" data-sort-value="Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino" |	PMP	July 1, 1988-June 30, 1992
Teofisto Guingona style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f0e68c;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" |	Liberal	July 1, 1987-June 30, 1995
Neptali A. Gonzales style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0000CD;" data-sort-value="Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino" |	LDP	July 1, 1987-June 30, 1992
Jose D. Lina, Jr. style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0000CD;" data-sort-value="Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino" |	LDP	July 1, 1987-June 30, 1992
Joseph Estrada style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffa500;" data-sort-value="Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino" |	PMP	July 1, 1987-June 30, 1988
Mamintal A.J. Tamano style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #98fb98;" data-sort-value="Nacionalista Party" |	Nacionalista	July 1, 1987-June 30, 1992
Victor San Andres Ziga style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f0e68c;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" |	Liberal	July 1, 1987-June 30, 1992

External links

• Official website