Interim Batasang Pambansa Explained

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Interim Batasang Pambansa
Term Start:	June 12, 1978
Term End:	June 5, 1984
Before:	7th Congress
After:	Regular Batasang Pambansa
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President
Chamber1 Leader1:	Ferdinand Marcos
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	Prime Minister
Chamber1 Leader2:	Ferdinand Marcos (until June 30, 1981) Cesar Virata (from July 28, 1981)
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	Deputy Prime Minister
Chamber1 Leader3:	Cesar Virata (until July 28, 1981) Jose Roño (from July 28, 1981)
Chamber2:	Batasang Pambansa
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:	Querube Makalintal
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:	Speaker pro tempore
Chamber2 Leader2:	Datu Blah Sinsuat
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:	Majority leader
Chamber2 Leader3:	Jose Roño
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:	Minority leader
Chamber2 Leader4:	Hilario Davide Jr.
Membership2:	189

The Interim Batasang Pambansa (English: Interim National Assembly) was the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines from its inauguration on June 12, 1978, to June 5, 1984. It served as a transitional legislative body mandated by the 1973 Constitution as the Philippines shifted from a presidential to a semi-presidential form of government.

Sessions

• First Regular Session: June 12, 1978 – June 6, 1979
• Second Regular Session: July 23, 1979 – June 11, 1980
• Third Regular Session: July 28, 1980 – April 28, 1981
• Fourth Regular Session: July 27, 1981 – June 1, 1982
• Fifth Regular Session: July 26, 1982 – April 14, 1983
• Sixth Regular Session: July 25, 1983 – June 5, 1984

Leadership

• President: Ferdinand Marcos (KBL)
• Prime Minister:
  • Ferdinand Marcos (KBL), until June 30, 1981
  • Cesar Virata (KBL), from July 28, 1981
• Deputy Prime Minister:
  • Cesar Virata (KBL), until July 28, 1981
  • Jose Roño (Region VIII, KBL), from July 28, 1981
• Speaker: Querube Makalintal (Region IV, KBL)
• Speaker pro tempore: Datu Blah Sinsuat (Region XII, KBL)
• Majority leader: Jose Roño (Region VIII, KBL)
• Minority leader: Hilario Davide Jr. (Region VII, Pusyon Bisaya)

Legislation

The Interim Batasang Pambansa passed a total of 702 laws.

Major legislation

• Batas Pambansa Blg. 1 — General Appropriations Act of 1978
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 2 — Repeal of Presidential Decree No. 31 and the Consolidation of Taxes of Hotels, Motels and Other Establishments
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 3 — National Internal Revenue Code Amendment
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 6 — Reduction of the Penalty for Illegal Possession of Bladed, Pointed or Blunt Weapons
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 8 — Definition and Implementation of the metric system and instituted the Modern Philippine Standard Time
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 22 — The Anti-Bouncing Check Law
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 42 — Amending the PCSO Charter
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 54 — Setting the date of January 30, 1980 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1976 Amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 61 — General Banking Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 62 — Savings and Loan Association Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 63 — Private Development Banks Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 64 — Amending the DBP Charter
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 65 — Amending the Rural Banks Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 66 — Amending the Investment House Law
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 67 — Amending the Central Bank Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 68 — The Corporation Code
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 70 — Amending the Labor Code
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 71 — Amending the Revised Penal Code
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 — National Census Act of 1980
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 73 — Energy Conservation Act of 1980
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 74 — Amending the Land Transportation and Traffic Code
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 76 — Amending the Probation Law of 1976
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 79 — Creation of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 122 — Setting the date of April 7, 1981 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1981 Amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 222 — Barangay Election Act of 1982

Members

Region	Member	Party
Region I			KBL
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Region II			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
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			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
Region III			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
Region IV			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
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			KBL
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Region IV-A			KBL
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Region V			KBL
			KBL
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			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
Region VI			KBL
			KBL
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			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
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			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
Region VII			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
			Pusyon Bisaya
Region VIII			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
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			KBL
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Region IX			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
			KBL
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Region X			KBL
			Mindanao Alliance
			KBL
			KBL
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Region XI			KBL
			KBL
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Region XII			KBL
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			KBL
			KBL
			Konsensiya ng Bayan^[1] ^[2]
			KBL
			KBL
Agricultural Labor – Luzon			Independent
			Independent
Agricultural Labor – Visayas			Independent
Agricultural Labor – Mindanao			Independent
Industrial Labor – Luzon			Independent
			Independent
Industrial Labor – Visayas			Independent
Industrial Labor – Mindanao			Independent
Youth – Luzon			Independent
			Independent
Youth – Visayas			Independent
Youth – Mindanao			Independent
Youth – Any Region			Independent
			Independent

External links

• Philippine Commission on Elections
• Philippine House of Representatives
• Philippine Senate
• The LAWPHiL Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance databank

Further reading

• Philippine Commission on Elections — Records and Statistics Division
• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• Book: Pobre, Cesar P.. Philippine Historical Association . New Day Publishers . Philippine Legislature 100 Years. June 26, 2000. 978-971-92245-0-1 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Supreme Court of the Philippines . Supreme Court of the Philippines . February 8, 1979 . G.R. No. L-49705-09 . December 14, 2016 . The LAWPHiL Project.
2. Web site: Olivia C. Caoili . 2006 . The Philippine Legislature: The Martial Law Period . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120418/http://halalan.up.edu.ph/mediabox/pdf/polisci_readings/12_The_Philippine_Legislature_The_Martial_Law_Period.pdf . December 20, 2016 . December 14, 2016 . UP sa Halalan.