Philippine House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea explained

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Special Committee on
West Philippine Sea
Legislature:18th Congress
Coa Pic:Seal of the Philippine House of Representatives.svg
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Coa Alt:Seal of the House of Representatives
Body:Congress of the Philippines
Leader1 Type:Chairman
Leader1:Manuel Sagarbarria
Party1:(NPC)
Election1:2019
Leader2 Type:Minority Leader
Leader2:Lawrence Lemuel Fortun
Party2:(Nacionalista)
Election2:2019
Members:11 members
Political Groups1:Majority (9)

Minority (2)

The Philippine House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea is a special committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the South China Sea issues which includes the following:[1]

The committee is named after "West Philippine Sea", a designation by the Philippine government on portions of the South China Sea.

Members, 18th Congress

PositionMembers[2] PartyProvince/CityDistrict
ChairpersonManuel SagarbarriaNPCNegros Oriental2nd
Vice
Chairpersons
Cyrille Abueg-ZaldivarLiberalPalawan2nd
Gil AcostaPPPPalawan3rd
Franz Alvarez NUPPalawan1st
Members
for the
Majority
Vicente Veloso IIINPCLeyte3rd
Jose Ong Jr.NUPNorthern Samar2nd
Dulce Ann HoferPDP–LabanZamboanga Sibugay2nd
Ed Christopher GoNacionalistaIsabela2nd
Macnell LusotanMARINOParty-list
Members
for the
Minority
Lawrence Lemuel FortunNacionalistaAgusan del Norte1st
Carlos Isagani ZarateBayan MunaParty-list

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . congress.gov.ph . . August 2, 2020 . 39.
  2. Web site: HOUSE COMMITTEES - WEST PHILIPPINE SEA . congress.gov.ph . . March 12, 2020.