8th Congress of the Philippines

The Eighth Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikawalong Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives after the ratification of the Constitution of the Philippines in 1987.

8th Congress of the Philippines

July 27, 1987 – June 17, 1992
President	Corazon Aquino
Vice President	Salvador Laurel
Senate
Senate President	Jovito Salonga (1987–1992) Neptali Gonzales (1992)
Senate President pro tempore	Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (1987–1990) Sotero Laurel (1990–1992) Ernesto Maceda (1992)
Majority leader	Orlando Mercado (1987–1990) Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (1990–1991) Alberto Romulo (1991–1992)
Minority leader	Juan Ponce Enrile (1990–1992) Wigberto Tañada (1992)
House of Representatives
House Speaker	Ramon Mitra, Jr.
Majority leader	Francisco Sumulong
Minority leader	Rodolfo B. Albano (Nacionalista/KBL) (1987–1989) Mohammed Ali B. Dimaporo (1989–1990) Salvador H. Escudero III (Nacionalista/KBL) (1990–1991) Victor F. Ortega (1991–1992)
9th (1992) ▶

Legislation

Laws passed by the 8th Congress:

Leadership

Senate

• President of the Senate:

Jovito R. Salonga (Liberal)

Neptali A. Gonzales (LDP) elected January 18, 1992

• Senate President Pro-Tempore:

Teofisto T. Guingona Jr. (Liberal)

Sotero Laurel (UNIDO) elected July 23, 1990

Ernesto M. Maceda (PDP-Laban) elected January 18, 1992

• Majority Floor Leader:

Orlando S. Mercado (Liberal)

Teofisto T. Guingona Jr. (Liberal) elected July 23, 1990

Alberto G. Romulo (LDP) elected July 22, 1991

• Minority Floor Leader

Juan Ponce Enrile (Nacionalista)

Wigberto E. Tañada (Liberal) elected January 18, 1992

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Ramon V. Mitra, Jr. (LDP, 2nd District Palawan)

• Speaker Pro-Tempore

Antonio V. Cuenco (LDP, 2nd District Cebu City)

• Majority Floor Leader

Francisco S. Sumulong (LDP, 1st District Rizal)

• Minority Floor Leader

Rodolfo B. Albano (Nacionalista/KBL), 1st District Isabela

Mohammed Ali B. Dimaporo (KBL), 2nd District Lanao del Sur) elected October 20, 1989

Salvador H. Escudero III (Nacionalista/KBL), 1st District Sorsogon) elected June 1, 1990

Victor F. Ortega (Nacionalista/KBL), 1st District La Union) elected July 22, 1991

Members

Composition

Final Senate composition.

Final House of Representatives composition.

	Party	Senate	House of Representatives
	GAD	0	2
	KBL	0	11
	Lakas ng Bansa	6	24
	LABAN	4	1
	Liberal	8	16
	Nacionalista	3	4
	PDP–Laban	4	22
	Independent	1	23
	Partido ng Bayan	0	2
	Sectoral representatives	NA	14
	PDP-Laban/Lakas ng Bansa coalition	0	21
	Others and coalition	0	55
	Total	24	214

Senate

Senator		Party
	1.Heherson T. Alvarez	LDP
	2.Edgardo J. Angara	Independent
	3.Agapito A. Aquino	BANDILA
	4.Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista
	5.Joseph E. Estrada	Nacionalista
	6.Neptali A. Gonzales	LDP
	7.Teofisto T. Guingona, Jr.	Liberal
	8.Ernesto F. Herrera	Liberal
	9.Sotero H. Laurel	UNIDO
	10.Jose D. Lina, Jr.	LDP
	11.Ernesto M. Maceda	PDP-Laban
	12.Raul S. Manglapus	NUCD
	13.Orlando S. Mercado	Liberal
	14.John Henry R. Osmeña	Liberal
	15.Vicente T. Paterno	PDP-Laban
	16.Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-Laban
	17.Santanina T. Rasul	Liberal
	18.Alberto G. Romulo	LDP
	19.Rene A.V. Saguisag	Liberal
	20.Jovito R. Salonga	Liberal
	21.Leticia R. Shahani	LDP
	22.Mamintal A.J. Tamano	Nacionalista
	23.Wigberto E. Tañada	Liberal
	24.Victor San Andres Ziga	Liberal

^1 Assumed office on August 15, 1987, after Augusto Sanchez' election protest was dismissed by the Supreme Court.

^2 Resigned on October 9, 1987, and appointed Secretary of Foreign Affairs on October 15, 1987.

^3 Assumed office on July 26, 1987.

^4 Assumed office on July 6, 1987.

House of Representatives

Eighth Congress representation map of the Philippines

District Representatives
Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Rudolfo A. Bernardez	LDP
Agusan del Norte	1st	Charito B. Plaza	Liberal
	2nd	Edelmiro A. Amante, Sr.	Nacionalista
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Democrito O. Plaza	KBL
Aklan	Lone	Ramon B. Legaspi	LDP
Albay	1st	Edcel C. Lagman	LDP
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial	Independent
	3rd	Efren R. Sarte	Liberal
Antique	Lone	Exequiel B. Javier	LDP
Aurora	Lone	Benedicto G. Miran	LDP
Bacolod	Lone	Romeo G. Guanzon	Independent
Basilan	Lone	Alvin G. Dans	LDP
Bataan	1st	Felicito C. Payumo	Liberal
	2nd	Enrique T. Garcia	LDP
Batanes	Lone	Florencio B. Abad[1]	Liberal
Batangas	1st	Conrado V. Apacible	Liberal
	2nd	Hernando B. Perez	LDP
	3rd	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad	Nacionalista Party (earlier UNIDO)
	4th	Jose E. Calingasan	LDP
Benguet	1st	Honorato Y. Aquino	LDP
	2nd	Samuel M. Dangwa	LDP
Bohol	1st	Venice Borja-Agana
	2nd	David B. Tirol
	3rd	Isidro C. Zarraga
Bukidnon	1st	Socorro O. Acosta
	2nd	Violeta T. Labaria
	3rd	Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr.	KBL
Bulacan	1st	Francisco B. Aniag, Jr.
	2nd	Vicente C. Rivera, Jr.
	3rd	Jose L. Cabochan
	4th	Rogaciano M. Mercado[2]	LDP
Cagayan	1st	Domingo A. Tuzon
	2nd	Leoncio M. Puzon	KBL
	3rd	Tito M. Dupaya
Cagayan de Oro City	Lone	Benedicta B. Roa
Caloocan City	1st	Virgilio P. Robles
		Romeo L. Santos[3]
	2nd	Gerardo P. Cabochan
Camarines Norte	Lone	Renato M. Unico	LDP
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando R. Andaya
	2nd	Raul S. Roco	LDP
	3rd	Eduardo P. Pilapil
	4th	Ciriaco R. Alfelor
Camiguin	Lone	Pedro P. Romualdo
Capiz	1st	Gerardo A. Roxas, Jr.	Liberal
	2nd	Cornelio T. Villareal	Liberal
Catanduanes	Lone	Moises M. Tapia[4]
Cavite	1st	Leonardo L. Guerrero
	2nd	Renato P. Dragon	KBL
	3rd	Jorge A. Nuñez
Cebu	1st	Antonio Bacaltos
	2nd	Crisologo A. Abines
	3rd	Pablo P. Garcia	LDP
	4th	Celestino E. Martinez, Jr.	LDP
	5th	Ramon D. Durano III	KBL
	6th	Vicente L. de la Serna	LDP
Cebu City	1st	Raul V. Del Mar	LDP
	2nd	Antonio V. Cuenco	LDP
Cotabato (North)	1st	Rodrigo B. Gutang
	2nd	Gregorio A. Andolana	PnB
Davao City	1st	Jesus G. Dureza	LDP
		Prospero C. Nograles[5]
	2nd	Cornelio P. Maskariño
	3rd	Luis T. Santos
Davao del Norte	1st	Lorenzo S. Sarmiento
	2nd	Baltazar A. Sator
	3rd	Rodolfo P. Del Rosario	LDP
Davao del Sur	1st	Juanito G. Camasura, Jr.
	2nd	Benjamin V. Bautista, Sr.	KBL
Davao Oriental	1st	Enrico G. Dayanghirang	PDP-Laban
	2nd	Thelma Z. Almario	LDP
Eastern Samar	Lone	Jose T. Ramirez
Ifugao	Lone	Gualberto B. Lumauig	KBL
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque R. Ablan, Jr.	KBL
	2nd	Mariano R. Nalupta, Jr.
Ilocos Sur	1st	Luis C. Singson	KBL
	2nd	Eric D. Singson	KBL
Iloilo	1st	Oscar G. Garin
	2nd	Alberto J. Lopez
	3rd	Licurgo P. Tirador
	4th	Narciso D. Monfort	KBL
	5th	Niel D. Tupas Sr.	KBL
Iloilo City	Lone	Rafael J. Lopez-Vito
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo B. Albano	KBL
	2nd	Simplicio B. Domingo, Jr.	KBL
	3rd	Santiago P. Respicio
	4th	Antonio M. Abaya	KBL
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone	William F. Claver
La Union	1st	Victor F. Ortega	Nacionalista/KBL
	2nd	Jose D. Aspiras	KBL
Laguna	1st	Nereo R. Joaquin
	2nd	Justin M. Chipeco, Jr.	KBL
	3rd	Florante L. Aquino
	4th	Magdaleno M. Palacol
Lanao del Norte	1st	Mariano Ll. Badelles	KBL
	2nd	Abdullah D. Dimaporo[6]	KBL
Lanao del Sur	1st	Sultan Omar M. Dianalan	LDP
	2nd	Mohamad Ali B. Dimaporo	KBL
Las Piñas-Muntinlupa	Lone	Filemon C. Aguilar
Leyte	1st	Cirilo Roy C. Montejo
	2nd	Manuel L. Horca, Jr.
	3rd	Alberto S. Veloso	KBL
	4th	Carmelo J. Locsin	independent
	5th	Eriberto V. Loreto	LDP
Maguindanao	1st	Michael Mastura
	2nd	Guimid P. Matalam
Makati	Lone	Maria Consuelo Puyat-Reyes	KBL
Malabon-Navotas	Lone	Teresa Aquino-Oreta	LDP
Manila	1st	Martin B. Isidro	Liberal
	2nd	Jaime C. Lopez	PDP-Laban
	3rd	Leonardo B. Fugoso
	4th	Ramon S. Bagatsing, Jr.	LDP
	5th	Amado S. Bagatsing	LDP
	6th	Pablo V. Ocampo
Marikina	Lone	Democlito J. Angeles
Marinduque	Lone	Carmencita O. Reyes
Masbate	1st	Tito R. Espinosa
	2nd	Luz Cleta R. Bakunawa
	3rd	Moises R. Espinosa[7]
Misamis Occidental	1st	Ernie D. Clarete
	2nd	Herminia M. Ramiro
Misamis Oriental	1st	Isacio A. Pelaez
	2nd	Victorico L. Chavez
Mountain Province	Lone	Victor S. Dominguez	KBL
Negros Occidental	1st	Salvador S. Laguda
	2nd	Manuel H. Puey
	3rd	Jose Carlos V. Lacson
	4th	Edward M. Matti
	5th	Mariano M. Yulo
	6th	Hortensia L. Starke
Negros Oriental	1st	Jerome V. Paras
	2nd	Miguel L. Romero	LDP
	3rd	Margarito B. Teves
Northern Samar	1st	Raul A. Daza	Liberal
	2nd	Jose L. Ong, Jr.	LDP
Nueva Ecija	1st	Eduardo Nonato N. Joson	KBL/BALANE
	2nd	Simeon E. Garcia, Jr.
	3rd	Hermogenes D. Concepcion, Jr.
	4th	Nicanor D. De Guzman, Jr.[8]
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Carlos M. Padilla	LDP
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Mario Gene J. Mendiola
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Rodolfo G. Valencia
	2nd	Jesus M. Punzalan
Palawan	1st	David A. Ponce De Leon
	2nd	Ramon V. Mitra	LDP
Pampanga	1st	Carmelo F. Lazatin
	2nd	Emigdio L. Lingad	LDP
	3rd	Oscar S. Rodriguez	PnB
	4th	Marciano M. Pineda
		Emilio Bondoc[9]
Pangasinan	1st	Oscar M. Orbos[10]
	2nd	Antonio E. Bengson III
	3rd	Fabian S. Sison	LDP
	4th	Jose C. De Venecia, Jr.	LDP
	5th	Conrado B. Estrella, Jr.
	6th	Conrado M. Estrella III
Parañaque	Lone	Freddie N. Webb
Pasay City	Lone	Lorna Verano-Yap
Pasig	Lone	Rufino S. Javier
Pateros-Taguig	Lone	Dante O. Tinga
Quezon	1st	Wilfrido L. Enverga
	2nd	Mario L. Tagarao[11]
	3rd	Bienvenido O. Marquez, Jr.
	4th	Oscar F. Santos
Quezon City	1st	Renato A. Yap
	2nd	Antonio L. Aquino
	3rd	Anna Dominique M.L. Coseteng
	4th	Ismael A. Mathay, Jr.	KBL
Quirino	Lone	Junie E. Cua
Rizal	1st	Francisco S. Sumulong	LDP
	2nd	Emigdio S. Tanjuatco, Jr.	LDP
Romblon	Lone	Natalio M. Beltran, Jr.	LDP
Samar (Western)	1st	Jose A. Roño	KBL
	2nd	Venancio T. Garduce	PnB
San Juan-Mandaluyong	Lone	Ronaldo B. Zamora	KBL
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando B. Fua
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador H. Escudero III	KBL
	2nd	Bonifacio H. Gillego	PnB
South Cotabato	1st	Adelbert W. Antonino
	2nd	Hilario L. De Pedro III
	3rd	James L. Chiongbian
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger G. Mercado
		Rosette Y. Lerias[12]
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Estanislao V. Valdez
Sulu	1st	Abdusakur M. Tan
	2nd	Arden S. Anni
Surigao del Norte	1st	Glenda B. Ecleo
	2nd	Constantino C. Navarro
Surigao del Sur	1st	Mario S. Ty
	2nd	Ernesto T. Estrella
Tarlac	1st	Jose R. Cojuangco, Jr.	LDP
	2nd	Jose V. Yap	LDP
	3rd	Herminio S. Aquino	LDP
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Alawadin T. Bandon, Jr.
		Romulo Espaldon[13]
Valenzuela	Lone	Antonio M. Serapio
Zambales	1st	Katherine H. Gordon
	2nd	Pacita T. Gonzales
Zamboanga City	Lone	Maria Clara Lobregat	LDP
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Artemio A. Adasa, Jr.
	2nd	Ernesto S. Amatong
	3rd	Angel M. Carloto
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Isidoro E. Real, Jr.
	2nd	Antonio H. Cerilles
	3rd	Wilfredo G. Cainglet

Sectoral Representatives
Sector	Representative
Disabled	Arturo Borjal
	Estrella G. Juco[14]
Farmers	Dabiel De Luna
Fisherfolk	Antonio Olegario
Labor	Ramon Jabar, Jr.
	Adelize A. Raymundo
	Alejandro C. Villariza
Peasant	Romeo Angeles
	Bartolome Arteche
Urban Poor	Herminio Panganiban
	Rey M. Teves
Veteran & Elderly	Dionisio Ojeda
Youth	Al Ignatius Lopez
	Jose Luis Martin Gascon

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1987 Philippine legislative election

1. Appointed Secretary of Agrarian Reform on December 31, 1989
2. Died on November 13, 1989.
3. Replaced Virgilio P. Robles on March 6, 1991.
4. Died on November 15, 1987.
5. Replaced Jesus G. Dureza in July 1989.
6. Resigned on December 12, 1989, to run for ARMM Governor .
7. Moises R. Espinosa was assassinated during incumbency on March 17, 1989.
8. Resigned on August 7, 1990.
9. Replaced Marciano M. Pineda on January 28, 1992.
10. Appointed Secretary of Transportation and Communications on January 1, 1990.
11. Died on April 23, 1990.
12. Replaced Roger G. Mercado.
13. Replaced Alawadin T. Bandon, Jr. on December 12, 1990.
14. Died on July 7, 1989.

External links

• "List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
• "The LAWPHi'L Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.

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.