Interim Batasang Pambansa

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

File:Interim Batasang Pambansa composition.svg

Final composition of the Interim Batasang Pambansa.

Region	Member	Party
Region ITemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region IITemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region IIITemplate:Efn	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region IVTemplate:Efn	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region IV-ATemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBLTemplate:Efn
	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region VTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region VITemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region VIITemplate:Efn	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Pusyon Bisaya
Region VIIITemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region IXTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region XTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Mindanao Alliance
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region XITemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Region XIITemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Konsensiya ng Bayan
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL
Agricultural Labor – Luzon	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
Agricultural Labor – Visayas	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
Agricultural Labor – Mindanao	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
Industrial Labor – Luzon	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
Industrial Labor – Visayas	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
Industrial Labor – Mindanao	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
Youth – Luzon	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
Youth – Visayas	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
Youth – Mindanao	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
Youth – Any Region	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent
	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	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