8th Congress of the Philippines

The 8th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikawalong Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 27, 1987, until May 25, 1992, during the presidency of Corazon Aquino. This was the first Congress after the ratification of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.

8th Congress of the Philippines
← Regular Batasang Pambansa 9th →
Overview
Term	July 27, 1987 – May 25, 1992
President	Corazon Aquino
Vice President	Salvador Laurel
Senate
Members	24
President	Jovito Salonga (until January 18, 1992) Neptali Gonzales (from January 18, 1992)
President pro tempore	Teofisto Guingona Jr. (until July 23, 1990) Sotero Laurel (July 23, 1990 – January 18, 1992) Ernesto Maceda (from January 18, 1992)
Majority leader	Orly Mercado (until July 23, 1990) Teofisto Guingona Jr. (July 23, 1990 – July 22, 1991) Alberto Romulo (from July 22, 1991)
Minority leader	Juan Ponce Enrile (until January 18, 1992) Wigberto Tañada (from January 18, 1992)
House of Representatives
Members	214
Speaker	Ramon Mitra Jr.
Speaker pro tempore	Antonio Cuenco
Majority leader	Francisco S. Sumulong
Minority leader	Rodolfo B. Albano (until October 20, 1989) Mohammad Ali Dimaporo (October 20, 1989 – June 1, 1990) Salvador Escudero (June 1, 1990 – July 22, 1991) Victor F. Ortega (from July 22, 1991)

Leadership

Senate

• President:
  • Jovito Salonga (Liberal), until January 18, 1992
  • Neptali Gonzales (LDP), from January 18, 1992
• President pro tempore:
  • Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Liberal), until July 23, 1990
  • Sotero Laurel (UNIDO), July 23, 1990 – January 18, 1992
  • Ernesto Maceda (PDP–Laban), from January 18, 1992
• Majority Floor Leader:
  • Orly Mercado (Liberal), until July 23, 1990
  • Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Liberal), July 23, 1990 – July 22, 1991
  • Alberto Romulo (LDP), from July 22, 1991
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Juan Ponce Enrile (Nacionalista), until January 18, 1992
  • Wigberto Tañada (Liberal), from January 18, 1992

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Ramon Mitra Jr. (Palawan–2nd, LDP)
• Speaker pro tempore: Antonio Cuenco (Cebu City–2nd, LDP)
• Majority Floor Leader: Francisco S. Sumulong (Rizal–1st, LDP)
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Rodolfo B. Albano (Isabela–1st, KBL), until October 20, 1989
  • Mohammad Ali Dimaporo (Lanao del Sur–2nd, KBL), October 20, 1989 – June 1, 1990
  • Salvador Escudero (Sorsogon–1st, KBL), June 1, 1990 – July 22, 1991
  • Victor F. Ortega (La Union–1st, Nacionalista), from July 22, 1991

Sessions

• First Regular Session: July 27, 1987 – June 10, 1988
• Second Regular Session: July 25, 1988 – June 8, 1989
  • First Special Session: January 9–13, 1989
• Third Regular Session: July 24, 1989 – June 7, 1990
  • Second Special Session: January 3, 1990
• Fourth Regular Session: July 23, 1990 – June 6, 1991
  • Third Special Session: December 17–21, 1990
• Fifth Regular Session: July 22, 1991 – May 25, 1992
  • Fourth Special Session: December 16–19, 1991

Members

Final Senate composition.

Final House of Representatives composition.

Senate

All senators were elected on May 11, 1987 for terms that began on June 30, 1987 and ended on June 30, 1992.

Senator	Party
Heherson Alvarez		Lakas ng Bansa
Edgardo Angara		Independent
Butz Aquino		BANDILA
Joseph Estrada		Nacionalista
Neptali Gonzales		Lakas ng Bansa
Teofisto Guingona Jr.		Liberal
Ernesto Herrera		Liberal
Sotero Laurel		UNIDO
Joey Lina		Lakas ng Bansa
Ernesto Maceda		PDP–Laban
Raul Manglapus[a]		LABAN
Orly Mercado		Liberal
John Henry Osmeña		Liberal
Vicente Paterno		PDP–Laban
Aquilino Pimentel Jr.		PDP–Laban
Juan Ponce Enrile[b]		Nacionalista
Leticia Ramos-Shahani		Lakas ng Bansa
Nina Rasul[c]		Liberal
Alberto Romulo		Lakas ng Bansa
Rene Saguisag		Liberal
Jovito Salonga		Liberal
Mamintal A. J. Tamano[d]		Nacionalista
Wigberto Tañada		Liberal
Victor Ziga		Liberal

House of Representatives

Eighth Congress representation map of the Philippines

Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Rudolfo Bernardez		Lakas ng Bansa
Agusan del Norte	1st	Charito Plaza		UNIDO
	2nd	Edelmiro Amante		UNIDO
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Democrito Plaza		UNIDO
Aklan	Lone	Ramon Legaspi		Lakas ng Bansa
Albay	1st	Edcel Lagman		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial		Independent
	3rd	Elfren Sarte[e]		Liberal
Antique	Lone	Exequiel Javier		Independent
Aurora	Lone	Benedicto Miran		UNIDO
Bacolod	Lone	Romeo Guanzon		Lakas ng Bansa
Basilan	Lone	Alvin Dans		Liberal
Bataan	1st	Felicito Payumo		Liberal
	2nd	Tet Garcia		PDP–Laban
Batanes	Lone	Florencio Abad[f]		Liberal
Batangas	1st	Conrado Apacible		UNIDO
	2nd	Hernando Perez		Lakas ng Bansa
	3rd	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad		UNIDO
	4th	Jose Calingasan		UNIDO
Benguet	1st	Honorato Aquino		UNIDO
	2nd	Samuel Dangwa		Lakas ng Bansa
Bohol	1st	Venice Borja-Agana		UNIDO
	2nd	David Tirol		Nacionalista
	3rd	Isidro Zarraga		PDP–Laban
Bukidnon	1st	Socorro Acosta		Liberal
	2nd	Violeta Labaria		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Jose Maria Zubiri Jr.		Liberal
Bulacan	1st	Francisco Aniag Jr.		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Vicente Rivera Jr.		Liberal
	3rd	Jose Cabochan		PDP–Laban
	4th	Rogaciano Mercado[g]		Lakas ng Bansa
Cagayan	1st	Domingo Tuzon		Nacionalista
	2nd	Leoncio Puzon		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Tito Dupaya[h]		PDP–Laban
Cagayan de Oro	Lone	Benedicta Roa		Lakas ng Bansa
Caloocan	1st	Virgilio Robles[i]		UNIDO
		Romeo Santos[j]		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Gerardo P. Cabochan		PDP–Laban
Camarines Norte	Lone	Renato Unico		PDP–Laban
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando Andaya		UNIDO
	2nd	Raul Roco		UNIDO
	3rd	Eduardo Pilapil		Lakas ng Bansa
	4th	Ciriaco Alfelor		UNIDO
Camiguin	Lone	Pedro Romualdo		PDP–Laban
Capiz	1st	Gerardo Roxas Jr.		Liberal
	2nd	Cornelio Villareal		PDP–Laban
Catanduanes	Lone	Moises Tapia[k]		Independent
Cavite	1st	Leonardo Guerrero		Nacionalista
	2nd	Renato Dragon		Partido Magdalo
	3rd	Jorge Nuñez		Nacionalista
Cebu	1st	Antonio Bacaltos		Panaghiusa
	2nd	Crisologo Abines		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Pablo P. Garcia		Panaghiusa
	4th	Celestino Martinez Jr.		UNIDO
	5th	Ramon Durano III		Independent
	6th	Vicente dela Serna		PDP–Laban
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar		Panaghiusa
	2nd	Antonio Cuenco		Panaghiusa
Cotabato	1st	Rodrigo Gutang		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Gregorio Andolana		Partido ng Bayan
Davao City	1st	Jesus Dureza[l]		Independent
		Prospero Nograles[m]		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Cornelio Maskariño		Liberal
	3rd	Luis Santos[n]		Lakas ng Bansa
Davao del Norte	1st	Lorenzo Sarmiento		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Baltazar Sator		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Rodolfo del Rosario		Lakas ng Bansa
Davao del Sur	1st	Juanito Camasura Jr.		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Benjamin Bautista Sr.		Liberal
Davao Oriental	1st	Enrico Dayanghirang		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Thelma Almario		PDP–Laban
Eastern Samar	Lone	Jose Ramirez		Liberal
Ifugao	Lone	Gualberto Lumauig		Independent
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque Ablan Jr.		KBL
	2nd	Mariano Nalupta Jr.		KBL
Ilocos Sur	1st	Chavit Singson		Independent
	2nd	Eric Singson		Independent
Iloilo	1st	Oscar Garin		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Alberto Lopez		Liberal
	3rd	Licurgo Tirador		Liberal
	4th	Narciso Monfort		Lakas ng Bansa
	5th	Niel Tupas Sr.		Liberal
Iloilo City	Lone	Rafael Lopez-Vito		UNIDO
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo Albano Jr.		KBL
	2nd	Simplicio Domingo Jr.		KBL
	3rd	Santiago Respicio		KBL
	4th	Antonio Abaya		GAD
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone	William Claver		PDP–Laban
La Union	1st	Victor Francisco Ortega		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Aspiras		Independent
Laguna	1st	Nereo Joaquin		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Jun Chipeco		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Florante Aquino		PDP–Laban
	4th	Magdaleno Palacol		Liberal
Lanao del Norte	1st	Mariano Ll. Badelles		Liberal
	2nd	Abdullah Dimaporo[o]		Independent
Lanao del Sur	1st	Omar Dianalan[p]		Liberal
	2nd	Mohammad Ali Dimaporo		KBL
Las Piñas–Muntinlupa	Lone	Filemon Aguilar		Independent
Leyte	1st	Cirilo Roy Montejo		Liberal
	2nd	Manuel Horca Jr.		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Alberto Veloso		Nacionalista
	4th	Carmelo Locsin		PDP–Laban
	5th	Eriberto Loreto		Independent
Maguindanao	1st	Michael Mastura		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Guimid Matalam		PDP–Laban
Makati	Lone	Maria Consuelo Puyat-Reyes		PDP–Laban
Malabon–Navotas	Lone	Tessie Aquino-Oreta		UNIDO
Manila	1st	Martin Isidro		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Jaime Lopez		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Leonardo Fugoso		Liberal
	4th	Ramon Bagatsing Jr.		UNIDO
	5th	Amado Bagatsing		KABAKA
	6th	Pablo Ocampo		PDP–Laban
Marikina	Lone	Democlito Angeles		Liberal
Marinduque	Lone	Carmencita Reyes		Independent
Masbate	1st	Tito Espinosa		Independent
	2nd	Luz Cleta Bakunawa		Independent
	3rd	Moises Espinosa[q]		Independent
Misamis Occidental	1st	Julio Ozamiz		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Hilarion Ramiro Jr.		PDP–Laban
Misamis Oriental	1st	Isacio Pelaez		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Victorico Chaves		PDP–Laban
Mountain Province	Lone	Victor Dominguez		Independent
Negros Occidental	1st	Salvador Laguda		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Manuel Puey		Liberal
	3rd	Jose Carlos Lacson		UNIDO
	4th	Edward Matti		Lakas ng Bansa
	5th	Mariano Yulo		Independent
	6th	Hortensia Starke		Lakas ng Bansa
Negros Oriental	1st	Jerome Paras		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Miguel Romero		Lakas ng Bansa
	3rd	Margarito Teves		Lakas ng Bansa
Northern Samar	1st	Raul Daza		Liberal
	2nd	Jose Ong Jr.		Lakas ng Bansa
Nueva Ecija	1st	Eduardo Nonato Joson		BALANE
	2nd	Simeon Garcia Jr.		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Hermogenes Concepcion Jr.		PDP–Laban
	4th	Nicanor de Guzman Jr.[r]		Lakas ng Bansa
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Carlos Padilla		PDP–Laban
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Mario Gene Mendiola		Nacionalista
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Rodolfo Valencia		Liberal
	2nd	Jesus Punzalan		Liberal
Palawan	1st	David Ponce de Leon		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Ramon Mitra Jr.		Lakas ng Bansa
Pampanga	1st	Carmelo Lazatin Sr.		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Emigdio Lingad		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Oscar Samson Rodriguez		PDP–Laban
	4th	Marciano Pineda[s]		PDP–Laban
		Emigdio Bondoc[t]		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Oscar Orbos[u]		Lakas ng Bansa
	2nd	Antonio Bengson III		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Fabian Sison		PDP–Laban
	4th	Jose de Venecia Jr.		Lakas ng Bansa
	5th	Conrado Estrella Jr.		KBL
	6th	Conrado Estrella III		KBL
Parañaque	Lone	Freddie Webb		Lakas ng Bansa
Pasay	Lone	Lorna Verano-Yap		Lakas ng Bayan
Pasig	Lone	Rufino Javier		Lakas ng Bansa
Quezon	1st	Wilfrido Enverga		UNIDO
	2nd	Mario Tagarao[v]		Liberal
	3rd	Bienvenido Marquez Jr.		Liberal
	4th	Oscar Santos		PDP–Laban
Quezon City	1st	Renato Yap		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Antonio Aquino		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Nikki Coseteng		KAIBA
	4th	Mel Mathay		Independent
Quirino	Lone	Richard Puzon[w]		PDP–Laban
		Junie Cua[x]		Liberal
Rizal	1st	Francisco Sumulong		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Emigdio Tanjuatco Jr.		PDP–Laban
Romblon	Lone	Natalio Beltran Jr.		Lakas ng Bansa
Samar	1st	Jose Roño		Nacionalista
	2nd	Venancio Garduce		Partido ng Bayan
San Juan–Mandaluyong	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora		Independent
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando Fua		PDP–Laban
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador Escudero		KBL
	2nd	Bonifacio Gillego		PDP–Laban
South Cotabato	1st	Adelbert Antonino		Independent
	2nd	Hilario de Pedro III		UNIDO
	3rd	James Chiongbian		Independent
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger Mercado[y]		Liberal
		Rosette Lerias[z]		KBL
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Estanislao Valdez		PDP–Laban
Sulu	1st	Abdusakur Mahail Tan		Liberal
	2nd	Arden Anni		UNIDO
Surigao del Norte	1st	Glenda Ecleo		UNIDO
	2nd	Constantino Navarro		KBL
Surigao del Sur	1st	Mario Ty		UNIDO
	2nd	Ernesto Estrella		PDP–Laban
Taguig–Pateros	Lone	Dante Tiñga		PDP–Laban
Tarlac	1st	Peping Cojuangco		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Jose Yap		PDP–Laban
	3rd	Herminio Aquino		PDP–Laban
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Alawadin Bandon Jr.[aa]		PDP–Laban
		Romulo Espaldon[ab]		Lakas ng Bansa
Valenzuela	Lone	Antonio Serapio		Nacionalista
Zambales	1st	Katherine Gordon		Nacionalista
	2nd	Pacita Gonzales		UNIDO
Zamboanga City	Lone	Maria Clara Lobregat		Independent
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Artemio Adasa Jr.		PDP–Laban
	2nd	Ernesto Amatong		CCA
	3rd	Angel Carloto		CCA
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Isidoro Real Jr.		CCA
	2nd	Antonio Cerilles		Nacionalista
	3rd	Wilfredo Cainglet		Lakas ng Bansa
Disabled		Arturo Borjal		Nonpartisan
Farmers		Daniel de Luna		Nonpartisan
Fisherfolk		Antonio Olegario Jr.		Nonpartisan
Labor		Adelisa Almario-Raymundo		Nonpartisan
		Ramon Jabar		Nonpartisan
		Alejandro Villavisa		Nonpartisan
Peasants		Romeo Angeles		Nonpartisan
		Bartolome Arteche		Nonpartisan
Urban Poor		Herminio Panganiban		Nonpartisan
		Rey Teves		Nonpartisan
Veterans and Elderly		Dionisio Ojeda		Nonpartisan
Women		Estelita Juco[ac]		Nonpartisan
Youth		Chito Gascon		Nonpartisan
		Al Ignatius Lopez		Nonpartisan

See also

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

Notes

1. Resigned on October 9, 1987, and appointed as Secretary of Foreign Affairs on October 15, 1987.
2. Took office on August 15, 1987.
3. Took office on July 26, 1987.
4. Took office on July 6, 1987.
5. Died on July 22, 1988.
6. Appointed as Secretary of Agrarian Reform on December 31, 1989.
7. Died on November 13, 1989.
8. Died on April 1, 1989.
9. Removed on March 6, 1991 after an electoral protest.
10. Won an electoral protest on March 6, 1991, replacing Virgilio P. Robles.
11. Died on November 15, 1987.
12. Removed on June 16, 1989 after an electoral protest.
13. Won an electoral protest on June 16, 1989, replacing Jesus Dureza.
14. Resigned on appointment as Secretary of Local Government on October 27, 1987.
15. Resigned on December 12, 1989 to run in the 1990 election of the Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
16. Died on April 30, 1990.
17. Assassinated on March 17, 1989.
18. Resigned on August 7, 1990.
19. Removed on January 28, 1992 after an electoral protest.
20. Won an electoral protest on January 28, 1992, replacing Marciano M. Pineda.
21. Appointed as Secretary of Transportation and Communications on January 1, 1990.
22. Died on April 23, 1990.
23. Removed on July 25, 1988 after an electoral protest.
24. Won an electoral protest on July 25, 1988, replacing Richard S. Puzon.
25. Removed on October 15, 1991 after an electoral protest.
26. Won an electoral protest on December 4, 1991, replacing Roger G. Mercado.
27. Removed on December 12, 1990 after an electoral protest.
28. Won an electoral protest on December 12, 1990, replacing Alawadin T. Bandon Jr..
29. Died on July 7, 1989.