7th Congress of the Philippines

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The Seventh Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikapitong Kongreso ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from January 26, 1970 until it was effectively dissolved with the declaration of martial law on September 23, 1972 by President Ferdinand Marcos. Marcos then exercised legislative powers. In 1976, Congress was replaced by the Batasang Bayan as the Philippines' legislative body until 1978, when it was replaced by the Batasang Pambansa.

One-third of the Senate and the entire membership of the House of Representatives was replaced after the 1969 general elections and another third of the Senate membership was replaced after the midterm senatorial elections of 1971.

Sessions

• First Regular Session: January 26 – May 21, 1970
  • First Special Session: May 22 – June 25, 1970
  • Second Special Session: June 29 – August 1, 1970
  • Third Special Session: September 7 – October 10, 1970
• Second Regular Session: January 25 – May 20, 1971
  • Fourth Special Session: June 14 – July 17, 1971
  • Fifth Special Session: August 2 – September 4, 1971
• Third Regular Session: January 24 – May 18, 1972
  • Sixth Special Session: May 19 – June 21, 1972
  • Seventh Special Session: June 23 – July 27, 1972
  • Eighth Special Session: July 28 – August 31, 1972
  • Ninth Special Session: September 1 – September 23, 1972

Legislation

The Seventh Congress in its three regular and six special sessions passed a total of 512 acts. Among it were:

Leadership

Composition of the Senate during the 7th Congress' 1st and 2nd (left), and 3rd & 4th (right) sessions.

Composition of the House of Representatives during the 7th Congress.

Senate

House of Representatives

• Speaker:

Jose B. Laurel, Jr. (NP, 3rd District Batangas)

Cornelio T. Villareal (NP, 2nd District Capiz), elected April 1, 1971

• Speaker Pro-Tempore:

Jose M. Aldeguer (NP, 5th District Iloilo)

• Majority Floor Leader:

Marcelino Veloso (NP, 3rd District Leyte)

• Minority Floor Leader:

Justiniano S. Montano (LP, Lone District Cavite)

Ramon V. Mitra, Jr. (LP, Lone District Palawan), elected June 12, 1971

Ramon Felipe, Jr. (LP, 1st District Camarines Sur), elected January 24, 1972

Members

Senate

The term of office of senators began December 30 following their election. One-third of the Senate was replaced, after the 1971 midterm elections. All terms that were scheduled to end after 1971 were cut short with the declaration of Martial Law.

House of Representatives

The term of office of the members of the House of Representatives was from December 30, 1969 to December 30, 1973, however was cut short with the declaration of Martial Law.

Seventh Congress representation map of the Philippines

External links

• "List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 2006-09-14. Retrieved 2006-09-16. 
• "The LAWPHi'L Project - Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-16. 

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. 

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Philippine general election, 1969
• Philippine general election, 1971

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Commonwealth	1st National Assembly (1935–1938) 2nd National Assembly (1938–1941)
Second Philippine Republic	National Assembly (1943–44)
Commonwealth	1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1945) 2nd Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1946)
Third Philippine Republic	1st Congress (1946–49) 2nd Congress (1949–53) 3rd Congress (1954–57) 4th Congress (1958–61) 5th Congress (1962–65) 6th Congress (1966–69) 7th Congress (1970–72)
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