# 12th Congress of the Philippines

The 12th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabindalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 23, 2001, until June 4, 2004, during the first three years of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidency. The convening of the 12th Congress followed the 2001 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

## Sessions

* First Regular Session: July 23, 2001 – June 7, 2002
** First Special Session: January 8 – March 1, 2002
* Second Regular Session: July 22, 2002 – June 6, 2003
* Third Regular Session: July 28, 2003 – June 4, 2004
** Second Special Session: January 5 – February 13, 2004

## Leadership
### Senate

* President: Franklin Drilon (Independent)
* President pro tempore:
** Manny Villar (Independent), until August 12, 2002
** Juan Flavier (Lakas), from August 12, 2002
* Majority Floor Leader:
** Loren Legarda (Lakas), until June 3, 2002
** Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP–Laban), June 3 – July 23, 2002
** Loren Legarda (Lakas), July 23, 2002 – January 12, 2004
** Francis Pangilinan (Liberal), from January 12, 2004
* Minority Floor Leader:
** Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (PDP–Laban), until June 3, 2002
** Tito Sotto (LDP), from June 3, 2002

### House of Representatives

* Speaker: Jose de Venecia Jr. (Pangasinan–4th, Lakas)
* Deputy Speakers:
** Luzon: Emilio Espinosa Jr. (Masbate–2nd, NPC)
** Visayas: Raul M. Gonzalez (Iloilo City, NPC)
** Mindanao: Abdulgani Salapuddin (Lakas)
* Majority Floor Leader: Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong, Lakas)
* Minority Floor Leader: Carlos Padilla (Nueva Vizcaya, LDP)

## Members
### Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:
* For senators elected on May 11, 1998: June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2004
* For senators elected on May 14, 2001: June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2007
| Senator | Party | Term | Term ending |
| Edgardo Angara | LDP | 1 | 2007 |
| Tessie Aquino-Oreta | LDP | 1 | 2004 |
| Joker Arroyo | Aksyon | 1 | 2007 |
| Robert Barbers | Lakas | 1 | 2004 |
| Rodolfo Biazon | LDP | 1 | 2004 |
| Rene Cayetano | Lakas | 1 | 2004 |
| Noli de Castro | Independent | 1 | 2007 |
| Franklin Drilon | Independent | 2 | 2007 |
| Loi Ejercito | Independent | 1 | 2007 |
| Juan Flavier | Lakas | 2 | 2007 |
| Gregorio Honasan | Independent | 2 | 2004 |
| Robert Jaworski | Lakas | 1 | 2004 |
| Panfilo Lacson | LDP | 1 | 2007 |
| Loren Legarda | Lakas | 1 | 2004 |
| Ramon Magsaysay Jr. | Lakas | 2 | 2007 |
| Blas Ople | LDP | 2 | 2004 |
| John Henry Osmeña | NPC | 1 | 2004 |
| Serge Osmeña | PDP–Laban | 2 | 2007 |
| Francis Pangilinan | Liberal | 1 | 2007 |
| Aquilino Pimentel Jr. | PDP–Laban | 1 | 2004 |
| Ralph Recto | Lakas | 1 | 2007 |
| Ramon Revilla Sr. | Lakas | 2 | 2004 |
| Tito Sotto | LDP | 2 | 2004 |
| Manny Villar | Independent | 1 | 2007 |

### House of Representatives

The term of office of the members of the House of Representatives is from June 30, 2001, to June 30, 2004.
| Province/City | District | Representative | Party | Term |
| Abra | Lone | Luis Bersamin Jr. | PDSP | 1 |
| Agusan del Norte | 1st | Leovigildo Banaag | LDP | 2 |
| Agusan del Norte | 2nd | Edelmiro Amante | Lakas | 1 |
| Agusan del Sur | Lone | Rodolfo Plaza | LDP | 1 |
| Aklan | Lone | Gabrielle Calizo-Quimpo | LDP | 1 |
| Albay | 1st | Cielo Krisel Lagman-Luistro | Lakas | 2 |
| Albay | 2nd | Carlos R. Imperial | NPC | 1 |
| Albay | 3rd | Joey Salceda | Lakas | 2 |
| Antipolo | Lone | Victor Sumulong | LDP | 2 |
| Antique | Lone | Exequiel Javier | Lakas | 1 |
| Apayao | Lone | Elias Bulut Jr. | NPC | 1 |
| Aurora | Lone | Bella Angara | LDP | 3 |
| Bacolod | Lone | Monico Puentevella | Lakas | 1 |
| Baguio | Lone | Mauricio Domogan | Lakas | 1 |
| Basilan | Lone | Abdulgani Salapuddin | Lakas | 2 |
| Bataan | 1st | Antonino Roman | Independent | 2 |
| Bataan | 2nd | Tet Garcia | LDP | 3 |
| Batanes | Lone | Florencio Abad | Liberal | 3 |
| Batangas | 1st | Eileen Ermita-Buhain | Lakas | 1 |
| Batangas | 2nd | Francisco Perez II | Lakas | 1 |
| Batangas | 3rd | Victoria Hernandez-Reyes | Lakas | 1 |
| Batangas | 4th | Oscar Gozos | Lakas | 1 |
| Benguet | Lone | Samuel Dangwa | Reporma | 1 |
| Biliran | Lone | Gerardo Espina Sr. | NPC | 3 |
| Bohol | 1st | Edgar Chatto | Lakas | 1 |
| Bohol | 2nd | Roberto Cajes | Lakas | 1 |
| Bohol | 3rd | Eladio Jala | Lakas | 2 |
| Bukidnon | 1st | Nereus Acosta | Liberal | 2 |
| Bukidnon | 2nd | Berthobal Ancheta | Lakas | 1 |
| Bukidnon | 3rd | Migz Zubiri | Lakas | 2 |
| Bulacan | 1st | Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado | Lakas | 2 |
| Bulacan | 2nd | Wilfrido Villarama | Aksyon | 1 |
| Bulacan | 3rd | Lorna Silverio | Lakas | 1 |
| Bulacan | 4th | Reylina Nicolas | Lakas | 1 |
| Cagayan | 1st | Jack Enrile | Independent | 2 |
| Cagayan | 2nd | Celia Taganas-Layus | NPC | 1 |
| Cagayan | 3rd | Manuel Mamba | Lakas | 1 |
| Cagayan de Oro | Lone | Constantino Jaraula | LDP | 2 |
| Caloocan | 1st | Recom Echiverri | Lakas | 2 |
| Caloocan | 2nd | Edgar Erice | Lakas | 1 |
| Camarines Norte | Lone | Renato Unico Jr. | Lakas | 1 |
| Camarines Sur | 1st | Rolando Andaya Jr. | Lakas | 2 |
| Camarines Sur | 2nd | Sulpicio Roco Jr. | Aksyon | 1 |
| Camarines Sur | 3rd | Felix William Fuentebella | NPC | 1 |
| Camarines Sur | 4th | Felix Alfelor Jr. | Lakas | 1 |
| Camiguin | Lone | Jurdin Jesus Romualdo | NPC | 2 |
| Capiz | 1st | Rodriguez Dadivas | Liberal | 1 |
| Capiz | 2nd | Fredenil Castro | Liberal | 1 |
| Catanduanes | Lone | Joseph Santiago | NPC | 1 |
| Cavite | 1st | Plaridel Abaya | NPC | 3 |
| Cavite | 2nd | Gilbert Remulla | LDP | 1 |
| Cavite | 3rd | Napoleon Beratio | LDP | 2 |
| Cebu | 1st | Jose Gullas | NPC | 1 |
| Cebu | 2nd | Simeon Kintanar | NPC | 2 |
| Cebu | 3rd | Antonio Yapha | NPC | 2 |
| Cebu | 4th | Clavel Martinez | Lakas | 2 |
| Cebu | 5th | Ace Durano | NPC | 2 |
| Cebu | 6th | Nerissa Soon-Ruiz | NPC | 1 |
| Cebu City | 1st | Raul del Mar | Lakas | 1 |
| Cebu City | 2nd | Antonio Cuenco | Lakas | 1 |
| Compostela Valley | 1st | Manuel E. Zamora | Lakas | 1 |
| Compostela Valley | 2nd | Prospero Amatong | Lakas | 2 |
| Cotabato | 1st | Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza | Independent | 1 |
| Cotabato | 2nd | Gregorio Ipong | NPC | 2 |
| Davao City | 1st | Prospero Nograles | Lakas | 1 |
| Davao City | 2nd | Vincent Garcia | NPC | 1 |
| Davao City | 3rd | Ruy Elias Lopez | NPC | 2 |
| Davao del Norte | 1st | Arrel Olaño | Lakas | 1 |
| Davao del Norte | 2nd | Antonio Floirendo Jr. | Lakas | 2 |
| Davao del Sur | 1st | Douglas Cagas | NPC | 2 |
| Davao del Sur | 2nd | Claude Bautista | NPC | 1 |
| Davao Oriental | 1st | Corazon Nuñez Malanyaon | NPC | 1 |
| Davao Oriental | 2nd | Joel Mayo Almario | Lakas | 2 |
| Eastern Samar | Lone | Marcelino Libanan | NPC | 2 |
| Guimaras | Lone | Edgar Espinosa | Lakas | 1 |
| Ifugao | Lone | Solomon Chungalao | Liberal | 1 |
| Ilocos Norte | 1st | Roque Ablan Jr. | Lakas | 1 |
| Ilocos Norte | 2nd | Imee Marcos | KBL | 2 |
| Ilocos Sur | 1st | Salacnib Baterina | Lakas | 2 |
| Ilocos Sur | 2nd | Eric Singson | Liberal | 1 |
| Iloilo | 1st | Oscar Garin | Lakas | 1 |
| Iloilo | 2nd | Augusto Syjuco Jr. | Lakas | 2 |
| Iloilo | 3rd | Arthur Defensor Sr. | Lakas | 1 |
| Iloilo | 4th | Narciso Monfort | Lakas | 3 |
| Iloilo | 5th | Rolex Suplico | LDP | 2 |
| Iloilo City | Lone | Raul M. Gonzalez | Nacionalista | 3 |
| Isabela | 1st | Rodolfo Albano Jr. | Lakas | 1 |
| Isabela | 2nd | Edwin Uy | Lakas | 1 |
| Isabela | 3rd | Faustino Dy III | Lakas | 1 |
| Isabela | 4th | Antonio Abaya | Lakas | 1 |
| Isabela | 4th | Giorgidi Aggabao | NPC | – |
| Kalinga | Lone | Lawrence Wacnang | Liberal | 2 |
| La Union | 1st | Manuel Ortega | NPC | 2 |
| La Union | 2nd | Tomas Dumpit | NPC | 2 |
| Laguna | 1st | Uliran Joaquin | NPC | 2 |
| Laguna | 2nd | Jun Chipeco | KAMPI | 3 |
| Laguna | 3rd | Danton Bueser | Liberal | 2 |
| Laguna | 4th | Rodolfo San Luis | LDP | 2 |
| Lanao del Norte | 1st | Alipio Cirilo Badelles | NPC | 2 |
| Lanao del Norte | 2nd | Abdullah Dimaporo | Lakas | 1 |
| Lanao del Sur | 1st | Faysah Dumarpa | Lakas | 1 |
| Lanao del Sur | 2nd | Benasing Macarambon Jr. | NPC | 2 |
| Las Piñas | Lone | Cynthia Villar | Independent | 1 |
| Leyte | 1st | Ted Failon | Independent | 1 |
| Leyte | 2nd | Trinidad Apostol | Lakas | 1 |
| Leyte | 3rd | Eduardo Veloso | Lakas | 2 |
| Leyte | 4th | Eufrocino Codilla Sr. | Lakas | 1 |
| Leyte | 5th | Carmen Cari | Lakas | 1 |
| Maguindanao | 1st | Didagen Dilangalen | PMP | 3 |
| Maguindanao | 2nd | Guimid Matalam | Lakas | 1 |
| Makati | 1st | Teodoro Locsin Jr. | PDP–Laban | 1 |
| Makati | 2nd | Butz Aquino | LDP | 2 |
| Malabon-Navotas | Lone | Ricky Sandoval | Liberal | 2 |
| Mandaluyong | Lone | Neptali Gonzales II | Lakas | 3 |
| Manila | 1st | Ernesto Nieva | Lakas | 2 |
| Manila | 2nd | Jaime Lopez | Lakas | 1 |
| Manila | 3rd | Harry Angping | NPC | 2 |
| Manila | 4th | Rodolfo Bacani | Liberal | 2 |
| Manila | 5th | Joey Hizon | Liberal | 2 |
| Manila | 6th | Mark Jimenez | Independent | 1 |
| Marikina | Lone | Del de Guzman | Lakas | 1 |
| Marinduque | Lone | Edmundo Reyes Jr. | Lakas | 2 |
| Masbate | 1st | Vida Espinosa | Lakas | 3 |
| Masbate | 2nd | Emilio Espinosa Jr. | NPC | 2 |
| Masbate | 3rd | Fausto Seachon Jr. | NPC | 3 |
| Misamis Occidental | 1st | Ernie Clarete | Nacionalista | 1 |
| Misamis Occidental | 2nd | Herminia Ramiro | Liberal | 1 |
| Misamis Oriental | 1st | Oscar Moreno | Lakas | 2 |
| Misamis Oriental | 2nd | Augusto Baculio | LDP | 2 |
| Mountain Province | Lone | Roy Pilando | LDP | 1 |
| Muntinlupa | Lone | Ruffy Biazon | LDP | 1 |
| Negros Occidental | 1st | Julio Ledesma IV | NPC | 3 |
| Negros Occidental | 2nd | Alfredo Marañon | NPC | 3 |
| Negros Occidental | 3rd | Jose Carlos Lacson | Lakas | 1 |
| Negros Occidental | 4th | Charlie Cojuangco | NPC | 2 |
| Negros Occidental | 5th | Jose Apolinario Lozada | Lakas | 2 |
| Negros Occidental | 6th | Genaro Alvarez Jr. | NPC | 3 |
| Negros Oriental | 1st | Jacinto Paras | LDP | 2 |
| Negros Oriental | 2nd | Emilio Macias | NPC | 2 |
| Negros Oriental | 3rd | Herminio Teves | Lakas | 2 |
| Northern Samar | 1st | Harlin Abayon | Liberal | 2 |
| Northern Samar | 2nd | Romualdo Vicencio | Lakas | 2 |
| Nueva Ecija | 1st | Josefina Joson | NPC | 2 |
| Nueva Ecija | 2nd | Eleuterio Violago | Lakas | 1 |
| Nueva Ecija | 3rd | Aurelio Umali | LDP | 1 |
| Nueva Ecija | 4th | Raul Villareal | Lakas | 1 |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Lone | Carlos Padilla | LDP | 3 |
| Occidental Mindoro | Lone | Josephine Sato | Lakas | 1 |
| Oriental Mindoro | 1st | Charity Leviste | Lakas | 1 |
| Oriental Mindoro | 2nd | Alfonso Umali Jr. | Liberal | 1 |
| Palawan | 1st | Vicente Sandoval | Lakas | 3 |
| Palawan | 2nd | Abraham Mitra | Liberal | 1 |
| Pampanga | 1st | Francis Nepomuceno | NPC | 2 |
| Pampanga | 2nd | Zenaida Cruz-Ducut | Lakas | 3 |
| Pampanga | 3rd | Oscar Samson Rodriguez | Lakas | 3 |
| Pampanga | 4th | Juan Pablo Bondoc | NPC | 2 |
| Pangasinan | 1st | Arthur Celeste | Lakas | 1 |
| Pangasinan | 2nd | Amado Espino Jr. | Lakas | 1 |
| Pangasinan | 3rd | Generoso Tulagan | NPC | 2 |
| Pangasinan | 4th | Jose de Venecia Jr. | Lakas | 1 |
| Pangasinan | 5th | Mark Cojuangco | NPC | 1 |
| Pangasinan | 6th | Conrado Estrella III | NPC | 1 |
| Parañaque | Lone | Eduardo Zialcita | Lakas | 1 |
| Pasay | Lone | Consuelo Dy | Lakas | 1 |
| Pasig | Lone | Henry Lanot | LDP | 2 |
| Pasig | Lone | Noel Cariño | Lakas | – |
| Quezon | 1st | Rafael Nantes | Liberal | 2 |
| Quezon | 2nd | Lynnette Punzalan | Lakas | 1 |
| Quezon | 3rd | Aleta Suarez | PMP | 1 |
| Quezon | 4th | Georgilu Yumul-Hermida | PMP | 1 |
| Quezon City | 1st | Reynaldo Calalay | LDP | 3 |
| Quezon City | 2nd | Ismael Mathay III | Independent | 1 |
| Quezon City | 3rd | Maria Theresa Defensor | Liberal | 1 |
| Quezon City | 4th | Nanette Castelo-Daza | Lakas | 1 |
| Quirino | Lone | Junie Cua | Liberal | 1 |
| Rizal | 1st | Jack Duavit | NPC | 1 |
| Rizal | 2nd | Isidro Rodriguez Jr. | NPC | 2 |
| Romblon | Lone | Perpetuo Ylagan | Lakas | 1 |
| Samar | 1st | Reynaldo Uy | Liberal | 1 |
| Samar | 2nd | Antonio Nachura | Liberal | 2 |
| San Juan | Lone | Ronaldo Zamora | PMP | 1 |
| Sarangani | Lone | Erwin Chiongbian | Lakas | 1 |
| Siquijor | Lone | Orlando Fua Jr. | Lakas | 2 |
| Sorsogon | 1st | Francis Escudero | NPC | 2 |
| Sorsogon | 2nd | Jose Solis | Lakas | 1 |
| South Cotabato | 1st | Darlene Antonino Custodio | NPC | 1 |
| South Cotabato | 2nd | Arthur Pingoy Jr. | NPC | 1 |
| Southern Leyte | Lone | Aniceto Saludo Jr. | Lakas | 2 |
| Sultan Kudarat | Lone | Angelo Montilla | Lakas | 3 |
| Sulu | 1st | Hussin Ututalum Amin | Lakas | 2 |
| Sulu | 2nd | Abdulmunir Mundoc Arbison | Lakas | 1 |
| Surigao del Norte | 1st | Glenda Ecleo | Lakas | 1 |
| Surigao del Norte | 2nd | Ace Barbers | Lakas | 2 |
| Surigao del Sur | 1st | Prospero Pichay Jr. | Lakas | 2 |
| Surigao del Sur | 2nd | Jesnar Falcon | Lakas | 3 |
| Taguig–Pateros | Lone | Alan Peter Cayetano | Lakas | 2 |
| Tarlac | 1st | Gilbert Teodoro | NPC | 2 |
| Tarlac | 2nd | Benigno Aquino III | Liberal | 2 |
| Tarlac | 3rd | Jesli Lapus | NPC | 2 |
| Tawi-Tawi | Lone | Soraya Jaafar | Lakas | 1 |
| Valenzuela | 1st | Win Gatchalian | NPC | 1 |
| Valenzuela | 2nd | Magi Gunigundo | Lakas | 2 |
| Zambales | 1st | James Gordon Jr. | Lakas | 3 |
| Zambales | 2nd | Ruben Torres | Lakas | 1 |
| Zamboanga City | Lone | Celso Lobregat | LDP | 2 |
| Zamboanga del Norte | 1st | Romeo Jalosjos Sr. | PDSP | 3 |
| Zamboanga del Norte | 1st | Cecilia Jalosjos-Carreon | Reporma | – |
| Zamboanga del Norte | 2nd | Roseller Barinaga | NPC | 2 |
| Zamboanga del Norte | 3rd | Angel Carloto | NPC | 1 |
| Zamboanga del Sur | 1st | Isidoro Real Jr. | Lakas | 1 |
| Zamboanga del Sur | 2nd | Nenet San Juan | Lakas | 1 |
| Zamboanga Sibugay | Lone | Belma Cabilao | Lakas | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Dioscoro Granada | ABA | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Patricia Sarenas | ABANSE | 2 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Mario Aguja | Akbayan | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Etta Rosales | Akbayan | 2 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Mujiv Hataman | AMIN | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Sunny Rose Madamba | APEC | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Ernesto Pablo | APEC | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Edgar Valdez | APEC | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Crispin Beltran | Bayan Muna | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Liza Maza | Bayan Muna | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Satur Ocampo | Bayan Muna | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Joel Virador | Bayan Muna | – |
| Party-list | Party-list | Siegfried Deduro | Bayan Muna | – |
| Party-list | Party-list | Christian Señeres | Buhay | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Rene Velarde | Buhay | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Benjamin Cruz | Butil | 2 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Leonila Chavez | Butil | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Joel Villanueva | CIBAC | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Maria Blanca Kim Bernardo-Lokin | CIBAC | 1 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Emerito Calderon | COCOFED | 2 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Renato Magtubo | PM | 2 |
| Party-list | Party-list | Jose Virgilio Bautista | Sanlakas | 1 |