11th Congress of the Philippines

11th Congress of the Philippines

July 27, 1998 – June 8, 2001
President	Joseph Estrada (1998-2001) Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001)
Vice President	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (1998-2001) Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (2001)
Senate
Senate President	Marcelo Fernan (1998-1999) Blas Ople (1999-2000) Franklin Drilon (2000) Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. (2000-2001)
Senate President pro tempore	Blas Ople (1998-1999; 2000-2001) John Henry Osmeña (1999-2000)
Majority leader	Franklin Drilon (1998-2000) Francisco Tatad (2000-2001) Loren Legarda (2001)
Minority leader	Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (1998-2001) Francisco Tatad (2001)
Members	24
House of Representatives
House Speaker	Manuel Villar, Jr. (1998-2000) Arnulfo Fuentabella (2000-2001) Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (2001)
Majority leader	Mar Roxas 1998-2000, Eduardo Gullas 2000-2001
Minority leader	Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (1998-2001) Arnulfo Fuentabella (2001)
<10th (1995) 12th (2001)>

The Eleventh Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabing-isang 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. The convening of the 11th Congress followed the 1998 elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. The Estrada impeachment was the highlight of the 11th Congress.

Sessions

• First Regular Session: July 27, 1998 – June 4, 1999
  • First Special Session: January 4 – February 5, 1999
• Second Regular Session: July 26, 1999 – June 9, 2000
  • Second Special Session: January 3 – February 4, 2000
• Third Regular Session: July 24, 2000 – June 8, 2001
  • Third Special Session: January 1 – February 16, 2001

Legislation

Laws passed by the 11th Congress:

Leadership

Senate

• President of the Senate

Marcelo Fernan (LAMMP) (1998-1999)

Blas Ople (LAMMP)(1999-2000)

Franklin Drilon (LAMMP) (2000)

Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-LABAN) (2000-2001)

• Senate President Pro-Tempore

Blas Ople (LAMMP) (1998-1999)

John Henry Osmeña (LAMMP) (1999-2000)

Blas Ople (LAAMP) (2000-2001)

• Majority Floor Leader

Franklin Drilon (LAMMP) (1998-2000)

Francisco Tatad (Gabay Bayan) (2000-2001)

Loren Legarda (Lakas-NUCD-UMDP) (2001)

• Minority Floor Leader

Teofisto Guingona (Lakas-NUCD-UMDP) (1998-2001)

Francisco Tatad (Gabay Bayan)(2001)

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Manuel B. Villar, Jr. (LAMMP), Lone District Las Piñas City

Arnulfo P. Fuentabella (LAMMP), 3rd District Camarines Sur, elected on November 13, 2000

Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. (Lakas-NUCD-UMDP), 4th District Quezon City, elected on January 24, 2001

• Deputy Speakers
  • Luzon:   
  • Visayas: Erico Aumentado, (Lakas-NUCD-UMDP), 2nd District of Bohol
  • Mindanao: Daisy Fuentes, (LAMMP), 2nd District of South Cotabato
• Majority Floor Leader

Eduardo Gullas, LAMMP, 1st District of Cebu

• Minority Floor Leader

Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. (Lakas-NUCD-UMDP), 4th District Quezon City

Arnulfo P. Fuentebella (NPC), 3rd District Camarines Sur, elected on January 24, 2001

Members

Composition

Final Senate composition.

Final House of Representatives composition.

	Party	Senate	House of Representatives
	Aksyon	1	1
	KBL	0	1
	LAMMP	9	76
	LDP	*	31
	Lakas	7	37
	Liberal	1	14
	Nacionalista	0	2
	NPC	*	41
	PDP-Laban	1	1
	PRP	2	0
	Independent	2	4
	Sectoral representatives	NA	16
	Vacancies	1	0
	Total	24	224

*part of the LAMMP coalition.

Senate

Senator		Party	Term	Term Start	Term End
	Robert Z. Barbers	Lakas	1	1998	2004
	Rodolfo G. Biazon	LAMMP	1	1998	2004
	Renato L. Cayetano	Lakas	1	1998	2004
	Anna Dominique M. Coseteng	LAMMP	2	1995	2001
	Franklin M. Drilon	LAMMP	1	1995	2001
	Juan Ponce Enrile	independent	1	1995	2001
	Marcelo B. Fernan	LAMMP	1	1995	2001
	Teofisto P. Guingona	Lakas	1	1998	2004
	Juan M. Flavier	Lakas	1	1995	2001
	Gregorio B. Honasan	independent	1	1995	2001
	Robert S. Jaworski	LAMMP	1	1998	2004
	Lorna Regina B. Legarda	Lakas	1	1998	2004
	Ramon B. Magsaysay, Jr.	Lakas	1	1995	2001
	Blas F. Ople	LAMMP	2	1998	2004
	Teresa Aquino-Oreta	LAMMP	1	1998	2004
	John Henry R. Osmeña	LAMMP	1	1998	2004
	Sergio R. Osmeña III	Liberal	1	1995	2001
	Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-Laban/LAMMP	1	1998	2004
	Ramon B. Revilla	Lakas	2	1998	2004
	Raul S. Roco	Aksyon	2	1995	2001
	Miriam Defensor Santiago	PRP	1	1995	2001
	Vicente C. Sotto III	LAMMP	2	1998	2004
	Francisco S. Tatad	Gabay Bayan	1	1995	2001
	Vacant			1995	2001

^a Political affiliation at the opening of the 11th Congress.

LAMMP is a coalition of Partido ng Masang Pilipino, Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino and Nationalist People's Coalition

^1 Died on July 11, 1999.

^2 Vacant after the election of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Vice President in 1998.

House of Representatives

The term of office of the current members of the House of Representatives is from June 30, 1998, to June 30, 2001.

District Representatives
Province/City	District	Representative	Party	Term
Abra	Lone	Vicente Ysidro P. Valera	LDP
Agusan del Norte	1st	Leovigildo B. Banaag	LDP/LAMMP
	2nd	Roan I. Libarios	LAMMP
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Alex G. Bascug	LAMMP
Aklan	Lone	Allen S. Quimpo	LAMMP	3
Albay	1st	Kristel B. Lagman-Luistro	LDP/LAMMP
	2nd	Norma B. Imperial	LAMMP
	3rd	Joey S. Salceda	LAMMP
Antipolo City	Lone	Victor R. Sumulong	NPC
Antique	Lone	Jovito C. Plameras, Jr.	LAMMP
Aurora	Lone	Bellaflor Angara-Castillo	LDP/LAMMP
Apayao	Lone	Elias K. Bulut	LDP/LAMMP
Bacolod City	Lone	Juan N. Orola, Jr.	LAMMP
Baguio City	Lone	Bernardo M. Vergara	Lakas-NUCD	3
Basilan	Lone	Abdulgani A. Salapuddin	LAMMP
Bataan	1st	Antonio P. Roman	LAMMP
	2nd	Enrique T. Garcia, Jr.	LDP
Batanes	Lone	Florencio B. Abad	Liberal
Batangas	1st	Eduardo R. Ermita	Lakas-NUCD
	2nd	Edgar L. Mendoza	LAMMP
	3rd	Jose Macario Laurel IV	Nacionalista
	4th	Ralph G. Recto	LDP/LAMMP	3
Benguet	Lone	Ronald M. Cosalan	LAMMP	2
Biliran	Lone	Gerardo S. Espina	Lakas-NUCD	2
Bohol	1st	Ernesto F. Herrera	LAMMP
	2nd	Erico B. Aumentado	LAMMP	3
	3rd	Eladio M. Jala	LDP/LAMMP	1
Bukidnon	1st	Juan Romeo Nereus O. Acosta	Liberal
	2nd	Reginaldo N. Tilanduca	NPC
	3rd	Juan Miguel F. Zubiri	NPC	3
Bulacan	1st	Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Pedro M. Pancho	Lakas-NUCD	3
	3rd	Ricardo C. Silverio	Lakas-NUCD	3
	4th	Angelito M. Sarmiento	LAMMP	3
Cagayan	1st	Juan C. Ponce Enrile, Jr.	independent	1
	2nd	Edgar R. Lara	NPC/LAMMP	3
	3rd	Rodolfo E. Aguinaldo	LAMMP	1
Cagayan de Oro City	Lone	Constantino G. Jaraula	LAMMP	1
Caloocan City	1st	Enrico R. Echieverri	Lakas-NUCD	1
	2nd	Luis A. Asistio	NPC/LAMMP	3
Camarines Norte	Lone	Roy A. Padilla, Jr.	NPC/LAMMP	1
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando G. Andaya, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD
	2nd	Jaime S. Jacob	Aksyon	1
	3rd	Arnulfo P. Fuentebella	NPC/LAMMP	2
	4th	Salvio B. Fortuno	LAMMP
Camiguin	Lone	Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo	LAMMP
Capiz	1st	Manuel A. Roxas II	Liberal	2
	2nd	Vicente J. Andaya, Jr.	LAMMP	2
Catanduanes	Lone	Leandro B. Verceles, Jr.	NPC	3
Cavite	1st	Plaridel M. Abaya	NPC/LAMMP	2
	2nd	Erineo S. Maliksi	LDP/LAMMP/MAGDALO	1
	3rd	Napoleon R. Beratio	LDP/LAMMP	1
Cebu	1st	Eduardo R. Gullas	LAMMP
	2nd	Simeon L. Kintanar	NPC/Alayon LAMMP
	3rd	Antonio P. Yapha	NPC/Alayon/LAMMP
	4th	Clavel A. Martinez	Lakas-NUCD
	5th	Joseph H. Durano	NPC/Alayon/LAMMP
	6th	Efren T. Herrera	LAMMP	1
Cebu City	1st	Raoul B. Del Mar	LDP/LAMMP	1
	2nd	Nancy R. Cuenco	LDP/LAMMP	1
Compostela Valley	1st	Rogelio M. Sarmiento	LAMMP	3
	2nd	Prospero S. Amatong	Lakas-NUCD	1
Cotabato (North)	1st	Anthony P. Dequiña	LAMMP	3
	2nd	Gregorio T. Ipong	LAMMP	1
Davao City	1st	Rodrigo R. Duterte	LAMMP/PDP-LABAN	1
	2nd	Manuel M. Garcia	Lakas-NUCD	3
	3rd	Ruy Elias C. Lopez	NPC/LAMMP	1
Davao del Norte	1st	Pantaleon D. Alvarez	PMP/LAMMP	1
	2nd	Antonio R. Floirendo, Jr.	LAMMP	1
Davao del Sur	1st	Douglas Ra. Cagas	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Franklin P. Bautista	Lakas-NUCD	1
Davao Oriental	1st	Ma. Elena T. Palma-Gil	Lakas-NUCD	3
	2nd	Joel Mayo Z. Almario	Lakas-NUCD	1
Eastern Samar	Lone	Marcelino C. Libanan	LAMMP	1
Guimaras	Lone	Emily R. Lopez	LAMMP	1
Ifugao	Lone	Benjamin B. Cappleman	LDP/LAMMP	3
Ilocos Norte	1st	Rodolfo C. Fariñas	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Maria Imelda "Imee" R. Marcos	KBL/LAMMP	1
Ilocos Sur	1st	Salacnib F. Baterina	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Grace G. Singson	LDP/LAMMP
Iloilo	1st	Ninfa S. Garin	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Augusto L. Syjuco, Jr.	LAMMP	1
	3rd	Manuel P. Parcon	Lakas-NUCD	1
	4th	Narciso D. Monfort	Lakas-NUCD	2
	5th	Rolex T. Suplico	LDP/LAMMP	1
Iloilo City	Lone	Raul M. Gonzales	Nacionalista/Lakas-NUCD	2
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo T. Albano III	NPC/LAMMP	1
	2nd	Faustino S. Dy, Jr.	NPC/LAMMP	3
	3rd	Ramon M. Reyes	LAMMP	1
	4th	Heherson T. Alvarez	Lakas-NUCD	1
Kalinga	Lone	Lawrence B. Wacnang	LDP	1
La Union	1st	Manuel C. Ortega	NPC/LAMMP	1
	2nd	Tomas M. Dumpit	NPC/LAMMP	1
Laguna	1st	Uliran T. Joaquin	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Joaquin M. Chipeco, Jr.	LDP/LAMMP	2
	3rd	Danton Q. Bueser	Liberal	1
	4th	Rodolfo S. San Luis	LDP/LAMMP	1
Lanao del Norte	1st	Alipio Cirilo V. Badelles	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Macabangkit Lanto	Lakas-NUCD	1
Lanao del Sur	1st	Mamintal M. Adiong	LAMMP	3
	2nd	Benasing O. Macarambon, Jr.	NPC	1
Las Piñas City	Lone	Manuel B. Villar, Jr.	LAMMP	3
Leyte	1st	Alfred S. Romualdez	NPC/LAMMP	1
	2nd	Sergio Antonio F. Apostol	Lakas-NUCD	3
	3rd	Eduardo K. Veloso	NPC	1
	4th	Ma. Victoria L. Locsin	LAMMP	1
	5th	Ma. Catalina L. Loreto-Go	LAMMP	1
Maguindanao	1st	Didagen P. Dilangalen	LAMMP	2
	2nd	Simeon A. Datumanong	Lakas-NUCD	3
Makati City	1st	Joker P. Arroyo	independent	3
	2nd	Agapito A. Aquino	LDP/LAMMP	1
Malabon–Navotas	Lone	Federico S. Sandoval II	Lakas-NUCD	1
Mandaluyong	Lone	Neptali M. Gonzales II	LDP/LAMMP	2
Manila	1st	Ernesto A. Nieva	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Nestor C. Ponce, Jr.	Liberal	1
	3rd	Harry C. Angping	LAMMP	1
	4th	Rodolfo C. Bacani	Liberal	1
	5th	Joey D. Hizon	Liberal	1
	6th	Rosenda Ann H. Ocampo	NPC/LAMMP	3
Marikina	Lone	Romeo D. Candazo	Liberal	3
Marinduque	Lone	Edmundo O. Reyes, Jr.	LAMMP	1
Masbate	1st	Vida V. Espinosa	LAMMP	2
	2nd	Emilio R. Espinosa, Jr.	NPC/LAMMP	1
	3rd	Fausto L. Seachon, Jr.	NPC/LAMMP	2
Misamis Occidental	1st	Percival B. Catane	Lakas-NUCD	3
	2nd	Hilarion J. Ramiro, Jr.	independent	1
Misamis Oriental	1st	Oscar S. Moreno	Lakas-NUCD	1
	2nd	Augusto H. Baculio	LDPLAMMP	1
Mountain Province	Lone	Josephine dC. Dominguez	LDP/LAMMP	1
Muntinlupa City	Lone	Ignacio R. Bunye	Lakas-NUCD	1
Negros Occidental	1st	Julio A. Ledesma IV	NPC/UNA/LAMMP	2
	2nd	Alfredo G. Marañon	NPC/UNA/LAMMP	2
	3rd	Edith A. Yotoko-Villanueva	LDP	1
	4th	Carlos O. Cojuangco	NPC/LAMMP	1
	5th	Jose Apolinario L. Lozada, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	1
	6th	Genaro M. Alvarez, Jr.	NPC UNA/LAMMP	2
Negros Oriental	1st	Jacinto V. Paras	LDP/LAMMP	1
	2nd	Emilio C. Macias II	NPC/LAMMP	1
	3rd	Herminio G. Teves	Lakas-NUCD	1
Northern Samar	1st	Harlin Cast. Abayon I	Liberal	1
	2nd	Romualdo T. Vicencio	Liberal
Nueva Ecija	1st	Josefina M. Joson	NPC/BALANE/LAMMP	1
	2nd	Simeon E. Garcia, Jr.	LAMMP	1
	3rd	Pacifico M. Fajardo	Lakas-NUCD	3
	4th	Julita Lorenzo-Villareal	LAMMP	2
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Carlos M. Padilla	LDP/LAMMP	2
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Ricardo V. Quintos	LDP	1
Oriental Mindoro	1st	J. Renato V. Leviste	Lakas-NUCD	3
	2nd	Manuel G. Andaya	LAMMP	1
Palawan	1st	Vicente A. Sandoval	LDP	2
	2nd	Alfredo Amor E. Abueg, Jr.	LAMMP	3
Pampanga	1st	Francis L. Nepomuceno	NPC/LAMMP	1
	2nd	Zenaida C. Cruz-Ducut	NPC/LAMMP	2
	3rd	Oscar S. Rodriguez	NPC/LAMMP	2
	4th	Juan Pablo P. Bondoc	NPC/LAMMP	1
Pangasinan	1st	Hernani A. Braganza	Lakas-NUCD	2
	2nd	Teodoro C. Cruz	LAMMP	1
	3rd	Generoso D.C. Tulagan	NPC	1
	4th	Benjamin S. Lim	Lakas-NUCD	1
	5th	Amadeo R. Perez, Jr.	LAMMP	3
	6th	Ranjit R. Shahani	LDP	2
Parañaque	Lone	Roilo J. Golez	LAMMP	2
Pasay City	Lone	Rolando A. Briones	LAMMP	1
Pasig	Lone	Henry P. Lanot	LDP	1
Pateros–Taguig	Lone	Alan Peter S. Cayetano	LAMMP	1
Quezon	1st	Rafael P. Nantes	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Marcial C. Punzalan, Jr.	LAMMP	3
	3rd	Danilo E. Suarez	LAMMP	3
	4th	Wigberto E. Tañada	Liberal	2
Quezon City	1st	Reynaldo A. Calalay	LAMMP	2
	2nd	Dante V. Liban	LAMMP	3
	3rd	Michael I. Defensor	Liberal	2
	4th	Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	3
Quirino	Lone	Ma. Angela E. Cua	LAMMP
Rizal	1st	Gilberto M. Duavit	NPC/LAMMP	3
	2nd	Isidro S. Rodriguez, Jr.	NPC	1
Romblon	Lone	Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona	LAMMP	3
Samar (Western)	1st	Rodolfo T. Tuazon	LAMMP	3
	2nd	Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura	Liberal	1
San Juan	Lone	Jose Mari C. Gonzalez	LAMMP
Sarangani	Lone	Juan Domino	independent	1
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando A. Fua, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD
Sorsogon	1st	Francis Joseph G. Escudero	NPC/LAMMP
	2nd	Rodolfo F. Gonzales	LAMMP
South Cotabato	1st	Luwalhati R. Antonino	LAMMP	3
	2nd	Daisy P. Avance-Fuentes	NPC/LAMMP	3
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger G. Mercado	Lakas-NUCD	2
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Angelo O. Montilla	NPC/LAMMP
Sulu	1st	Hussin U. Amin	LAMMP	1
	2nd	Asani S. Tammang	LAMMP	3
Surigao del Norte	1st	Constantino H. Navarro, Jr.	LAMMP	2
	2nd	Robert Ace Barbers	Lakas-NUCD
Surigao del Sur	1st	Prospero A. Pichay, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	1
	2nd	Jesnar R. Falcon	LAMMP
Tarlac	1st	Gilbert C. Teodoro, Jr.	NPC/LAMMP	1
	2nd	Benigno S. Aquino III	Liberal
	3rd	Jesli A. Lapus	LAMMP
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Nur G. Jaafar	LAMMP	3
Valenzuela	Lone	Magtanggol T. Gunigundo	Lakas-NUCD	1
Zambales	1st	James J. Gordon, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD
	2nd	Antonio M. Diaz	LAMMP
Zamboanga City	Lone	Celso L. Lobregat	LDP	3
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Romeo G. Jalosjos	NPC	1
	2nd	Roseller L. Barinaga	LAMMP	1
	3rd	Angeles R. Carloto II	Lakas-NUCD	3
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Alejandro S. Urro	LDP
	2nd	Aurora E. Cerilles	LAMMP
	3rd	George T. Hofer	LAMMP

Sectoral Representatives
Party-List	Representative	Term	First Elected
ABA	Leonie Montemayor	1	1998
Abanse! Pinay	Pat Sarenas	1	1998
Akbayan	Loretta Ann P. Rosales	1	1998
AKO	Ariel Zartiga	1	1998
Alagad	Diogenes Osabel	1	1998
APEC	Melvyn Eballe	1	1998
APEC	Rene Silos	1	1998
Butil	Benjamin Cruz	1	1998
Cocofed	Tito Calderon	1	1998
Cooperative NATCCO Network Party COOP-NATCCO	Hon. Cresente C. Paez	1	1998
Sanlakas	Renato B. Magtubo	1	1998
SCFO	Greg Unde	1	1998
PROMDI	Joy Young	1	1998
VFP	Eddie Pilapil	1	1998

^1 Rodolfo E. Aguinaldo died in office on June 12, 2001.

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Philippine general election, 1998

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library