Interim Batasang Pambansa
The Interim Batasang Pambansa 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.
The IBP was preceded by the Interim National Assembly that briefly was the de jure body established in the original text of the 1973 Constitution, was never convened and effectively superseded by a series of nine constitutional amendments ratified through a referendum plebiscite held from October 16 to 17, 1976.
Sessions
First Regular Session: June 12, 1978 – June 6, 1979Second Regular Session: July 23, 1979 – June 11, 1980Third Regular Session: July 28, 1980 – April 28, 1981Fourth Regular Session: July 27, 1981 – June 1, 1982Fifth Regular Session: July 26, 1982 – April 14, 1983Sixth Regular Session: July 25, 1983 – June 5, 1984Leadership
- President: Ferdinand Marcos
- Prime Minister:
- * Ferdinand Marcos, until June 30, 1981
- * Cesar Virata, from July 28, 1981
- Deputy Prime Minister:
- * Cesar Virata, until July 28, 1981
- * Jose Roño, from July 28, 1981
- Speaker: Querube Makalintal
- Speaker pro tempore: Datu Blah Sinsuat, from November 10, 1981
- Majority leader: Jose Roño
- Minority leader: Hilario Davide Jr.
Legislation
The Interim Batasang Pambansa passed a total of 702 laws.Major legislation
- — General Appropriations Act of 1978
- — Repeal of Presidential Decree No. 31 and the Consolidation of Taxes of Hotels, Motels and Other Establishments
- — National Internal Revenue Code Amendment
- — Reduction of the Penalty for Illegal Possession of Bladed, Pointed or Blunt Weapons
- — Definition and Implementation of the metric system and instituted the Modern Philippine Standard Time
- — The Anti-Bouncing Check Law
- — Amending the PCSO Charter
- — 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
- — General Banking Act
- — Savings and Loan Association Act
- — Private Development Banks Act
- — Amending the DBP Charter
- — Amending the Rural Banks Act
- — Amending the Investment House Law
- — Amending the Central Bank Act
- — The Corporation Code
- — Amending the Labor Code
- — Amending the Revised Penal Code
- — National Census Act of 1980
- — Energy Conservation Act of 1980
- — Amending the Land Transportation and Traffic Code
- — Amending the Probation Law of 1976
- — Creation of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas
- — 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
- — ''Barangay Election Act of 1982''