Batasang Bayan

Infobox Legislature
name = Batasang Bayan
coa_pic = Coat of Arms of the Philippines.svg
session_room = Picc2.jpg
house_type = Consultative
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leader1_type = President of the Philippines
leader1 = Ferdinand E. Marcos
party1 = KBL
election1 = September 21, 1976
leader2_type = Floor Leader
leader2 = Jose A. Roño, Jr.
party2 = KBL
election2 = September 21, 1976
members = 128
meeting_place = Philippine International Convention Center
website =The Batasang Bayan (English: "National Congress") was the consultative assembly and legislative advisory council that help formulate decrees promulgated by the Ferdinand Marcos from its inauguration on September 21, 1976 to October 30, 1978. As such powers and functions shall consist of but not limited to assisting and advising the President of his lawmaking functions, providing a forum for the citizenry, through the herein designated representatives, to ventilate their views on national issues, as well as their opinions on the manner of administering the affairs of the government, providing a forum for the rationalization, unification, and clarification on the policies and programs of the Executive Branch of Government and providing a mechanism for actually conducting a review of the structures, policies and efficiencies of the different Barangays and Sanggunians and submit its finding and recommendations to the President as mandated by the 1973 Constitution as the Philippines shifted from a presidential to a parliamentary form of government and [http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1976/pd_995_1976.html Presidential Decree No. 995] . It held its regular and special sessions at the Philippine International Convention Center.

essions

*Regular Session: September 21, 1976 – October 30, 1978

Leadership

President

*Ferdinand Marcos

ecretary of Local Governments

*Jose A. Roño, Jr.

Floor Leader

Functions

The Batasang Bayan functioned as a legislative advisory council to the President on legislative matters. As such powers and functions shall consist of but not limited to:

* Assisting and advising the President of his lawmaking functions;

* Providing a forum for the citizenry, through the herein designated representatives, to ventilate their views on national issues, as well as their opinions on the manner of administering the affairs of the government;

* Providing a forum for the rationalization, unification, and clarification on the policies and programs of the Executive Branch of Government;

* Providing a mechanism for actually conducting a review of the structures, policies and efficiencies of the different Barangays and Sanggunians and submit its finding and recommendations to the President.

Members

The Batasang Bayan was composed of 128 members, all appointive. Representation came from the highest government entity down to the smallest local government unit (barangay) and the marginalized sectors of society. Particularly, it was composed of the following:
*President of the Republic of the Philippines, the members of the Cabinet, including officials with the rank of Cabinet.

*Provincial governors, city mayors, presidents of regional associations of Barangay and Kabataang Barangay Councils.

*Sectoral representatives of professional, capital-industrial and agricultural.

ee also

*Congress of the Philippines
*Senate of the Philippines
*House of Representatives of the Philippines

External links

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Further reading

*Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
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