Regular Batasang Pambansa
The “Regular Batasang Pambansa†was then so called to distinguish it from the “Interim Batasang Pambansaâ€. When President Ferdinand E. Marcos abolished the Philippine Congress upon the declaration of Martial Law in 1972 and in compliance with the 1973 Constitution ratified on January 17, 1973, the legislative of the country was to be replaced by a “Batasang Pambansaâ€.
The Batasang Pambansa was convened on July 23, 1984 and its first regular session ended on June 7, 1985. Its second regular session opened on July 25, 1985 and was abolished by then revolutionary President Corazon C. Aquino on March 25, 1986.
The following served as assemblymen representing Cebu Province and Cebu City with its corresponding political party:
Cebu Province:
Emerito S. Calderon (KBL)
Nenita C. Daluz (UNIDO)
Ramon D. Durano III (KBL)
Regalado E. Maambong (KBL)
Luisito R. Patalingug (KBL)
Adelino B. Sitoy (KBL)
Cebu City:
Antonio V. Cuenco (UNIDO)
Marcelo B. Fernan (UNIDO)
Antonio V. Cuenco, who later became one of the longest serving congressman of Cebu after the 1986 EDSA Revolution, Marcelo B. Fernan, who became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Senate President, and Nenita Cortez Daluz fondly called “Inday Nita,†were part of the 56 members of the Batasang Pambansa who filed a resolution for the impeachment of President Marcos on August 13, 1985.
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