Philippine Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation
Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation | |
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New session started | July 28, 2025 |
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Political groups | Majority (16)[a]
Minority (4)
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The Philippine Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.
This committee was formed after the Committee on National Defense and Security and the Committee on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation were merged on September 3, 2019, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 9 of the 18th Congress.[1]
Jurisdiction
According to the Rules of the Senate,[2] the committee handles all matters relating to:
- National defense and external and internal threats to national security
- Peace, internal armed conflict resolution, political negotiation, cessation of hostilities, amnesty, rebel returnees, integration and development, national unification and reconciliation
- The Department of National Defense
- The Philippine Coast Guard
- The National Security Council
- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity
- The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
- The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC)
- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Military Affairs
- Pension plans and fringe benefits of war veterans and military retirees
- Citizens army selective service
- Forts
- Arsenals
- Military camps and reservations
- Coast, geodetic and meteorological surveys
- Civil defense
- Military research and development
Members, 20th Congress
Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation has 20 members.[a]
| Position | Member | Party | |
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| Chairperson | Jinggoy Estrada | PMP | |
| Vice Chairpersons |
Ronald dela Rosa | PDP | |
| Bong Go | PDP | ||
| Panfilo Lacson | Independent | ||
| Members for the Majority |
Bam Aquino | KANP | |
| Alan Peter Cayetano | Independent | ||
| Pia Cayetano | Nacionalista | ||
| JV Ejercito | NPC | ||
| Win Gatchalian | NPC | ||
| Lito Lapid | NPC | ||
| Rodante Marcoleta | Independent | ||
| Imee Marcos | Nacionalista | ||
| Robin Padilla | PDP | ||
| Francis Pangilinan | Liberal | ||
| Erwin Tulfo | Lakas | ||
| Raffy Tulfo | Independent | ||
| Camille Villar | Nacionalista | ||
| Mark Villar | Nacionalista | ||
| Members for the Minority |
Risa Hontiveros | Akbayan | |
| Loren Legarda | NPC | ||
| Migz Zubiri | Independent | ||
Ex officio members:
Committee secretary: Vacant
Historical membership rosters
18th Congress
| Position | Member[3] | Party | |
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| Chairperson | Panfilo Lacson | Independent | |
| Vice Chairpersons |
Francis Tolentino | PDP–Laban | |
| Grace Poe | Independent | ||
| Ronald dela Rosa | PDP–Laban | ||
| Bong Go | PDP–Laban | ||
| Richard Gordon | Independent | ||
| Manny Pacquiao | PDP–Laban | ||
| Members for the Majority |
Lito Lapid | NPC | |
| Joel Villanueva | CIBAC | ||
| Imee Marcos | Nacionalista | ||
| Nancy Binay | UNA | ||
| Sonny Angara | LDP | ||
| Bong Revilla | Lakas | ||
| Win Gatchalian | NPC | ||
| Cynthia Villar | Nacionalista | ||
| Koko Pimentel | PDP–Laban | ||
| Members for the Minority |
Francis Pangilinan | Liberal | |
| Risa Hontiveros | Akbayan | ||
| Leila de Lima | Liberal | ||
Committee secretary: Charlyne Claire Fuentes-Olay
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Jinggoy Estrada (PMP), the committee chairperson, is an ex officio member of all standing committees as the president pro tempore of the Senate; hence, he is excluded from the total number of members.
References
- ^ "Senate Resolution No. 9 (18th Congress)" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.