Batasang Pambansa

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Batasang Pambansa was the unicameral national legislature of the Philippines during the Marcos era, functioning as the country’s parliament from 1978 until the restoration of the bicameral Congress in 1987.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislature
parliament
unicameral national legislature
alsoKnownAs Batasang Pambansa
surface form: Interim Batasang Pambansa

National Assembly
buildingNameSharedWith Batasang Pambansa Complex
constitutionalBasis Article VIII of the 1973 Constitution
country Philippines
dissolved 1987
establishedUnder Constitution of the Philippines
surface form: 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
followedBy House of Representatives of the Philippines
Senate of the Philippines
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasComponent regional representatives
sectoral representatives
headOfStateDuringExistence Ferdinand Marcos
historicalPeriod Marcos era
inception 1978
jurisdiction national
languageOfWork English
Filipino
legalStatus constitutional body
legislativeBodyOf Philippines
surface form: Republic of the Philippines
legislativeSystem parliamentary system
legislatureType unicameral
locatedIn Luzon
Metro Manila
Philippines
Quezon City
mainFunction budget approval
lawmaking
oversight of the executive
meetsIn Batasang Pambansa Complex
meetsInBuildingCompleted 1978
notableEvent ratification of key Marcos-era laws
numberOfChambers 1
politicalContext authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos
precededBy House of Representatives of the Philippines
Senate of the Philippines
reasonForDissolution restoration of bicameral Congress under 1987 Constitution
replacedBy Congress of the Philippines
replaces Congress of the Philippines
seatOf Congress of the Philippines
surface form: Philippine legislature (during 1978–1987)
sessionType regular sessions
special sessions
status abolished
votingSystem mixed representation

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Congress of the Philippines precededBy Batasang Pambansa
Batasang Pambansa Complex previousOccupant Batasang Pambansa
this entity surface form: Batasang Pambansa (interim National Assembly)
Batasang Pambansa Complex namedAfter Batasang Pambansa
Commonwealth of the Philippines legislativeBody Batasang Pambansa
this entity surface form: National Assembly of the Philippines
Batasang Pambansa alsoKnownAs Batasang Pambansa
this entity surface form: Interim Batasang Pambansa
National Legislature Complex namedAfter Batasang Pambansa
Main Building associatedWith Batasang Pambansa
subject surface form: Main Building (Batasang Pambansa Complex)
Batasan Hall associatedWith Batasang Pambansa
Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 enactedBy Batasang Pambansa