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17th Congress of the Philippines

17th Congress of the Philippines
July 25, 2016 – 2019
President Rodrigo Duterte (PDP-Laban)
Vice President Leni Robredo (Liberal)
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III (PDP-Laban)
Senate President pro tempore Ralph Recto (Liberal)
Majority leader Vicente Sotto III (NPC)
Minority leader Franklin Drilon (Liberal)
Members 24
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez (PDP-Laban)
Deputy Speakers

Since July 25, 2016

Since August 15, 2016

Since August 16, 2016
Majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas (PDP-Laban)
Minority leader Danilo Suarez (Lakas)
Members 297

Since July 25, 2016

Since August 15, 2016

The Seventeenth Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabimpitong Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the current meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. The convention of the 17th Congress was followed by the 2016 Senate election, which will replace half of the Senate membership, and the 2016 House of Representatives elections which elected the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives meets in Batasang Pambansa Complex and the Senate will meet in the GSIS Building from July 25, 2016 to a certain date in 2019, from the first to third year of the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte; this will be the end of tenure for senators elected in 2013. The 17th Congress was officially opened by President Duterte together with the joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives.






Both chambers of Congress are divided into parties and blocs. While members are elected via parties, blocs are the basis for committee memberships. Only members of the majority and minority blocs are accorded committee memberships. This is how blocs are determined:

In the speakership election, several members abstained from voting. They, along with the members who voted for the losing candidate voted on who would be the minority leader.

*more popularly known as the Blue Ribbon Committee.


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