The Philippine House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea is a special committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.
Special Committee on West Philippine Sea | |
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18th Congress | |
History | |
New session started | July 22, 2019 |
Leadership | |
Chairman | Manuel Sagarbarria (NPC) since 2019 |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 11 members |
Political groups | Majority (9)
Minority (2)
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Website | |
Special Committee on West Philippine Sea |
As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the South China Sea issues which includes the following:[1]
The committee is named after "West Philippine Sea", a designation by the Philippine government on portions of the South China Sea.
Position | Members[2] | Party | Province/City | District | |
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Chairperson | Manuel Sagarbarria | NPC | Negros Oriental | 2nd | |
Vice Chairpersons |
Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar | Liberal | Palawan | 2nd | |
Gil Acosta | PPP | Palawan | 3rd | ||
Franz Alvarez | NUP | Palawan | 1st | ||
Members for the Majority |
Vicente Veloso III | NPC | Leyte | 3rd | |
Jose Ong Jr. | NUP | Northern Samar | 2nd | ||
Dulce Ann Hofer | PDP–Laban | Zamboanga Sibugay | 2nd | ||
Ed Christopher Go | Nacionalista | Isabela | 2nd | ||
Macnell Lusotan | MARINO | Party-list | |||
Members for the Minority |
Lawrence Lemuel Fortun | Nacionalista | Agusan del Norte | 1st | |
Carlos Isagani Zarate | Bayan Muna | Party-list |