Philippine Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation

Standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines

Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation
18th Congress

History
New session started	July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)
Leadership
Chairman	Panfilo Lacson (Independent) since 2019
Minority Leader	Francis Pangilinan (Liberal) since 2019
Structure
Seats	19 members
Political groups	Majority (16) PDP–Laban (5) Independents (3) Nacionalista (2) NPC (2) CIBAC (1) LDP (1) Lakas (1) UNA (1) Minority (3) Liberal (2) Akbayan (1)

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
- Armed Forces of the Philippines
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, 18th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation has 19 members.

The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members.

Here are the members of the committee in the 18th Congress as of September 24, 2020:^[3]

Position	Member
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

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.