Philippine House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms

Committee on
Suffrage and Electoral Reforms
Committee on; Suffrage and Electoral Reforms
18th Congress
History
New session started	July 22, 2019
Leadership
Chairman	Juliet Marie Ferrer (NUP) ; since 2019
Minority Leader	Lawrence Lemuel Fortun (Nacionalista) ; since 2019
Structure
Seats	22 members
Political groups	Majority (20) PDP–Laban (8); NUP (4); Party-lists (3); CDP (1); Liberal (1); NPC (1); PFP (1); PPP (1); Minority (2) Nacionalista (1); Party-list (1);
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	Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms

The Philippine House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, or House Suffrage and Electoral Reforms Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction[]

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction includes the following:^[1]

Protection and advancement of the right of suffrage
Conduct of elections, plebiscites, initiatives, recalls and referenda

Members, 18th Congress[]

Position		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson	Juliet Marie Ferrer	NUP	Negros Occidental	4th
Vice Chairpersons	Virgilio Lacson	MANILA TEACHERS	Party-list
	Elpidio Barzaga Jr.	NUP	Cavite	4th
	Henry Villarica	PDP–Laban	Bulacan	4th
	Edgar Erice	Liberal	Caloocan	2nd
Members for the Majority	Pablo Ortega	NPC	La Union	1st
	Francisco Jose Matugas II	PDP–Laban	Surigao del Norte	1st
	Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo	PDP–Laban	Lanao del Norte	1st
	Samier Tan	PDP–Laban	Sulu	1st
	Josefina Tallado	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	1st
	Marisol Panotes	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	2nd
	Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	PPP	Palawan	2nd
	Maria Fe Abunda	PDP–Laban	Eastern Samar	Lone
	Ma. Angelica Amante-Matba	PDP–Laban	Agusan del Norte	2nd
	Alyssa Sheena Tan	PFP	Isabela	4th
	Vicente Veloso III	NUP	Leyte	3rd
	Luisa Lloren Cuaresma	NUP	Nueva Vizcaya	Lone
	Rufus Rodriguez	CDP	Cagayan de Oro	2nd
	Allan Ty	LPGMA	Party-list
	Rodolfo Ordanes	SENIOR CITIZENS	Party-list
Members for the Minority	Lawrence Lemuel Fortun	Nacionalista	Agusan del Norte	1st
Members for the Minority	Ferdinand Gaite	Bayan Muna	Party-list

Historical members[]

18th Congress[]

Member for the Majority[]

Francisco Datol Jr.^[a] (SENIOR CITIZENS)

Notes[]

^ Died on August 10, 2020.

References[]

^ "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 34. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "HOUSE COMMITTEES - SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

External links[]

House of Representatives of the Philippines

[3] Died on August 10, 2020.

[1] "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 34. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] "HOUSE COMMITTEES - SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

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