Metro Manila, Philippines – The Senate on Wednesday, May 20, appointed new committee chairpersons.
The chairpersons and their committees are:
Loren Legarda
– retained, Committee on Culture and the Arts
– Committee on Basic Education
Pia Cayetano
– retained, Committee on Ways and Means
– retained, Committee on Energy
– Committee on SDG, Innovation, and Futures Thinking
– Blue Ribbon Committee
Bong Go
– retained, Committee on Sports
– Committee on Health and Demography
Joel Villanueva
– Committee on Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education
Jinggoy Estrada
– Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation
– Committee on Games and Amusement
Rodante Marcoleta
– Committee on Public Services
Robin Padilla
– retained, Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs
– Committee on Public Information and Mass Media
– Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes
Imee Marcos
– Committee on Foreign Relations
Camille Villar
– retained, Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change; Government Corporations and Public Enterprises
Mark Villar
– Committee on Finance
Right after the leadership change on May 11, some senators pushed for clarity on whether they could keep convening hearings and sponsoring bills they had been shepherding before the leadership shuffle.
As the positions were all declared vacant, bills and readings on bills had been put on hold.
With new and retained chairpersons, Cayetano urged lawmakers to coordinate with outgoing committee chairpersons on pending sponsorship of bills before the transition.
