| Batasang Bayan | |
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| The Philippine International Convention Center | |
| Type | |
| Type | Consultative |
| Timeline | |
| Philippines | |
| Established | September 21, 1976 |
| Preceded by | Congress of the Philippines |
| Succeeded by | Interim Batasang Pambansa |
| Disbanded | October 30, 1978 |
| Members | 128 members; appointive |
| Meeting place | |
| Philippine International Convention Center | |
| Footnotes | |
| Though there were about 128 members of the Council, it is unclear how they voted on resolutions or were given voting rights at all since all law-making powers was vested with the President. | |
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The Batasang Bayan (English: Legislative Advisory Council) was the consultative assembly and legislative advisory council that help formulate decrees promulgated by the Ferdinand Marcos from its inauguration on September 21, 1976 to October 30, 1978. As such powers and functions shall consist of but not limited to assisting and advising the President of his lawmaking functions, providing a forum for the citizenry, through the herein designated representatives, to ventilate their views on national issues, as well as their opinions on the manner of administering the affairs of the government, providing a forum for the rationalization, unification, and clarification on the policies and programs of the Executive Branch of Government and providing a mechanism for actually conducting a review of the structures, policies and efficiencies of the different Barangays and Sanggunians and submit its finding and recommendations to the President as mandated by the 1973 Constitution as the Philippines shifted from a presidential to a parliamentary form of government and Presidential Decree No. 995[1]. It held its regular and special sessions at the Philippine International Convention Center.
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The Batasang Bayan functioned as a legislative advisory council to the President on legislative matters. As such powers and functions shall consist of but not limited to:
The Batasang Bayan was composed of 128 members, all appointive. Representation came from the highest government entity down to the smallest local government unit (barangay) and the marginalized sectors of society. Particularly, it was composed of the following: