Interim Batasang Pambansa

Interim Batasang Pambansa
Interim Batasang Pambansa
Overview
Term	June 12, 1978 – June 5, 1984
President	Ferdinand Marcos
Prime Minister	Ferdinand Marcos; (until June 30, 1981); Cesar Virata; (from July 28, 1981);
Deputy Prime Minister	Cesar Virata; (until July 28, 1981); Jose Roño; (from July 28, 1981);
Batasang Pambansa
Members	189
Speaker	Querube Makalintal
Speaker pro tempore	Datu Blah Sinsuat
Majority leader	Jose Roño
Minority leader	Hilario Davide Jr.

The Interim Batasang Pambansa (IBP; English: Interim National Assembly) was the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines from its inauguration on June 12, 1978, to June 5, 1984. It served as a transitional legislative body mandated by the 1973 Constitution as the Philippines shifted from a presidential to a semi-presidential form of government.

The IBP was preceded by the Interim National Assembly that briefly was the de jure body established in the original text of the 1973 Constitution, was never convened and effectively superseded by a series of nine constitutional amendments ratified through a referendum plebiscite held from October 16 to 17, 1976.