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

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.

Jurisdiction

According to the Rules of the Senate, 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:

Committee secretary: Charlyne Claire Fuentes-Olay

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References