Brat Pack (House of Representatives of the Philippines)

The Brat back

The Brat Pack were seven neophyte and two-term congressmen of the Philippine House of Representatives openly critical and attempted to impeach the then-Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. for misusing its Judiciary Development Funds (JDF).[1] The group's name is an allusion to the same nickname, which known for young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s.

Background

Six young congressmen from the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC)[2] led by Francis "Chiz" Escudero, and NPC founder's nephew Gilbert Teodoro, with the inclusion of Gilbert Remulla from Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) filed an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. for misusing Php 4-billion Judiciary Development Fund (JDF)[3] by spending it within his orders for purchase luxury cars, vacation houses and furnishings in the Supreme Court justices' office, instead of using for allowances of employees. By October 2003, they claimed that they have 87 signatories for impeachment complaint to be successful. But, House officials did not transmit the complaint to the Senate, and the earlier complaint they filed declared by the Supreme Court unconstitutional.[4] Also, the impeachment complaint in the House was shut down by 115 congressmen in November of the same year.[3]

However, with the Brat Pack closely associated with the NPC, being founded by business tycoon Danding Cojuangco, was accused by some editorials of the one who pushing the impeachment.[5][6]

Composition

The faction consisted of:[1]

  1. Felix William Fuentebella (NPC) – 3rd district of Camarines Sur
  2. Francis "Chiz" Escudero (NPC) – 1st district of Sorsogon
  3. Gilbert Remulla (LDP) – 2nd district of Cavite
  4. Gilbert Teodoro (NPC) – 1st district of Tarlac
  5. Marcos "Mark" Cojuangco (NPC) – 5th district of Pangasinan
  6. Carlos "Charlie" Cojuangco (NPC) – 4th district of Negros Occidental
  7. Michael John "Jack" Duavit (NPC) – 1st district of Rizal

References

  1. ^ a b Benigno, Teodoro C. (November 3, 2003). "Open letter to Congress / Chavez dares 'Brat Pack'". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  2. ^ "Danding Cojuangco and the NPC". images.gmanews.tv. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  3. ^ a b Romero, Paolo (November 12, 2003). "House votes 115-77 to junk impeachment". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  4. ^ Romero, Paolo (October 24, 2003). "House impeaches Davide". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  5. ^ Benigno, Teodoro C. (November 10, 2003). "The Villaruel episode / Will sanity prevail today?". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  6. ^ Benigno, Teodoro C. (November 5, 2003). "Congress doesn't get it / Brother Mike, please don't". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
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