House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio "Pidi" Barzaga Jr. (Speaker’s office, Facebook)

The House of Representatives lost a "great legal thinker" with the passing of Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio "Pidi" Barzaga Jr., Speaker Martin Romualdez said in a statement Saturday night, April 27. 

“We are deeply saddened by Cong Pidi’s passing. The House of Representatives has just lost a great legal thinker and a smart number-cruncher,” Romualdez said a few hours after Barzaga's family announced the passage of the veteran solon. 

Speaker Romualdez said he and his colleagues would remember Cong. Pidi as the person they could turn to for legal advice and for understanding the maze of numbers in the national budget. CPA- lawyer. 

“I myself consulted him on a number of legal issues," Romualdez said of Barzaga, who was a certified public accountant (CPA) and lawyer. 

"He was always lending a helping hand. We will also remember him as an indefatigable lawmaker who made it a point to attend sessions and participate actively in committee hearings with extensive preparations,” he said.

“Our prayers and thoughts go to Cong.  Pidi’s family, especially his wife Mayor Jenny Barzaga, his sons and his constituents,” Speaker Romualdez added. 

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Barzaga was born on March 25, 1950 in Dasmariñas, Cavite. His father was Elpidio Mangubat Barzaga, Sr., while his mother is Magdalena Gelle Frani. 

He graduated as valedictorian from Dasmariñas Elementary School in 1962. Four years later, he graduated as valedictorian, this time for his secondary education from Immaculate Conception Academy. 

In 1970, Barzaga graduated cum laude with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major in Accounting from the San Beda College. 

He completed his Bachelor of Laws Degree as magna cum laude from the Far Eastern University in 1975. --with reports from Dexter Barro II