Practice question
All three CSC Members deliberate in a matter governed by the common majority rule. Two Commissioners agree on a disposition and the Chair dissents. The Chair claims a personal veto because the chairmanship is senior. No separate legal voting rule applies. What follows Article IX-A, Section 7?
- The Chair’s one vote automatically defeats two votes.
- Only the President may resolve any disagreement.
- Every three-member Commission requires unanimity in all matters.
- Two is a majority of all three Members; the common provision supplies no personal chair veto.
- The private parties may replace the dissenting vote.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IX-A, Sections 2, 4, 7 and 8: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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