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Practice question: Discipline of Members

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

All twenty-four Senate seats are occupied. Thirteen Senators attend, establishing a quorum on the stipulated facts. Twelve vote to expel a Member and one abstains. Explain whether the existence of a quorum alone makes that expulsion vote sufficient.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 16(1)–(3): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353

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