Practice question
All twenty-four Senate seats are occupied. Twenty Senators attend a disciplinary session, and assume all procedural requirements apart from the disputed vote are satisfied. Fifteen vote to suspend a Member for forty days; five oppose. The Senate President declares the motion carried because fifteen is more than two-thirds of those attending. The affected Member challenges only the concurrence. Which assessment is correct?
- The vote is sufficient because the denominator is twenty attendees.
- The vote is sufficient because forty days is below sixty.
- The vote is sufficient because a quorum can replace a supermajority.
- The vote is insufficient because every Senator must vote for suspension.
- The vote is insufficient because two-thirds of all twenty-four Members requires sixteen concurring votes.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 16(1)–(3): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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