Practice question
A full twenty-four-member Senate has thirteen present. On an ordinary question, three of those present request entry of the yeas and nays in the Journal. The presiding officer refuses solely because three is less than one-fifth of all twenty-four seats. Which evaluation is correct?
- The refusal uses the wrong denominator; three meets one-fifth of thirteen present
- The Constitution requires five requests in every Senate vote
- A Journal request always needs sixteen votes
- Only absent Members may request recording
- The request itself dissolves the quorum
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 16(2), (4).
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