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Practice question: Quorum and Voting Majorities

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Explain why a request to record the yeas and nays under Article VI, Section 16(4) does not itself show that the underlying motion has received its required affirmative vote. Use a sitting with twenty Members present and four requesters.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 16(4).

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