Practice question
Twenty Senators are present on a question. Four request that the yeas and nays be entered in the Journal. Assuming no other issue, does this meet the express Section 16(4) request threshold?
- No, because thirteen requests are necessary
- No, because unanimity is necessary
- No, because sixteen requests are necessary
- Yes, four is one-fifth of twenty present
- Yes, but only if the House of Representatives agrees
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 16(4).
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