Practice question
The President vetoes a House-originated bill and returns formal objections. The originating House refuses to reconsider it. Senate supporters then gather two-thirds of all Senators and claim their vote alone makes the vetoed bill law. They rely on the Senate’s equal status in lawmaking. Which assessment is correct?
- Equal status authorizes unilateral Senate override
- Any two-thirds vote in either chamber overrides a veto
- Section 27 requires reconsideration and the specified concurrence in both Houses, beginning with the originating House, so the unilateral claim fails
- A Senate petition substitutes for the absent House action
- The President’s objections are automatically withdrawn by Senate debate
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 27(1).
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