Practice question
The Commission on Appointments takes a nomination vote and the result is tied. The Senate President, acting as chair, proposes to break the tie. Does Article VI, Section 18 permit that chair's vote?
- Yes, because a tie is the express situation in which the chair may vote.
- No, because the chair can never vote.
- Yes, because the President may order the chair to vote twice.
- No, because only the House Speaker may break a tie.
- Yes, because the chair casts an ordinary vote and an additional vote on every nomination.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 18, and Article VII, Section 16: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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