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Philippines Senate shakeup: Lawyers' group says June 3 session with 12 senators 'lawful', citing 1949 SC precedent
Leadership shakeup lawful as quorum based on available, not total, senators
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rappler.com
The Senate's quorum of 12 senators is legal — here's why
The Avelino ruling of 1949 says 12 senators are enough to create a quorum
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gmanetwork.com
SC ruling affirms validity of 12-senator quorum, says law expert
The election of new Senate officers by 12 senators on Wednesday was valid under existing jurisprudence, a law expert said, pointing to the Supreme Court's ruling in Avelino v.…
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newsinfo.inquirer.net
IBP agrees June 3 Senate quorum ‘lawful’ and ‘valid’
The June 3, 2026, Senate quorum was valid and lawful, says the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. —File photo by Niño Jesus Orbeta | INQUIRER MANILA, Philippines — Citing a…
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IBP: Senate’s June 3 session ‘lawful’ under Avelino doctrine
Integrated Bar of the Philippines MANILA, Philippines — The official organization of lawyers in the country has invoked a 1949 landmark Supreme Court decision in saying…
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gulfnews.com
Philippines Senate shakeup: Lawyers' group says June 3 session with 12 senators 'lawful', citing 1949 SC precedent
Leadership shakeup lawful as quorum based on available, not total, senators
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A 1949 SC case made the Senate June 3 quorum possible
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Avelino vs. Cuenca in 1949 states that 12 could be considered the majority of 23 senators, therefore, a 12-senator quorum is valid
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EXPLAINER: How was there a quorum in a Senate with 12 present?
Twelve senators were physically present at the Senate plenary on June 3, 2026, and, citing existing jurisprudence and precedent from 2015, declared that there was a quorum to hold…
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Senate's quorum of 12 legal, valid – IBP, law deans
'All acts, resolutions and decisions made by the Senate during its session of June 3, 2026 are presumed to be official acts of the Philippine Senate following the presumption of…
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Supreme Court asked to uphold legality of Senate's quorum of 12
'So dito, sa prayer lang po natin dito, ina-ask ko lang po 'yong Supreme Court kung valid ba 'yong quorum o hindi,' petitioner John Barry Tayam says
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Drilon recalls May 5, 2015 session's quorum of 12
Former Senate President Franklin Drilon and a legal expert on Friday said Senator Sherwin Gatchalian’s bloc was correct in citing a 1949 Supreme Court ruling to determine a Senate…