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 quorum.

The Avelino ruling of 1949 says 12 senators are enough to create a quorum

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.…

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

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…

'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

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…