Tinio: While remote vote is for Senate plenary, it might set precedent

MANILA, Philippines — While he understands that the Senate Majority bloc’s push for remote voting deals with matters discussed in a plenary session, ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio has warned that this may eventually be considered as a “precedent” when the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte starts. Tinio in a press briefing by the House of Representatives’ Makabayan bloc on Wednesday said that the Senate Majority bloc’s proposal of allowing remote voting is unreasonable and self-serving as it supposedly wants to preserve its strength — by having 13 votes in matters up for a plenary vote. “This is […]...

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