Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠

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[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

#無言で立ち絵を貼るとフォロワーさんが増える

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EXPLANATION
Why Avelino vs Cuenco 1949 is enough for a quorum of 12

Normally, the Senate has 24 senators, so quorum is 13.

Senate PH Rule II says that for Senate officers: they are elected by “majority vote of all its members.”

So if all 24 are counted, 12 is not enough.

But the anti-Cayetano camp’s argument comes from Avelino v. Cuenco, 1949.

In that case, the Supreme Court accepted the idea that because one senator was outside the country and could not participate, the Senate could be treated as having only 23 participating members. That made 12 a majority.

The Supreme Court said that “an absolute majority (12)” of the Senate “less one (23)” could be quorum, and Justice Feria explained that the count may be based on “actual members or incumbents” who are not incapacitated or outside the Senate’s jurisdiction.

Applied today: if Jinggoy Estrada is unable to participate because he is arrested, they can argue the working Senate is 23, not 24.

So 12 becomes quorum under Avelino logic.

Now add the Cayetano issue.

A Senate President is not the owner of the Senate.

The Senate Rules say the Senate normally meets at 3 PM on weekdays, unless the Senate decides otherwise.

If a session is postponed, the Senate President must consult the Majority and Minority Leaders. And the Senate President cannot just suspend or adjourn a session by himself without a motion or resolution approved by senators present, except in the specific postponement situation.

So if Cayetano refuses to preside or tries to stop the chamber from functioning, the anti-Cayetano camp can say - the chair cannot kill the chamber.

That is also consistent with Avelino v. Cuenco, 1949.

In that case, the Senate President abandoned the chair and did not attend.

Worse, Cayetano not only was absent, he did not designate a Presiding Officer either - the Senate is not functioning.

The anti-Cayetano senators continued, and the case records say the deliberate abandonment made it necessary for the remaining members to continue “in order NOT TO PARALYZE the functions of the Senate.”

So the anti-Cayetano camp’s legal theory is basically this:

(1) The Senate is bigger than Former SP Cayetano.

(2) If he refuses to preside, and enough senators are present, the Senate can still function.

(3) If Jinggoy cannot participate, Avelino gives them an argument that 12 is quorum.

(4) Once quorum exists, the Senate can act on its internal organization, including committees per the Senate Rules.

They are on stronger ground when reorganizing committees, because committees are part of Senate internal organization.

Rule X says permanent committees are formed by the Senate after organization, including the Committee on Rules (take notice, yan ang unang call to motion ni Sotto).

So what did Cayetano did wrong?
Essentially by refusing to attend the Senate or any of the presiding officers (ie: Former Pro Tempore Legarda, and Former Majority Leaders), the situation became more and more similar to Avelino v. Cuenco, 1949.

The former Majority could even argue that Avelino v. Cuenco, 1949 is a "special circumstance" . However, the similarities between then and now became more apparent with the former Majority leaders absence and made the arguments of the anti-Cayetano camp stronger.

With this, the new Majority got their quorum and they rearranged leadership.

So why only the leaderships and not the actual Senate Presidency?

So the pro-Cayetano camp can ask: "If you truly have quorum, and the majority of all members, why not also elect a Senate President?"

Short answer: Because of the Constitution.

The Constitution makes electing a new Senate President more sensitive because it specifically requires a “majority vote of all its respective Members” for that office.

The Constitution then separately says each House may choose “such other officers as it may deem necessary.”

For Senate President:
The Constitution itself sets the rule. The Senate President must be elected by “a majority vote of all its respective Members.”

For President Pro Tempore and other officers:
The Constitution does not give a specific voting threshold. It only says each House may choose “such other officers as it may deem necessary.” (Sec. 16)

It also says each House may determine its own rules.

That is where Senate Rule II comes in:
the Senate used its rule-making power to say its officers, including the President Pro Tempore, Secretary, and Sergeant-at-Arms, are elected by majority vote of all members.

LOGICAL DIFFERENCE:
So the Constitution does not dictate the definition of "all members" for other Senate officers - only for the Senate President.

Thus, the dictation and definition of "all members" lies on Senate Rules per the Constitution Sec. 16, "...as they deem necessary..."

But with Avelino v. Cuenco 1949 coming in...

The Senate PH has already defined "majority of all members" to be "active members of the Senate - that could participate"

In the ruling,
Justice Feria said the count may be based on the Senate’s “actual members or incumbents,” excluding those unable to discharge their duties because of death, incapacity, absence from jurisdiction, or other causes making attendance impossible (ie: arrest).

Feria treated the Senate as having 23 actual members, so 12 became a quorum and majority.

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

Nakakatuwa. My faith in the Filipino youth is restored.

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

ETHICS COMPLAINT VS. CAYETANO, MAJORITY SENATORS

LOOK: Mark Joseph Duque, a first-year college student, filed a complaint to the Senate ethics committee on Wednesday against the majority bloc for their continued absence in Senate sessions. | @bellepechayINQ

Watch the live stream here: https://t.co/O2hYlcekQ7

[Tristan Louis Sicat @imtristansicat]

No matter how I hate Chiz, this scene makes me really soft 😭

I still despise him, we should not disregard all his doings in the past, especially the impeachment delay last year, and even his current active cases,

BUT FOR TODAY, JUST FOR TODAY, I’LL SAY, SALAMAT CHIZ!

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

I'm still a legitimate, legal, moral PHVtuber 😤

Charot graduate na ako.

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

ang petty shet

[Hannah Ty @hannaaahty]

'PINATAYAN KAMI NG AIRCON AT WIFI'

WATCH: Sen. Raffy Tulfo slams the Senate majority for not showing up in plenary this afternoon.

Tulfo said the minority will keep going to plenary until Wednesday, the last session day before sine die adjournment. @bncdotph

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

DAPAT YUNG BAIL, 2X NG SINASABING NANAKAW NA AMOUNT

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

JINGGOY ARRIVES AT SANDIGANBAYAN

Senator Jinggoy Estrada arrives at the Sandiganbayan on Friday to personally file bail for his graft case.

Estrada is set to post bail amounting to P90,000 before the Second Division after the anti-graft court issued an arrest warrant and hold departure order against him, former DPWH secretary Manuel Bonoan, and others for their involvement in the multi-billion flood control scandal. | via Camille Samonte/News5

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

In a time where have Filipino politicians pushing a certain narratives by repetition, and a faithful troll armies that will forge anything to aid their deception of the masses…

super cooked

[Min Choi @minchoi]

We are cooked.

AI can fake crowd size now 💀

Nothing is real anymore.

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

Feeling ko mas "stalemate" sya. If the minority keeps doing something like this just to stop the majority's bullsh*t, then a lot of matters may also not be properly addressed.
I am for what the minority stands, but I hope the Senate gets to function for the people still.

[👓 @_MIGZ29]

🎯🎯🎯

[j a n 🥀 @loudestdork]

sen risa, the woman that you are.

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

Eto ba yung sinasabi nilang nililigawan ng minority ang ibang majority senators. ❤️

[Bilyonaryo News Channel @bncdotph]

'DAHIL MAHAL KITA'

WATCH: Sen. Lito Lapid drew laughs during the Senate plenary after telling Sen. Pia Cayetano, “Dahil mahal kita,” when she thanked him for regularly sending her maja blanca and suman every month despite belonging to different Senate blocs. | via Jojo Sicat, Abante

[Oshi Con 💖 @oshiconph]

Yes, we’re alive 🥰

New updates this afternoon so stay tuned!!

#OshiCon2026 #Oshi2U

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

The senate under Cayetano is a disgrace. Tinataniman nila ng intriga ang minority kasi nasa majority lahat ng kaso🤮

❎“The senate was under attack! Wala ang minority”
❎“We want to protect the 1987 constitution because the minority wanted to change it”

[OG-san|🔞|🇵🇭|💫🍑💙🐝🌦️🦇🎀🌊 @kyuraga182]

Kasalanan mo to @AlonaMinami hahaha

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

@JimManahan

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

ganda lang ambag ko

[𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙟𝙞𝙢 |𝙑𝙩𝙪𝙗𝙚𝙧 | 🎀 @artistLisaJ]

anyone else? :,)

[Keipup 👾 @keipupart]

Waaaa!!! Check out my art on a kei car! 💜

It came out so great!

Thank you so much for the opportunity!!!

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

In a time na people cry out of feeling neglected or not being checked-on, feel ko lang mangumusta ngayon mga beh.

Kumusta kayo? Sana well hydrated kayo lahat. ❤️

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

LAST CALL FOR VOTER REGISTRATION/UPDATING YOUR VOTER INFORMATION TODAY

You have about an hour from now to complete your voter registration. The process will only be about 10-15 minutes once you’re there!

#halalan2028 #philippines

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

@hadasuzume_ch Swimming? 👀

[Alona Minami (三波アロナ) 🌊🐠 @AlonaMinami]

Every aquatic vtuber needs to add this to their skillset

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

Completely useless, but skills I still want to learn..