00:00Mr. President, I also move to consider proposed Senate concurrent resolution number 10.
00:07The Secretary is directed to read only the title of the resolution without prejudice of inserting
00:12the full text thereof. Concurrent resolution providing for the adjournment senior year of
00:17the first regular session of the 20th Congress of the Philippines not later than 12 o'clock
00:21midnight today, June 3, 2026. Mr. President, I move to adopt Senate concurrent resolution number 10.
00:28Is there any objection? Hearing none, motion is carried. Mr. President, in conformity with the Senate
00:35concurrent resolution that we have just adopted, I move that the committee on the Senate provided
00:41therein be composed of Senators J.V. Ejercito, Francis Pangilinan, and Rafi Tulfo. I so move, Mr. President.
00:48Is there any objection? The Chair hears none. The motion is approved. Senators J.V. Ejercito,
00:53Francis Pangilinan, and Rafi Tulfo, and shall compose the committee of the Senate to inform
01:00the President of the Republic of the Philippines that the first regular session of the 20th Congress
01:05is ready to adjourn Sinedia. Thank you very much, Mr. President. And just for clarity, the PS resolution
01:13we earlier approved is 430. The number is 430. Mr. President, before we adjourn, the Chair would
01:27like to state for the record. Mr. President, before we adjourn, allow me to give a few remarks.
01:34Before we adjourn, ladies and gentlemen, the Chair would like to state for the record that
01:39we are compelled to call the session to order today. After the Senate adjourned on May 26,
01:452026, session was scheduled to resume on Monday, June 1, 2026, and on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
01:55But the former Senate President failed to appear in both instances.
02:04Further, Article 6, Section 16.5 of the Constitution provides that neither House shall, during sessions
02:12of Congress, adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other House. The Senate has been
02:21adjourned and unable to resume session for the past two days. Placing us on the brink of constitutional
02:28violation had we not convened today. Thus, in the absence of a duly consulted postponement and the
02:37continued absence of the former Senate President, former Senate President pro tempore and members of the
02:43majority, we are compelled to call the session to order. The quorum of 12 is based on majority of 22
02:51senators over whom jurisdiction can be obtained by the Senate. This is in full accord with the ruling of the
02:59court in Avellino versus Cuenco that an absolute majority of 12 out of the 23 members can constitute a
03:08constitutional majority of the Senate for quorum purposes. And with precedent, specifically the May 5, 2015, session where the
03:18quorum was based on 17 available senators with seven others beyond the Senate's coercive jurisdiction. Thank you.
03:27Thank you very much for the clarity, Mr. President. Mr. President, let the record reflect that the chair, a Senate
03:33president pro tempore shall act as, or shall serve as acting president pursuant to rule five. Yes.
03:42Presiding officer of the Senate pursuant to rule five, section four C and five of the rules of the Senate
03:49pursuant to our
03:54rules. The wording is actually acting president, Mr. President on our rules. Just for the record, Mr. President, is there
04:01any
04:01objection? Hearing none, the motion is approved. Mr. President, I move that the president of the Republic of the Philippines
04:09and the House of
04:09Representatives be informed of the election of Senate president pro tempore and acting Senate president Sherwin
04:16Gachalian. I so move, Mr. President. Is there any objection? Hearing none, the motion of the majority leaders hereby. Mr.
04:23President, I move that the first regular session of the 20th Congress of the Philippines on the part of the
04:28Senate, the
04:29adjourned, CNG. Is there any objection? The chair is none. The motion is approved. The first regular session of the
04:3720th Congress of the
04:38Philippines on the Philippines on the part of the Senate is a sojourned, CNG.
05:08President, I move that the first regular session. And if it takes 32, he comes up to the 20th Congresswoman
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