Legislators should no longer convene physically for the resumption of the Senate’s regular session on May 4 as it would be “very risky,” Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Thursday. | CMRamosINQ
Congress is currently in the last few days of its two-month break and is set to resume session on May 4.
He cited Article VI, Section 16 of the Constitution, which states that the manner by which the Senate determines the presence of a quorum, conducts its business, and how its members vote is left to its wisdom and judgment.last 23 March, the 4 May session of the Senate may be called to order and convened through teleconference, videoconference, or other electronic means,” he explained.
According to Drilon, the gathering of close to 100 hundred Senate officials and employees, some of whom may be asymptomatic virus carriers, could potentially add strain to the country’s already overburdened healthcare system.
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