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Date Representative Party District Expulsion vote [c] Notes May 22, 2024 Pantaleon Alvarez: Reporma: Davao del Norte’s 1st district: 186–5-7 : For alleged seditious remarks in calling on the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police to withdraw their support for President Bongbong Marcos.
February 22 – COMELEC awards a ₱17.9 billion-contract to a joint venture led by South Korean firm Miru Systems to provide voting machines and other logistics for the 2025 general election, officially ending Smartmatic's role as the country's provider of voting machines since the automation of elections in 2010. [36]
The House convened in a formal session in the evening after the presidential speech to conduct another vote. 243 members were recorded to be present with 199 representatives participating; 184 voting in favor of Arroyo's appointment, three casting a "no" vote, and 12 officially abstaining from the vote.
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Franchises voted 70-11 to reject a new 25-year license for ABS-CBN Corp. The National Telecommunications Commission had ordered the broadcaster to shut ...
The proponents suggested that both chambers of Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate, should vote jointly on the proposed amendments in a constitutional assembly. However, the 24-member Senate has opposed the proposal, as its vote would be outweighed by the 316-member House of Representatives. [16]
The Philippines uses parallel voting for its lower house elections. For this election, there are 316 seats in the House of Representatives; 253 of these are district representatives, and 63 are party-list representatives. [14] Philippine law mandates that there should be one party-list representative for every four district representatives.
[12]: 35–36 The restoration of Philippine representation to the Cortes was one of the grievances raised by the Ilustrados. For the most part it was a campaign for secular self-government as a full part of Spain, [1]: 105–107 as well as equality between those born in Spain and those born in the Philippines. Much of the campaigning took place ...
On Friday evening, the bill easily cleared the two-thirds majority needed to pass in the House by a vote of 366 to 34. Most Republicans voted in favor, except for 34 who opposed it. All Democrats ...