The High Tribunal ruled that the supposed absence of a quorum was belied by the official journal of the House of Representatives. “As between the live stream video and photographs presented by the petitioners, and the Congressional Journal, the latter must prevail as to the events on the Congressional floor on that fateful day given that no less than the Constitution itself grants the Congressional Journal its imprimatur,” the SC Pubic Information Office quoted the tribunal as saying.
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act as it dismissed petitions that questioned how it was passed in Congress and its imposition of "regressive" taxes.
Tinio and Laban Konsyumer argued that the House of Representatives unconstitutionally passed the TRAIN Act when it did so without a quorum. The High Tribunal ruled that the supposed absence of a quorum was belied by the official journal of the House of Representatives. The SC said that the 1987 Constitution did not prohibit the imposition of regressive taxes and only directed Congress to evolve a progressive system of taxation.
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