2 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES be voted upon for their proper

OF PARLIAMNETARY disposition.
- It is only through this process that the
PROCEDURE
true will of the assembly can be
determined.
The principal aim and function of parliamentary
procedure:
7. Group Interest Must Prevail
- A member’s personality or desires
 Maintain decorum should be merged into the interest of the
 Ascertain the will of the majority group.
 Facilitate the orderly and harmonious
transaction of business of the assembly. 8. The Presiding Officer Must be Impartial
- Sound personal judgement, discretion,
Fundamentals principles of parliamentary and tact.
procedure: - The presiding officer should all times be
impartial in the exercise of his office and
1. Members Have Equal Rights and his dealings with partisan groups of the
Obligations organization.
- Each one of them has the right to vote
and be voted upon, propose motions,
decide and discuss questions, and to
exercise any prerogative that attach to
his membership in the organization.
- The rights conferred upon a member are
not absolute.
Ex: a member’s right to speak before the
assembly may be restricted or even
denied, as when he is ruled out of order
or when he makes frivolous motions: or
he may be subjected to some
disciplinary action for indecorum or for
any actuation that may offend the dignity
of the organization.

2. The Majority Rules

- Essence of democracy.
- Ordinarily means a total of at least one
half plus one of a certain number.

3. The Minority must be Protected

- Minority has the right among others, to
speak and be heard on any measure
brought before the assembly, as well as
the right to employ any parliamentary
device to prevent action on, or approval
of, any question to which its members
are opposed
- Belonging to the majority group that
holds a contrary view on a particular
question or issue.

4. Singularity of Subject
- Only one subject must be brought
before the assembly at a time.
- To maintain order and decorum during
deliberations.
- Singularity of subject means that
discussions at any one time should be
centered on a single subject, although
several motions may be applied to it
during deliberations.
- “No bill which may be enacted into law
shall embrace more than one subject
which shall be expressed in the title of
this bill.”

5. Full and Free Debate Must be Allowed

- There are two sides to every question,
and that all sides must be heard before
any decisions is made on it.

6. Every Motion Must be Voted Upon

- With the exception of a few, all motions
brought before the assembly should