The House leadership has begun the process of changing its rules pertaining to the solons' plenary attendance and voting on measures via electronic or virtual means. This was confirmed by Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin during plenary session Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 28, amid the then-ongoing debate on Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6. Albay 1st district Rep Edcel Lagman, an independent minority congressman, had motioned to suspend to debates on RBH No.6--the measure calling for the formation of a constitutional convention (con-con) for the purpose of Charter change (Cha-cha)--as he argued that it should only be done in joint session with the Senate. At that time, Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, the Committee on Constitutional Amendments chairman, was sponsoring the measure. But before the matter was put to a vote, Lagman inquired if the majority had already fulfilled its commitment to change the House rules in connection with electronic attendance. "The majority leader himself (Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe), together with the distinguished majority leader now committed that they would change the rules so that there would be no more Zoom attendance during crucial issues and voting, particularly on very important measures. I would like to know whether the rules have been changes pursuant to that commitment," Lagman asked Garin, the presiding majority leader at that time. The commitment was given last year when Lagman, the Liberal Party (LP) president, objected to the presence of a quorum during the deliberations on the proposed postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). "Next time, we should be able to amend our rules because there is no more danger of the [Covid-19] pandemic and we shouldn't be having attendance and voting by Zoom," Lagman said. To this, Garin said: "We stand by our commitment. Precisely, a rules rewriting committee has been created and the first meeting was held yesterday." "With that Mr. Speaker, there is a process that we are undergoing, but the rules as it is now state that electronic platforms are still considered in terms of determining the presence of a quorum," she added. A quorum is achieved when a simple majority (50 percent plus one) of House members responds to the roll call during plenary session. As of the time of Lagman's motion, there were listed 313 House members. A total of 308 solons responded to the roll call at the start of Tuesday's session. Lagman's motion to halt the debate on RBH No.6 was later lost via voice vote. It was during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 that the House allowed the electronic or vritual attendance of solons in both plenary and committee hearings.