Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Government Question 30
Practice objective / multiple choice question 30 from the 2020 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Government examination.
The President may appoint ministers, but each appointment must be confirmed by a simple majority in the Senate, which has 90 members. A constitutional amendment also provides that a "supermajority" confirmation (at least 60 % of the whole Senate) grants the minister additional powers. In a particular session, 48 senators vote in favour, 30 vote against, and the remaining senators are absent. Determine (a) whether the appointment is confirmed by a simple majority, (b) whether it meets the supermajority requirement, and (c) the minimum number of absent senators who would need to vote in favour (instead of being absent) to achieve the supermajority, assuming the 30 ‘against' votes stay unchanged.
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This is Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Government Question 30. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Government examination.
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