Ni Leonel M. Abasola
Pasado na sa Mataas na Kapulungan ang panukalang batas na magbabawal sa panunungkulan ng malalapit na magkakamag-anak o anti-dynasty bill.
Sa botong 13, pumasa na ang panukala sa Senate committee on electoral reforms and people’s participation.
“Committee Report No. 367 or Senate Bill 1765 effectively prohibits immediate and extended relatives from running for public office to succeed or replace or simultaneously seek a post as an incumbent relative in the same area, among others,” ayon sa panukala.
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Ang nasabing panukala ay suportado nina Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon, Senators Risa Hontiveros, Loren Legarda, Panfilo Lacson, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Nancy Binay, Sonny Angara, Ralph Recto, Leila de Lima, Sherwin Gatchalian, at Francis Pangilinan.
Si Pangilinan ang maglalahad nito sa plenaryo sa Mayo 14, dahil ang committee chairperson na si de Lima ay nakakulong pa.
“The proposed measure limits the prohibition to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity. This covers spouses (legal and common-law), siblings (full or half-blood), parents, children (legitimate, illegitimate, and adopted) and the children’s spouses,” saad sa kapapasa lang na panukala.
“It also prohibits an incumbent national elective official, including a party-list representative, to have these same set of relatives run for any position in the national and local levels, including as barangay captain, mayor, governor, or district representative in any part of the country. The vice versa also applies,” bahagi pa rin ng anti-dynasty bill.
