Pagkakapasa ng komite sa panukalang political dynasty ban, pinapurihan

PINAPURIHAN ni Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III ang pagkaka apruba ng House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms sa consolidated Anti-Political Dynasty bill para sa second-degree prohibition.

“For nearly four decades, the Constitution has directed Congress to prohibit political dynasties. Today, we move closer to fulfilling that mandate,” ani Dy.

Ipinasa ng komite na pinamumunuan ni Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, ang House Bill No. 6671, na inihain nina Speaker Dy at House Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos, bilang draft ng pinagsama-samang panukala.

Sa inaprubahang bersyon, ipagbabawal ang political dynasties hanggang second degree of consanguinity or affinity.

Sakop nito ang pagbabawal para sa “mayor-and-vice mayor spouses, siblings serving simultaneously as senators, and a father serving as governor while a child serves as a provincial board member in the same province.”

Ang second-degree coverage ay bunga ng ginawang konsultasyon sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao, kung saan natalakay ang mga isyu ukol sa implementasyon nito.
(Vina de Guzman)