May 062014
The proposed law against political dynasties has been tackled in the plenary for the first time Tuesday, after being stopped in its tracks at the committee level in previous Congresses.
Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro, chair of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, commenced the delivery of a sponsorship speech on House Bill 3587, or “An Act Prohibiting the Establishment of Political Dynasties.”
“[This measure] gives the best and brightest from disadvantaged families equal access to public services,” he said.
The consolidated measure seeks to limit the political power exerted by political families by prohibiting relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity to hold or run for both national and local posts in successive, simultaneous, or overlapping terms.
It was unanimously approved by the committee in November 2013. — Xianne Arcangel/BM, GMA News
