Ilang grupo, naghain ng petisyon sa SC para obligahin ang kongreso na magpasa ng batas laban sa political dynasty

4/3/2025

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00:00Do you know that in a political dynasty, there are the rich, the poor, and the poor?

00:12According to a study conducted by the Ateneo School of Government,

00:15a political dynasty is considered rich if the members of the same family are in charge of the position.

00:23A fat or rich dynasty is considered rich if the two members of the same family are in charge of the position.

00:29A obese or very fat dynasty is considered rich if the three or more members of the same family are in charge of the position.

00:37That is why some groups in the Supreme Court have called for the Congress to pass a law against it.

00:44Tina Panganiban-Perez reports.

00:48Some groups in the Supreme Court have called for the Congress to pass a law against the political dynasty.

01:00It is stated in the 1987 Constitution that the political dynasty is prohibited

01:05according to the definition stated in the law.

01:08But those who filed a petition to the Supreme Court,

01:11it has been four decades, but there is still no law.

01:15The government is full of halal people,

01:18whose only qualification, instead of character and ability,

01:22is the origin of the family.

01:24If we go back to the 8th Congress,

01:27the Senate and the House have passed different bills against the political dynasty.

01:33In the 19th Congress, Senator Grace Poe and Robin Padilla

01:38have passed different bills against the Senate,

01:41while the young party list representative Raul Manuel is in the House.

01:45All of them have been banned from the committee.

01:48It is a long overdue task of the Congress to pass a law.

01:52Of course, because the political dynasties dominate our legislative branch,

02:00that is why it does not really help.

02:03Some young people also believe that the Supreme Court cannot ignore

02:08the work of the Congress to pass a law.

02:11Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel and House Deputy Majority Leader Lawrence Defensor

02:17are among those who have spoken.

02:19It's not for the Supreme Court to compel.

02:22While the Constitution says that there is a prohibition against the dynasty

02:30under a bill passed by Congress,

02:33it does not state a timeline when Congress will pass it.

02:37A political scientist is also in doubt about the Congress' decision

02:41to pass a law against the political dynasty,

02:44especially since 8 out of 10 congressmen are members of the political dynasty

02:49based on the study of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.

02:53If we will just rely on Congress to pass this bill,

02:58it's like asking Dracula to guard the blood bank.

03:03We know that the Congress is full of political self-interest.

03:11The leaders of the House and Senate are not yet in agreement.

03:15But Senate Minority Leader Pimentel says that he believes that the time will come

03:21when the anti-political dynasty bill will be passed,

03:24especially since the eyes of voters are slowly opening.

03:28Tina Panganiban Perez reporting for GMA Integrated News.

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