00:00After holding public consultations nationwide, the House Committee on Suffrage passes an
00:05anti-political dynasty bill largely similar to the version filed by Speaker Bo GD and
00:09Majority Leader Sandro Marcos. Critics describe that measure as weak.
00:14The substitute bill further softened the proposal by limiting the ban to relatives
00:18within the second degree of consanguinity instead of the original fourth degree.
00:22The approved bill defines a political dynasty as a family relationship between an incumbent
00:27elected official and any relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity.
00:31But the ban applies only within the same territory or level of government.
00:35It bars relatives of national elective officials from holding other national elective posts.
00:41It prevents relatives from running for the same congressional office in a legislative
00:44district at the same time. It prohibits relatives of provincial elective officials from holding
00:49other elective posts in the same provincial government. It bars relatives of municipal
00:53or city elective officials from holding other elective posts in the same municipal or city
00:57government. And it prohibits barangay elective officials from holding other elective posts in
01:02other elective officials from holding other elective officials from the same barangay.
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