Tag: anti-political dynasty

Bicameral panel strikes down anti-political dynasty provision in proposed BBL

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The bicameral conference committee tasked to reconcile Congress versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law has dropped the provision against political dynasties. According to Senator Francis Escudero, the joint panel dropped Article VII Section 15 of the Senate’s version of the BBL. The provision says that “no party representative should be related within the second (2nd) civil degree of consanguinity or affinity to a district representative or another party representative […]

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Con-com rules incumbent gov’t officials cannot be succeeded in their posts by relatives

Ban applies to relatives within the first and second degrees of consanguinity and affinity, body says   (Eagle News) — The Consultative Commission on Monday ruled that an incumbent government official’s relatives  should be banned from succeeding him or her regardless of position. The body tasked to look into the 1987 Constitution said that relatives within the first and second degrees of consanguinity and affinity could not assume said position of the incumbent from the barangay up to the […]

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Drilon to push for inclusion of anti-political dynasty provision in proposed BBL

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday said he would push for the inclusion of a provision prohibiting political dynasties in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, a proposal a former Chief Justice said could be a “very good experiment.” “I am open to discuss the extent of the prohibition, but the anti-dynasty principle must be embodied in the BBL,” Drilon said in a statement. At a Senate hearing on […]

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