MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Aug. 31, 2014) – President Benigno Aquino said he is ready to sign into law the bill that seeks the abolition of political dynasties in the country.
“Kapag naitapos ho nila ‘yan, ako’y handang-handa pirmahan ang batas na ‘yan,” he told radio station Bombo Radyo.
Aquino said that the Anti-Dynasty Bill is already gaining traction in Congress, with House of Representatives Speaker Feliciano Belmonte favoring the initiative.
He said he favors the abolition of political dynasties in the country as dynasties control the economic, political and even the judicial component of communities.
Political dynasties also hamper the conduct of a fair and democratic election in a locality, he said.
One of those who filed the Anti-Dynasty Bill was Congressman Edgar Erice of Caloocan. The 1987 Constitution calls for an enabling law against political dynasties, but Aquino’s clan members also sit in Congress and control much of his hometown in central Luzon.
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