Mga grupong simbahan humihiling limitahan ang pulitikal na dinastiya sa dalawang kamag-anak

Naglabas ng pahayag ang mga grupong nakabase sa simbahan na dapat limitahan sa dalawang miyembro ng pamilya ang paghahalal sa posisyon, ayon sa joint statement nila.

Naglabas ng joint statement ang Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Catholic Education, Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines, Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan, at Caritas Philippines na humihiling na isama sa mga anti-political dynasty bills sa Kongreso ang mga probisyon na naglilimita sa maximum na dalawang kamag-anak bawat pamilya na maaaring maghalal: isa sa lokal na posisyon at isa sa nasyunal, nang walang overlapping jurisdiction. Ayon sa mga grupo, hindi dapat payagan ang mga malapit na kamag-anak hanggang sa ikaapat na degree of consanguinity o affinity na magkasabay o magkakasunod na maghawak ng posisyon, habang pinapanatili ang pagkakaiba ng lokal at nasyunal na representasyon. Dapat ding alisin ang mga paraan ng pag-iwas tulad ng substitution, rotation, o position-swapping upang bukas pa rin ang mga oportunidad sa bagong lider. Kasama rin sa panukala ang paglalapat nito sa party-list representatives upang isara ang mga loophole na ginagamit ng mga pamilyang pulitikal. Binanggit ng mga grupo na mandato ng 1987 Constitution ang pagbabawal sa political dynasties, ngunit halos apat na dekada na ang lumipas na hindi ito naipapatupad nang maayos. “It is no longer just a constitutional delay but a slow unmaking of the common good,” ayon sa statement. Dagdag pa, nagbabago ang political dynasties ng kahulugan ng public service sa hereditary privilege sa halip na responsibilidad. Hinikayat din nila ang civil society na manatiling alerto at ang mga institusyong pang-edukasyon na hubugin ang mga mamamayang may etikal na pag-iisip. Samantala, naglalahad si Sen. Risa Hontiveros ng productive consultations sa buong bansa tungkol sa anti-dynasty measure, na nagpapakita ng nuances lalo na sa lokal na antas tulad ng barangay. Ayon sa kanya, hindi ito one-size-fits-all, at may suporta mula sa publiko. Inihanda rin ng House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms na maipasa ang bill bago ang Lenten break sa Marso 21. – Marc Jayson Cayabyab, Jose Rodel Clapano

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