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00:00A group of people went to the Supreme Court to order the Congress to pass a law against the political dynasties.
00:15But a political analyst doubts that it will be passed by the Congress, especially since a lot of the laws came from the political dynasties.
00:23Witness Tina Pangiliban Perez.
00:25A group of people went to the Supreme Court to order the Congress to pass a law against the political dynasties.
00:39It is stated in the 1987 Constitution that the political dynasties are prohibited in accordance with the definition stated in the law.
00:47But those who filed a petition to the Supreme Court have been waiting for four decades, but there is still no law.
00:54The government is full of halal people whose only qualification, instead of character and ability, is their family background.
01:03In fact, since the 8th Congress, various bills were passed against the political dynasties to the Senate and the House of Representatives.
01:12In the 19th Congress, Senator Grace Poe and Robin Padilla filed a separate petition to the Senate,
01:20while the young party list representative Raul Manuel is in the House of Representatives.
01:24All of them are in the committee.
01:27It is a long overdue task of the Congress to pass a law.
01:31Of course, because the political dynasties dominate our legislative branch, it does not really help.
01:42Some lawmakers also believe that the Supreme Court cannot ignore the work of the Congress to pass a law.
01:50Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel and House Deputy Majority Leader Lawrence Defensor also stated.
01:58It's not for the Supreme Court to compel.
02:01While the Constitution says that there is a prohibition against the dynasty under a bill passed by Congress,
02:12it does not state a timeline when Congress will pass it.
02:16A political scientist also doubts the Congress' decision to pass a law against the political dynasties.
02:23More than eight out of ten congressmen are members of the political dynasty,
02:28based on the research conducted by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
02:32If we will just rely on Congress to pass this law, it's like asking Dracula to guard the blood bank.
02:41We know that Congress is full of political self-interest.
02:50The leaders of the House and Senate do not agree with this.
02:54But Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel believes that the time will come when the anti-political dynasty bill will be passed.
03:04The eyes of voters are slowly opening.
03:08For GMA Integrated News, I'm Tina Panganiban Perez. Your witness.