Ilocos Norte 1st District Representative Sandro Marcos said the proposed Anti-Political Dynasty Bill is among 17 priority measures endorsed by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) that are now docketed for committee deliberation.
Marcos confirmed this ahead of the resumption of House sessions on January 26, following the month-long holiday break. He said the bills are set to move through technical working groups and committee discussions once Congress resumes.
“Our target when we return from recess is to move as many of the social protection, health, education and good governance measures up the pipeline, from TWG (technical working group) briefings to committee reports, then to the floor,” Marcos said.
“LEDAC is not a separate track from the people’s priorities; these are the same bills that touch classrooms, hospitals, barangay halls, rice prices and jobs,” he added.
Aside from the Anti-Political Dynasty Bill, Marcos said 16 other LEDAC-backed measures will be tackled, including proposals on tax amnesty, online gambling, cybersecurity, digital payments, election-related use of social media and artificial intelligence, oil and biofuels reforms, anti-money laundering amendments, and party-list system reform.
The Anti-Political Dynasty Bill is among the longest-pending measures in Congress, despite the 1987 Constitution’s explicit ban on political dynasties. The lack of an implementing law—particularly a clear definition of what constitutes a political dynasty—has prevented its enforcement.
Last December 11, House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III and Marcos filed House Bill No. 6771, which is expected to serve as the template once committee hearings begin.
The bill defines a political dynasty as the concentration of elective power among related individuals and disqualifies spouses and relatives up to the fourth civil degree from simultaneously holding certain elective posts.