Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Ta帽ada III. 好色先生TV FILE PHOTO
Will a House of Representatives dominated by political dynasties ever craft an implementing law against them?
Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Ta帽ada III on Tuesday urged his colleagues to begin discussions on political dynasties鈥攃ome up with a definition, at least鈥攁mid snowballing criticisms on political families running in next year鈥檚 elections.
鈥淔or me, the House should not be afraid to call a hearing to discuss this or to at least attempt to define what a political dynasty is because it can be defined in so many ways,鈥� he said in Filipino.
Asked how he defined political dynasties, he said he was still 鈥渟tudying鈥� the matter. But he said spouses simultaneously occupying mayoral posts 鈥渨ould seem not right.鈥� He also downplayed spouses sitting in the same Congress, as is apparently the case of An Waray Rep. Florencio Noel and Malabon Rep. Josephine Lacson-Noel.
鈥淚f they belong to different districts, if they are far, perhaps (it can be allowed),鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why it has to be discussed. We have to study all permutations because it鈥檚 really difficult (to define political dynasties).鈥�
Ifugao Rep. Teodoro Baguilat Jr. said political power should not be 鈥渃oncentrated among the political elite.鈥�