People’s Initiative to wipe out political dynasties

Adunay gipasiugdahan karon nga signature campaign pagpawagtang, o pagpapapas sa mga political dynasties, nga sumala ni Jarius Bondoc sa iyang lindog sa The Philippine Star, “Eighty-one percent of congressmen and 83 percent of senators are dynasts. Their relatives control nearly all provinces, cities, municipalities – even barangays.

Supak kini sa Article II, Section 26 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, nga nagknayon: "The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service, and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law."

Gi-comply ba kini sa atong mga magbabalaud? “Politicos will not voluntarily give up power. A hundred dynasties have been enthroned for a number of years, and they’ve ignored for 39 years the Constitution’s order to define their limits,” dugang ni Bondoc. ”

Sulod sa daghang katuigan, ato lang pud gipasagdan kining pagsupak sa atong

Batakang Balaud. Sa ato pa guilty usab kita niining maong kalapasan.

Gikinahanglan nga mga signatures, matud ni Bondoc, “Three percent of voters in each congressional district, and 10 percent nationwide. Comelec will verify the signatures, then set a referendum. If majority vote yes, it instantly becomes law.”

Sayon ra kaayo. Ang gikinahanglan, mao lamang ang imong pagpakabana, pinaagi sa pag-pirma sa People’s Initiative. Gawas kon nalipay ug giganahan ka sa mga political dynasts.

Nipadayon si Bondoc: “Sila-sila lang” breeds corruption. At local levels, related politicos negate checks and balances. At national levels they collude to award themselves pork barrels in the form of discretionary allocations.

“This led to the worst scam – P1.7-trillion substandard and ghost flood controls in the past 10 years. Only last Wednesday dynastic congressmen inserted in the 2027 national budget P116 billion in political ayuda and infrastructure pork.”

Mao na. Tungod kay ‘sila-sila’ ra man ang magbuot, makapatuyang sila sa ilang gusto. Ug kini makakabig to commit corruption, sumala sa gihisgutan ni Bondoc. Dili kita makapaabot nga ang usa ka Kongresista maka-checks-and-balance sa Mayor o Gobernador nga iyang asawa, o anak.

Whatever, ikaw lamang ang makasanta niini. Ang imong single signature, can make a big difference, kon buot ka, nga dili na magpasuwabi ang mga family dynasties sa atong nasud.

Kabahin sa imong pirmahan unya, kining nag-define unsa kining political dynasty: “Political dynasty consists of two or more relatives within fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity, full or half blood, natural or adopted, legitimate or illegitimate, including common-law relationship, who simultaneously or successively run for or hold elective office.”

Niay explanation sa google: Kon consanguinity sa ato pa blood relation, kadugo; affinity, kaminyuon (marriage). Aniay mga examples nga gihatag ang google (sayon sabton): Blood relatives, up to fourth degree: 1st Degree: Parents and children; 2nd Degree: Siblings, grandparents, & grandchildren;

3rd Degree: Aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews; 4th Degree: First cousins, grand-aunts, grand-uncles, grand-nephews, and grand-nieces.

Tan-awa kon ig-unsa nimo ang karon nga mga political dynasts nga naghupot og mga elective positions sa gobyerno. Kon imo silang paryente, and perhaps, nakadawat ka’g mga kaayohan ug mga pabor gikan kanila, then, dili kita makapaabot nga mopirma ka People’s Initiative nga gipalakaw karon sa nagpakabana nga mga lungsoranon.