Another civil society group has joined the snowballing campaign against the rule of powerful political families, launching a signature drive in Baclaran Church, where similar movements that changed the course of the country’s history had been initiated decades ago.
The leader of the political party Kapatiran said on Tuesday that Filipinos opposed to the reproductive health bill could resort to a people’s initiative to repeal the measure upon its signing into law by President Benigno Aquino III.
Two political parties said Saturday the people’s initiative for the adoption of a national law prohibiting political dynasties should start now rather than wait for the retirement of Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. in 2015.
The Ang Kapatiran Party (AKP) sought action from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday on its petition filed six months ago asking for a prescribed form that would push for a national legislation against political dynasty through a people’s initiative.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday said it was powerless to stop political dynasties because Congress had yet to pass an enabling law for the constitutional prohibition.
