We MUST ensure that no Cayetanos, Villars, Padillas, Marcoletas, Marcoses, and Legardas will win in the 2028 elections.
We have seen firsthand how political dynasties stunt our political development, deprive us of any meaningful change.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. HINDI NA PWEDE ‘TO.
When you are a government figure with a high position with responsibilities to the Constitution and the nation, and you choose not to come in for work, and instead rant on social media...
You are undeserving of any post. A moron. And a joke.
#senateflix
I refuse to support a law that effectively institutionalizes political dynasties!
I vote NO to House Bill No. 8389 or the “Anti-Political Dynasty Act.”
HB 8389 is not a true or genuine anti-dynasty law, but rather a dynasty legitimization act.
First: The bill has no succession ban. A governor can be succeeded by a spouse, who can be succeeded by a child, who can be succeeded by a sibling – indefinitely, legally, under this bill.
Second: The bill permits a governor, a mayor, and a Representative from the same family governing the same province simultaneously, as it only prohibits relatives from holding office within the same level of government, not within the same territory.
Third: The bill permits multiple congressional districts controlled by one family within the same province. Three adjacent districts, three relatives, all voting for the same party line: legal. Exactly as it operates today. Nothing changes.
Fourth: The bill neither covers party-list representatives as protected positions nor references incumbents. Therefore, a senator's son or daughter can be nominated and serve as a party-list representative – perfectly legal under this bill
Fifth: The bill limits the prohibition to relatives within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, covering spouses, parents, children, and siblings. However, this second-degree prohibition excludes broader kinship networks, such as grandparents, first cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces, and nephews, through which dynastic power is often exercised. Limiting the prohibition to only the second degree narrows the reach of the law and allows extended family networks, which remain close-knit in Philippine culture, to continue operating within the same political sphere.
Sixth: The bill does not address, hence, permits substitution, caretaker designation, and every indirect route to office. The prohibition under this bill covers only direct candidacy, not the back doors.
The Filipino people have been waiting for this law since 1987. Tatlumpu't siyam na taon.
We can do better than this. We can pass a law worthy of the wait. A law the framers of the 1987 Constitution would recognize as the fulfillment of their mandate, not a betrayal of it.
I vote NO to HB 8389, not because I oppose anti-dynasty legislation. I vote NO precisely because I support it. I refuse to support a law that effectively institutionalizes political dynasties.
The Filipino people deserve better. The Constitution demands better. We can do better.
🚨 Bato Dela Rosa admitted to Jessica Soho that Alan Peter Cayetano convinced him to come to the Senate just to change leadership and he wouldn’t have come if he knew for sure there was a warrant.
Ano nga sabi ni Trillanes?
“Never trust him.”
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#OustAlan
So, it turns out, my theory was right: the Senate drama was all to protect Sara Duterte!
The receipts in this interview with Senator Bato dela Rosa completely expose the real plot behind the entire Senate circus.
1. Did you hear him? He literally admitted on camera that one of his main reasons for "resurfacing" from his six-month hiding streak was because he knew an impeachment trial was coming.
2. He explicitly stated that they needed him to be the crucial "13th vote" to pull off a change of Senate leadership (the coup orchestrated by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano). Why? Because the Senate leadership controls the rules, the timing, and the schedule of when the chamber convenes.
3. This entire staged drama and leadership shakeup wasn't about saving Bato from the ICC. It was a highly coordinated, desperate stunt to install a cooperative Senate leadership that can stall, delay, and completely disrupt convening as an impeachment court for VP Sara Duterte!
While the public was distracted by the chaos and the shootout inside the chamber, the real game was always about protecting the Vice President from her accountability era.
They used Bato as a pawn to secure the 13th vote, changed the leadership, and are now using the drama to buy Sara time.
They are NOT lawmakers anymore; they’re a full-blown defense team disguised as a Senate majority!
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Ma’am Zyann Ambrosio is soooo clever! She did not disclose her location while reporting. She managed to record despite fear and panic. She was strategic by not posting or exposing her video recording early. Naghintay muna until may mga inilabas na narratives na wala namang patunay. Kaya ayan, di magtagpo-tagpo ang istorya nong mga senators na sabay-sabay nag-live, OSAA head and especially APC. Lantaran ang mga sinungaling.
Sharing this video recoring during session suspension in the Senate last May 11. Nakaka-bother how Alan Cayetano shouted at the former sergeant at arms Gen. Samonte and got him fired a few minutes after. Then, pinalit na si Gen. Aplasca to be the new Sergeant at Arms. 2 days after, Aplasca fired gun shots from inside the Senate. Saan kinuha ang confidence ?? Malamang sa bagong Senate President! 😡 Also, how selfish of Alan Cayetano to make an enemy out of the NBI. Our very own NBI. Sarili nating law enforcement agency. Lahat talaga gagawin niya kahit gaano ka dumi basta para sa mga ambisyon niya. Wala na akong ibang salitang maisip na ihalintulad sa kaniya kundi DEMONYO.
Get your facts straight, SP Alan!
Magkaiba kami ni Sen. Bato dela Rosa. Kusa akong humarap at nagpaaresto sa mga arresting authorities noong Feb. 24, 2017.
Hindi ako nagtago, hindi ako nagpakaduwag. Hindi ako nagpakupkop, at lalong hindi ako nagdulot ng gulo sa Senado.
Huwag kayong magpakalat ng fake news para lang pagtakpan at protektahan ang duwag at pugante!