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22 | looking at ponds

[jp @_jhapes]

i took this pic last night

[jp @_jhapes]

i need a sponsor to fund my thirst

[Leila de Lima @manayleila]

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.

[jp @_jhapes]

@tagaIogs and thats what we should strive for

[jp @_jhapes]

@kevst4rr exactly

[jp @_jhapes]

God didn’t make me ultra rich because she knew that I’d waste my money in the femboy clubs in China

[jp @_jhapes]

@neycuz my future wife

[jp @_jhapes]

i’m sorry but i am gonna be living in a mid century modern house with my golden retriever and cat, with or without u

[jp @_jhapes]

@ForgedPoet how does bro do it?

[jp @_jhapes]

yeah if this was my ex i’d smoke cigarettes and drink 5 cans of beer every night

[南知意 @o88oio]

突然翻到前男友在我手机留下的视频 那个时候的他好可爱 也很粘人 我好想他

[jp @_jhapes]

and that’s the truth

[hijo de belial @nonebadger]

Idk but chinese gay porn is way way better than japanese and korean for this exact reason.

[jp @_jhapes]

i wish i was a pure blooded homosexual that was an interior designer who gets featured in some Filipino magazine

[jp @_jhapes]

i’d be really well off if i could make money off of my tweets

[jp @_jhapes]

what the fuck do i do in summer vacation?

[jp @_jhapes]

@neycuz let me upload my drive inside your cpu

[jp @_jhapes]

@neycuz 1 mizz y 2

[jp @_jhapes]

i think u meant Barthelona

[heehee @thickpepsi]

there are certain countries where u need to bottom and one of them is barcelona

[jp @_jhapes]

can u guys give me money to pay for my beers?

[jp @_jhapes]

i think i’m very good at detaching myself