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Sen. Teofisto Guingona III: Define political dynasty. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines\u2014An administration senator believes the effort to reform the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) could be an opportunity to finally put the antipolitical dynasty law into action.<\/p>\n\n

Sen. Teofisto Guingona III on Tuesday proposed including a provision defining the term \u201cpolitical dynasty\u201d in a Senate bill to reform the SK.<\/p>\n\n

Once lawmakers agree on what a political dynasty is, Guingona said, Congress could proceed to craft an antidynasty bill.<\/p>\n\n

While the Constitution bans political dynasties, there is no enabling law that lays down its definition, scope and controls.<\/p>\n\n

Commissioner Lucenito Tagle had said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) planned to ask Congress to abolish the SK as it had morphed into a \u201cbreeding ground for political dynasties\u201d and a training center for corruption.<\/p>\n\n

The SK is a barangay (village)-attached youth legislative body that initiates policies and projects for the youth in the community and enacts ordinances in their interest.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWhile it is common knowledge that many SK (units) are manipulated by the parents and older politicians, we should put in safety provisions to solve this problem rather than consider complete abolition as a solution,\u201d said Sen. JV Ejercito of the opposition.<\/p>\n\n

Ejercito said he would file an SK Empowerment Act that would address \u201cimperfections and flaws\u201d in the current council setup.<\/p>\n\n

Ejercito\u2019s proposal would keep the entry age at 15 but raise the age limit to 25 from the current 17, in the hope the older youth would be able to better stand up to their elders and resist temptation.<\/p>\n\n

For Guingona, once the SK reform bill is discussed on the session floor, the Senate could set a legal definition of a political dynasty along with the degrees of relationship allowed.<\/p>\n\n

This way, the bill would bar the election of SK officers closely related to barangay and other local officials and propagate a dynasty.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThis is an issue whose time has come. I have been encountering this since I was a congressman, so it\u2019s about time we finally decided on the issue of political dynasties,\u201d said Guingona in a news conference.<\/p>\n\n

Some three decades after its transformation from the martial law regime\u2019s Kabataang Barangay, the SK has deteriorated into a politicized and graft-ridden council under the supervision of adult local government officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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