{"id":156761,"date":"2018-03-15T04:25:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T08:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=156761"},"modified":"2018-03-15T04:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T08:25:26","slug":"prrd-hands-off-provisions-in-amending-charter-concom-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/15\/prrd-hands-off-provisions-in-amending-charter-concom-member\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD hands off provisions in amending Charter: ConCom member"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Duterte (PCOO Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— A member of the Consultative Committee (ConCom) tasked to review the 1987 Constitution on Wednesday said President Rodrigo R. Duterte has no instructions and did not insinuate what provisions they would recommend to amend the Charter that would pave the way for a federal form of government.<\/p>\n

ConCom subcommittee on political reform chairman Julio Cabral Teehankee made this reaction when asked about the possible impact of self-executing provisions against political dynasties on Duterte and his daughter Inday Sara who is an incumbent Davao City mayor.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be fair, he (Duterte) did not direct us towards any position but rather the only time we talked to him was after we took our oath of office. He told us to do what is necessary,\u201d Teehankee said in a media interview.<\/p>\n

After four days of grueling deliberations, ConCom members voted to prohibit second-degree relatives from succeeding each other in office and limiting the number of positions they can hold to only two \u2013 one national and one regional or local, under the federal system of government.<\/p>\n

Teehankee said the case of Duterte and her daughter is not common in a country where there are 295 political clans.<\/p>\n

He admitted that the Duterte family was part of the deliberations but \u201cwe are just following the instruction of the President.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are prospective, not retrospective or we are looking at current political realities. We are trying to exhaust, because Constitution is not only for today but for the future. It should be flexible enough to cover the future scenario as well,\u201d Teehankee said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur immediate objective is to address the current political clans and dynasties in which we have simultaneous holding and running for elected positions of the so-called fat dynasties which refer to political families holding multiple positions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

During Wednesday\u2019s en banc session where ConCom unanimously approved the proposed anti-dynasty provisions, committee member Rueben Canoy said the \u201cregulated\u201d prohibition would affect Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is ironic that the person who created this committee will be the first victim of our provision,\u201d Canoy said in explaining his affirmative vote.<\/p>\n

Duterte has repeatedly said that he would step down once the proposed federal form of government is passed into law.<\/p>\n

With all 18 of the members present, ConCom voted to adopt five self-executing provisions that may eliminate political dynasties off the face of Philippine politics.<\/p>\n

In the proposed provisions, the ConCom defined political dynasty as the one that \u201cexists when a family\u2014whose members are related up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, whether such relations are legitimate, illegitimate, half or full blood\u2014maintains or is capable of maintaining political control by succession or by simultaneously running for or holding elective positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under such definition, the ConCon then adopted two more provisions: one barring\u00a0any second-degree relative of an incumbent official from running \u201cfor the same position in the immediately following election\u201d and another prohibiting second-degree relatives \u201cfrom running simultaneously for more than one national and one regional or local position.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ban on succession means that an incumbent official\u2019s spouse, children and children-in-law, brother and sisters and brothers- and sisters-in-law, parents and parents-in-law, and grandparents-in-law may no longer run to fill the post to be vacated by their relatives.<\/p>\n

Under the prohibition on multiple positions, no two members of any dynasty as defined under the provisions may hold any two regional or local positions at the same time.<\/p>\n

The committee also added a provision that empowers the future Congress to provide additional prohibitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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