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Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174718698924120250214-vp-sara-duterte-presscon-impeachment-MT-6.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte said she would support a legislative measure banning political dynasties in the Philippines, despite hailing from a family of politicians.</p><p>“Ako yung may pinakamalaki at solid ang kredibilidad to speak about political dynasty because I come from a political dynasty, so wala nang mas matindi pang expert sa political dynasty,” Duterte told reporters after casting her vote in the 2025 midterm elections.</p><p>“Susuportahan ko ba ang batas na anti-political dynasty? Yes. Kung bibigyan nila ako ng pagkakataon, ako yung susulat. Ako yung pinakamagaling sa political dynasty,” she said.</p><p>Throughout the campaign season, the Vice President has repeatedly urged people to scrutinize candidates based on their track record and abilities instead of their family names.</p><p>In her speeches, Duterte would usually use her family as an example when persuading the public to think twice before voting for candidates based on their last names.</p><p>“I am campaigning about us selecting people automatically based on their family affiliation,” she said in a press conference.</p><p>“Hindi automatic yung na kapag anak, asawa, kapatid, pamangkin automatic na absent a law; that is the most we can do as voters: question the capacity and the competence of the candidate,” she said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/12/vp-sara-duterte-says-ready-for-outcome-of-senate-impeachment-trial-1002">On election day, VP Sara Duterte says &#x27;ready&#x27; for outcome of Senate impeachment trial</a></div><p>When asked how many family members each dynasty would be allowed to have in her proposal, Duterte said, “Hindi ko pa sinusulat pero pag binigyan niyo ako ng chance, ako susulat niyan.”</p><p>The Vice President said that the Duterte family has yet to discuss her stance on political dynasties.</p><p>“Quiet sila, walang nagte-take up,” she said.</p><p>“Lahat kasi ang pinag-uusapan yung detention ni PRD (President Rodrigo Duterte), so walang nagbri-bring up ng politics sa bahay.”</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/12/vp-sara-duterte-camp-studying-oath-taking-options-if-icc-detained-digong-wins-as-mayor-1434">VP Sara: Duterte camp studying oath-taking options if ICC-detained Digong wins as mayor</a></div><p>After the May 12 elections, the Duterte dynasty expanded to 6 family members in elected posts from 4.</p><p>Former President Rodrigo Duterte — despite being detained in The Hague—returned as Davao City’s mayor, while his son Sebastian would serve as his vice mayor.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/13/-emb-ex-president-duterte-defends-davao-dynasty-from-icc-prison-1201">Ex-President Duterte defends Davao dynasty from ICC prison</a></div><p>The former president’s eldest grandson, Omar, will join his father, Paolo, in the House of Representatives, as the father and son won as the first and second district representatives of Davao City.</p><p>Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II — Omar’s brother and namesake of the former president — emerged as the top city councilor in their bailiwick. He is expected to serve as acting city vice mayor once Sebastian fills in for their patriarch, who is still in a detention facility in the Netherlands.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/5/13/duterte-grandsons-win-by-a-landslide-in-davao-city-0646">Duterte grandsons win by a landslide in Davao City</a></div><p>Omar and Rigo — the new generation of Duterte politicians — in separate interviews said that their clan’s influence in politics was entirely up to their constituents.</p><p>“Depende din sa kung ano ang ginawa ng dynasty. Ang tao man gyud ang moingon gyud tong kinsa dapat nilang botohan (Ang tao naman ang magsasabi kung sino ang dapat nilang iboto),” Omar said.</p><p>“Depende na lang kasi sa mga tao kung ano ang gusto nila… Kung gusto nila na kami pa rin, ang pamilya namin, patuloy pa rin kami kung gusto pa nila sa amin,” Rigo said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/5/13/baste-duterte-after-election-results-davaoenos-are-not-for-sale-1838">Baste Duterte after election results: ‘Davaoeños are not for sale’</a></div><p>“Ako, gusto ko lang din tumulong. ‘Yun lang naman talaga ang purpose ko dito.”</p><p>Several anti-dynasty bills have been filed in the Philippines throughout the years, but the measure was never legislated into law, as both the House and the Senate are dominated by political clans.</p><p>Earlier this week, the Commission on Human Rights noted the “continued dominance of political dynasties and the underrepresentation of women in electoral contests.”</p><p>“Public dissatisfaction with dynastic politics remains high, and the CHR echoes the view of international observers that entrenched political families hinder democratic competition and meaningful change,” a statement from the commission read.</p><p>The CHR also urged lawmakers to revisit anti-dynasty proposals and “to support political party reforms and campaign finance regulation.”</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sYf6FKNqAns?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0QdJ7gx9Puk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wiVAHwKWs3I?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte said she would support a legislative measure banning political dynasties in the Philippines, despite hailing from a family of politicians.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte said she would support a legislative measure banning political dynasties in the Philippines, despite hailing from a family of politicians.

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VP Sara wants anti-dynasty law as Duterte dynasty expands in Davao

Katrina Domingo,

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Published May 14, 2025 09:43 AM PHT

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