Rowegie Abanto

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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/1747274243227496862033_1233668241480940_3415049108310301906_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left"><em>Photo courtesy of Akbayan party-list/Facebook</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/12/halalan-2025-akbayan-duterte-youth-lead-party-list-race-2159">Top party-list group Akbayan</a> will prioritize filing bills that would end labor contractualization and political dynasties and help college students finish their studies.</p><p>Rep. Perci Cendaña, the party-list group&#x27;s second nominee, said they would lodge an anti-endo bill when the 20th Congress opens. </p><p>It is time for Filipinos to have security of tenure or assurance in their jobs, he said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/14/akbayan-s-diokno-open-to-join-impeach-prosecution-team-vs-vp-duterte-1109">Akbayan&#x27;s Diokno to join impeach prosecution team vs VP Duterte</a></div><p>Cendaña said the party wants to break the cycle of poverty, especially among young people, by helping them finish their studies through the Baon Bill.</p><p>Under the bill, college students from families currently or formerly receiving aid from the 4Ps program of the government should be given a P5,000 monthly allowance</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/13/-shookt-na-shookt-kami-diokno-surprised-with-akbayan-leading-party-list-race-0950">&#x27;Shookt na shookt kami:&#x27; Diokno surprised with Akbayan leading party-list race</a></div><div><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/glZwvECTZYM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Akbayan will also focus on crafting an enabling law for the anti-political dynasty provision of the Constitution.</p><p>&quot;Kasama tayo sa nagpasa ng SK reform law kung saan nilagyan natin ng anti political dynasty provision. Balak natin palawakin at i-cover &#x27;yung iba pang branches ng gobyerno,&quot; he said.</p><p>Akbayan will also work on bills such as the Student Rights and Welfare Bill, the SOGIESC Equality Bill, and the Alternative Minerals Management Bill to address indiscriminate mining in the Philippines.</p>

<p>Top party-list group Akbayan will prioritize filing bills that would end labor contractualization and political dynasties and help college students finish their studies.</p>

Top party-list group Akbayan will prioritize filing bills that would end labor contractualization and political dynasties and help college students finish their studies.

Akbayan to file anti-endo, anti-dynasty, education subsidy bills in 20th Congress

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Akbayan to file anti-endo, anti-dynasty, education subsidy bills in 20th Congress

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Rowegie Abanto

Published May 15, 2025 11:10 AM PHT

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