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Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan presides over a Senate hearing on February 1, 2018. Joseph Vidal, Senate PRIB/file

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Pangilinan calls on Senate to conduct hearings on anti-dynasty bills

Victoria Tulad

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176828678313920251022081020_7aecb96cd305bce0a6a8cd0149c182fe97fa7677b1b52fc4a60ca1b2d5a28b04.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan presides over a Senate hearing on February 1, 2018.<em> Joseph Vidal, Senate PRIB/file</em><br id="isPasted"/> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday urged the Senate leadership to immediately conduct hearings on fresh bills against political dynasties, which he blamed for poverty.</p><p>“Ito na ang panahong patunayan na seryoso tayo na gusto nating maging paldo ang bansa. Na ang susunod na Pangulo, hindi kabilang ng political dynasty. Dahil kung walang political dynasties, walang mahirap. Nakamasid ang taumbayan, at ‘di na bebenta ang muling pagpapaliban pa,” said Pangilinan, who heads the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights.</p><p>“Sa ika-2 ng Pebrero, mag-39 years old na ang 1987 Constitution. Pero sa halos apat na dekada, dinededma lang ang maliwanag na utos nito na ipagbawal ang mga dinastiyang politikal,” he said in a statement.</p><p>Pangilinan pointed out that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. included the anti-political dynasty law in his administration’s priorities.</p><p>Aside from Pangilinan, others who have filed an-anti dynasty bill included Senators Bam Aquino, JV Ejercito, Risa Hontiveros, Panfilo Lacson, and Robinhood Padilla.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/1/12/hontiveros-files-bill-to-ban-political-dynasties-contractors-in-party-list-system-1601">Hontiveros files bill to ban political dynasties, contractors in party-list system</a></div><p>The constitution bans political dynasties, but the provision requires an enabling law that Congress has failed to pass.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/2/house-bill-seeking-to-ban-political-dynasties-filed-anew-in-the-20th-congress-1432">House Bill seeking to ban political dynasties filed anew in the 20th Congress</a></div><p>The renewed attention on the measure came on the heels of the multibillion-peso corruption scandal tied to infrastructure projects. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/15/4-decades-in-congress-can-the-anti-political-dynasty-bill-this-time-be-different-1955">4 decades in Congress: Can the anti-political dynasty bill this time be different?</a></div>

<p>Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, called on the Senate leadership to immediately conduct hearings on the various anti-dynasty bills filed, saying if there is no political dynasty, people will not be poor.</p>

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, called on the Senate leadership to immediately conduct hearings on the various anti-dynasty bills filed, saying if there is no political dynasty, people will not be poor.