Filipino bishops back signature drive to ban political dynasties
Bishops endorsed a digital petition drive seeking 7.5 million signatures to ban family rule in public office, organizers said.
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Filipino bishops back signature drive to ban political dynasties
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino bishops have thrown their weight behind a nationwide signature campaign to pass a law banning political dynasties, which have dominated the country’s politics over the past century. The lay-initiated signature drive, called Dapat Isa Lang (One Is Enough), seeks to prohibit politicians from the same family from simultaneously occupying public office. The campaign’s proponents aim to use the “people’s initiative” mec…
Philippine bishops back people’s initiative against political dynasties | Asia
MANILA (LiCAS News): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines [CBCP] said in a pastoral statement dated September 25 that it welcomed and supported the Dapat Isa Lang People’s Initiative as “a peaceful, lawful, and democratic effort by citizens to move our nation toward the fulfillment of this long-delayed constitutional duty.” The bishops called onCatholic News of the Week Asia
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