REPORTED BY: SIOBE CHUA

POLITICAL DYNASTY

Is understood as a lineage of
hereditary succession to an
essentially same position.
Family members follow one
another to the position.
 A ruler in a dynasty is
sometimes referred to as
a dynast, but this term is
also used to describe any
member of a reigning family
who retains succession rights
to a throne.
 The term "dynast" is
sometimes used to refer
to agnatic descendants of
a realm's monarchs, and
sometimes to those who hold
succession rights
through cognatic royal
descent. The term can
therefore describe overlapping
but distinct sets of people.
Dynastic Marriage

is one that complies with

monarchical house
law restrictions, so that the
descendants are eligible to
inherit the throne and/or
other royal privileges.
WHAT DOES THE
PHILIPPINES SAY
ABOUT POLITICAL
DYNASTY?
The 1987 Constitution of the
Republic of the Philippines:
Article 2 - Declaration of
Principles and State Policies,
Section 26 states that:

“The State shall guarantee

equal access to
opportunities for public
service, and
political dynasties as may
be defined by law.”
 This provision clearly
prohibits the existence of
political dynasties in the
country to preclude equal
access to public service and
the right of people to choose
in the local election.
However, it is not self-
executory, meaning the
provision needs an
implementing law before it can
be applied.
 While there is still no
enacted law for these
provisions, the Constitution
has provided that all elective
officials, from congressmen to
municipal councilors, be
limited to three consecutive
terms. The idea was to liamit
the power of political clans.
Now, the Constitution passed
the enactment of these
provisions to the Congress but
the reality is that the
dominant members of the House
belong to political dynasties,
which cannot be expected to
legislate their own demise as
a political entity.
 In the 14th Congress,
there is a decrease in the
number of legislators coming
from political families but
this does not mean, however,
that they don't rule because
they still do.
 According to GMA news
research, there is at least 76
percent of the legislative
representatives which belongs
to political families compared
to the 83% of the last
Congress, still, 76% of the
elected House
Representatives comes from
political families which is
still a large margin to the 24%
of the non-political family
members.
List of Political Clans

☺LUCMAN CLAN – Lanao del Sur

☺DIMAPORO CLAN – Lanao del Norte