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Deserves a fair and equal shot at serving the nation," Pangilinan said in a statement yesterday.

- — With Diana Lhyd Suelto, Jose Rodel Clapano

Deserves a fair and equal shot at serving the nation," Pangilinan said in a statement yesterday. "This is not just a legal fight—it's a democratic one. We must make room for new voices, new leaders, and genuine public servants. Because democracy dies when power is passed around like property," he added.

In Pangilinan's bill, a "political dynasty relationship" is defined as one "when the spouse or any relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity of an incumbent elective official, runs for public office to succeed or replace the incumbent."

A political dynasty also happens when "one runs for or holds any elective local office simultaneously with the incumbent within the same province, legislative district, city, or municipality and within the same barangay or barangays within the same legislative district," added Pangilinan's bill.