THE anti-political dynasty Bill is being tackled in earnest at the Philippine senate at an interesting time when we have four pairs of siblings (Senators Jinggoy Estrada and JV Ejercito, Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano, Raffy and Erwin Tulfo, and Mark and Camille Villar) comprising one-third of the country’s senate body.
Also sitting as a senator is the sister of the president, strained relations as they are. I don’t even dare count the number of dynasties in the House of Representatives, where over 80% of district seats are held by them, according to the Philippine Center for Inves-tigative Journalism.
