MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine lawmakers have introduced legislation based loosely on a popular Netflix political thriller called the "Designated Survivor" to ensure the country has a president in the case of a constitutional leadership crisis.
Called the Presidential Succession Act, popularly referred to as the Designated Survivor bill, it will ensure the presidency if constitutional successors become unavailable, two lawmakers said in separate filings to both chambers of congress.
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