'We have to balance the need to decongest power with the sovereign right of the people to elect their leaders,' says bill sponsor and suffrage committee chairperson Zia Alonto Adiong

The House approved on second reading a bill prohibiting relatives up to second degree of consanguinity or affinity from running in the same constituency on second reading.

'We have to balance the need to decongest power with the sovereign right of the people to elect their leaders,' says bill sponsor and suffrage committee chairperson Zia Alonto…