Big majority of Filipinos support passage of anti-dynasty law – Pulse Asia

MANILA, Phlippines – A big majority or 64% of Filipinos support the passage of an anti-dynasty law, according to a recent Pulse Asia Research survey released on Friday, March 13.

The results of the survey, held from February 27 to March 2, is 10-percentage points higher than in December 2025, when a small majority or 54% of Filipinos expressed support for the immediate passage of the law.

“Majority support for such a legislative measure cuts across levels of government and covers both simultaneous and consecutive holding of elective government positions,” Pulse Asia said in a statement.

Among geographical areas, support for the passage of the law is highest in Balance Luzon (74%), followed by Visayas (73%), and the National Capital Region (69%).

Support for the proposed law is lowest in Mindanao at 32%, statistically the same as in December 2025 survey when agreement with the immediate passage of the law was at 34%.

Among socioeconomic classes, support for the law is highest among the well-off Class ABC (70%), followed by Class D (66%), and lowest among the poorest Class E (36%).

“A three-way split may be observed in Mindanao (32% agreement, 29% indecision, and 39% disagreement) while almost the same percentages in Class E either agree or disagree with banning political dynasties in the country (36% and 41%, respectively),” Pulse Asia said.

Pulse Asia said the survey, conducted among 1,200 representative adults 18 years old and above, has a ± 2.8% error margin at the 95% confidence level. Subnational estimates for the geographic areas covered in the survey have the following error margins at 95% confidence level: ± 5.7% for Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. 

Sentiment on extent of ban

Filipinos who favor or are undecided about an anti-political dynasty law — totaling 83% of the respondents — were asked if they agree or disagree with a proposed ban on relatives holding elective positions in national and local governments simultaneously. Of this group, 70% favored this level of ban.

“Such a ban has the support of considerable to huge majorities in nearly all areas and every class (73% to 77% and 65% to 85%, respectively). In Mindanao, essentially the same percentages either agree with this proposal or are undecided on the matter (40% versus 35%). At the national level, 20% are ambivalent on the matter while 10% oppose such a ban,” Pulse Asia said.

Meanwhile, the proposal to limit the number of family members seeking elective posts to only two — one for national and one for local — is supported by 70% of those agree or are undecided on the political dynasty ban.

In the weeks leading to the survey period, among the major developments that took place were the congressional deliberations on the proposed anti-dynasty law.

On March 3, a day after the Pulse survey period, the House suffrage committee approved what is widely considered as a “weak” anti-dynasty bill that relaxes the ban from the fourth degree of consanguinity to only the second degree or one’s parents, siblings, spouse, and children. – Rappler.com