MANILA, Philippines —The House of Representatives' Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms approved on Tuesday the anti-political dynasty bill that prohibited spouses and up to "second degree" relatives from simultaneously holding or seeking elective posts. "The speaker's version, which is House Bill 6771, has obtained the biggest number of co-authorships [...]. That is why the committee decided that the  version that was filed by the House speaker and the majority leader will be used as the working draft and finally, it also became our substitute bill that we have adopted," said Lanao del Sur 1st District Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, the committee chairman, in a press conference. House Bill 6671 was principally authored by Speaker and Isabela 6th District Rep. Faustino Dy III and Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Alexander Marcos. "For nearly four decades, the Constitution has directed Congress to prohibit political dynasties. Today, we move closer to fulfilling that mandate," Dy said in a statement on Tuesday after the substitute bill was approved. "At the national level, spouses and second-degree relatives are barred from simultaneously holding any national elective position, including President, Vice President and Senator," the statement read. The prohibition under the committee-approved bill "applies within the same provincial government, the same city or municipality, and the same barangay," it said. Barangay means village.