The House committee on inhabitants and household relations has permitted “in principle” eight payments on divorce.
According to Tina Panganiban Perez’s report on “24 Oras,” the payments might be consolidated right into a substitute measure by a technical working group.
Albay Representative Edcel Lagman stated the Philippines is now the one nation that has not legalized absolute divorce.
“Till death do us part, is wonderful. Marriage is beautiful. But only for those who get it right,” added Davao del Norte 1st District Representative Pantaleon Alvarez, one of many authors of the measure.
Currently, the one authorized methods for a married couple to separate are separation, annulment, and dissolution of marriage.
Most {couples} filed for dissolution of marriage from 2009 to 2022, information present.
Apart from the costly and lengthy means of annulment and dissolution of marriage, they’re additionally sophisticated.
“Unlike in a divorce proceeding which it is mandated to be inexpensive, affordable and expeditious,” Lagman stated.
“Poor women are left without options, but we surprisingly see rich personalities able to expedite annulment they have the money,” stated Elizabeth Angsioco of Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines.
“In annulment and dissolution of marriage based on psychological incapacity, the causes must exist before or contemporaneous with the celebration of the marriage, while in reality the overwhelming grounds for divorce occur after the marriage and during cohabitation,” Lagman added.
Moreover, the committee has additionally permitted the proposal for the state to acknowledge the annulment of the church’s marriage.
Some teams have expressed opposition to the divorce payments.
“The bills are contrary to the constitutional mandate to strengthen and protect the family as a basic autonomous social institution and marriage as an inviolable social institution,” stated Attorney Joel Arzaga of Alliance for the Family Foundation, Inc.
Another group, nevertheless, countered that having divorce is essential, particularly if the husband or spouse is in an abusive relationship.
“Allowing married spouses trapped in irremediably broken marriages to break free and start anew,” stated Professor Leo Battad, University of the Philippines Gender Law and Policy Program.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, in the meantime, stated it’s supportive of the invoice recognizing church annulment.
“We are not supportive of the bill on absolute divorce but we are actually supportive of the bill recognizing church annulments. It’s going to be cheaper than the usual one,” stated CBCP’s Father Jerome Secillano. —Sherylin Untalan/LDF, GMA Integrated News
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