- Target:
- HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
- Region:
- GLOBAL
WAY BACK FROM 14TH CONGRESS, A BILL THAT IS PUSHED FOR DIVORCE WAS FILED BY LAWMAKERS, FROM 15TH 16TH A7TH CONGRESS, SEVERAL DIVORCE BILLS WERE FILED, BUT NONE OF IT EVEN REACHED A 2ND READING IN THE SENATE. ALTHOUGH IT DID PASS ON THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE BUT AT THE 17TH CONGRESS, IT STILL HAD TO GO THROUGH UNDER THE SAME PROCESS. AND NOW AT THIS 18TH CONGRESS, UNDER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE'S ADMINISTRATION, BOTH BILLS WERE AUTHORED BY SEN RISA HONTIVEROS AND SENATOR PIA CAYETANO, ARE STILL PENDING FOR THE 2ND AND 3RD READING. SIGNATURES OF THE EX OFFICIOS ARE ALSO NEEDED TO PROCEED AND THEY ARE
SEN. RALPH RECTO, SEN. MIGZ ZUBIRI,
SEN. FRANKLIN DRILON AND OF COURSE THE SENATE PRESIDENT WHO HOLDS THE DECISION IF THEYRE GOING TO PROCEED OR NOT IS NONE OTHER THAN SEN. TITO SOTTO HIMSELF.
ANOTHER HINDRANCE OF PASSING THE DIVORCE LAW ARE THE INTENSE OPPOSING OF THE CATHOLIC MEMBERS. ASIDE FROM VATICAN, THE PHILIPPINES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT DIVORCE IS ILLEGAL, LEAVING THE COUPLES NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE OR ABANDON THEIR FAMILY, FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR FREEDOM. WHICH THE FILIPINO CATHOLIC COMMUNITY HAS DIFFICULTY TO UNDERSTAND THE DISADVANTAGES FOR COUPLES AND THEIR CHILDREN TO BE STUCK IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY OR MARRIAGE.
We, the undersigned, call on the lawmakers of Congress and Senators of the Republic of the Philippines to proceed on the readings of the Divorce bill and to be passed and signed by our President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for it to become a Law.
It is for the sake of exercising the Civil Rights of the Filipino people specially those who are suffering from Dysfunctional Marriages.
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The 10k Signatures for DIVORCE LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES petition to HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES was written by EVER VIRTUCIO and is in the category Civil Rights at GoPetition.