Pangulong Duterte Hindi pa din Payag sa Divorce Law dahil sa Anak na si Mayor Sara Duterte

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Manila Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte cannot support Divorce Law because of his daughter Davao Mayor Sara Duterte. 

In his recent speech in Camp Aguinaldo last Wednesday, Duterte told House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez that his daughter Mayor Sara is not happy with his proposed law. 

“House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, the exponent or the proponent of the divorce law,” Duterte said as he acknowledged the House Speaker at the start of his speech. 

“I am sorry but I cannot follow your… My daughter is not happy with that. Really. Mag-usap na lang kayo ni Sara,” Duterte teased.
President Duterte had always said earlier that he would not support legalizing divorce in the country. 

Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque confirmed it that Duterte believes when approving the bill it would be very bad for the children situation of having separated couples and while spouses on seeking legal actions against their respective partners. 


“Ang Presidente po ay tutol sa divorce. Ang sabi niya, kawawa ang mga anak at kung magkakaroon ng divorce mawawalan ng karapatang magsampa ng kaso ang mga asawa na pinabayaan ng asawa nila matapos ang divorce,” Roque said. 

What we need to know about DIVORCE LAW 

The proposed divorce law provides that the state shall ensure inexpensive and affordable court proceedings in securing an absolute divorce decree. 


It also seeks to provide for the grounds on the grant of an absolute divorce decree to include grounds for legal separation and annulment of marriage under the Family Code of the Philippines, separation in fact for at least 5 years, legal separation by judicial decree for at least 2 years, psychological incapacity, gender reassignment surgery, irreconcilable differences and joint petition of spouses.

The Divorce Bill will prioritize overseas Filipino Workers. It will also provide for mandatory 6 months cooling off period for petitioner spouses, during which there will be no action on a petition 6 months after one is filed. 

A 2015 Social Weather Stations survey found that three in five Filipinos favor legalizing divorce.

Based on the 1987 Philippine Constitution, on Section 2. Marriage, as an inviolable social institution, is the foundation of the family and shall be protected by the State.

The Church is all for the protection of rights especially of the aggrieved parties in marriage. But protection of rights should go hand in hand with upholding our cherished institutions like marriage. he added.

But from Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano, one who wrote the bill, one of its priority and the purpose of the Bill is simply due to some spouses who had bad marriages.

"Having a divorce (bill) in a country does not make people rush into it," she said on Wednesday. "Let's legalize it na para maayos na, para 'di magkaroon ng problems sa properties. Mas maayos ang relationship because it ended."

Cayetano also believes the House has a possible chance to approved the Bill.

Sara Duterte and Alvarez had recently had a feud by forming a regional political party Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP). Alvarez denied Sara's claims.

Also Duterte had dropped expletives against the House Speaker in social media posts, telling Alvarez he "messed with the wrong girl." 


Source: ABSCBN, CNN Philippines