The Akbayan party of Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros has prodded the Senate leadership to frontload the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) bill that she has long championed.
The Akbayan party of Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros has prodded the Senate leadership to frontload the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression bill that she has long championed, even as Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has indicated that it is not considered a priority measure.
She appealed for “justice for our countrymen who cannot live freely simply because of their gender orientation.” She noted many reports about LGBTQ people being bullied, denied access to medical services, and the right to benefits at work, because of discrimination. “I expect that the bill will be allowed to go through the proper legislative process, according to the rules of the Senate. If the Maharlika Bill which was filed only once in the Senate, and is not needed today, got approved, why is the SOGIE bill that has long been pending [two decades] repeatedly blocked?” Hontiveros said.The proposed law is pending in both Houses of Congress.
gent. Paanong hindi naging urgent ang pagtatanggol ng karapatan ng bawat Pilipino? May mas importante pa ba dito? Nakakalungkot na uunahin pa ng gobyernong ito ang pagpopondo sa isangLGBTQIA+ community. A sad case of money over people,” she lamented. “We thank our fellow senators for working tirelessly from crafting the bills and resolutions, to participating in committee hearings and debating in plenary to see through the passage of these important measures,” Villanueva had said.
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