The measures seeking the legalization of divorce or dissolution of marriage in the Philippines have begun to move forward in the House of Representatives in the current 19th Congress.
This, after the House Committee on Population and Family Relations chaired by Isabela 3rd district Rep. Ian Paul Dy approved “in principle” eight such bills during a public hearing Thursday, Feb. 23.Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman, author of HB No.78, specifically motioned for the approval of the bill in principle “subject to the submission of a substitute bill encompassing the various bills to be crafted by a technical working group ”.
Other authors, particularly Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre, justified the proposal to institutionalize divorce and nullification of marriage.
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