Following the committee-level passage of the divorce bill, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva says the move was just ‘part of the process of deliberations’ on any proposed measure.
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00:00 Following the committee-level passage of the divorce bill, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva says the move was just, quote,
00:07 "part of the process of deliberations on any proposed measure."
00:10 Villanueva clarifies the legislators who signed the bill do not represent the majority of the 24 senators.
00:17 In 2019, Villanueva said he supports making annulment accessible for the poor, but said, quote, "Divorce is a big no for me."
00:25 Senate Bill No. 2443 was the consolidated measure filed by Senators Risa Conteveros, Rafi Tulfo, Robin Padilla, Pia Cayetano, and Aimee Marcos.
00:34 If passed, it will provide protections to the parties to the marriage and its common children, amending the Family Code of the Philippines.
00:41 Opposition from the Catholic Church, Christian groups, and some lawmakers like Villanueva have been one of the biggest hindrances to the passage of a divorce bill,
00:49 leaving the Philippines the only country in the world apart from the Vatican without a divorce law.
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