Anong mayroon sa Divorce Bill? | The Mangahas Interviews
Karamihan sa mga Pilipino, may pangamba pagdating sa divorce law. Ano nga ba ang Divorce Bill at mas ikasisira nga ba ito ng isang pamilya kung sakaling maipasa sa Senado? Panoorin ang video. #TheMangahasInterviews
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00:00Atty. Fatima has a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge for us in the cases that she handled, family law and divorce cases in Canada.
00:11But here in the Philippines, people are worried, Atty., what is this divorce law?
00:17Will she destroy the family even if it passes through the Senate?
00:23The divorce bill that passed through the House has expanded grounds that are not in the existing provisions of the family law.
00:30More specifically, the grounds of legal separation have become grounds for absolute divorce.
00:36And of course, the expanded grounds, more specifically the five years of separation impact that is also being used and the irreconcilable defense between the parties,
00:49it's really a case-to-case basis.
00:52It depends on the experience of each spouse.
00:57For the benefit that the spouse gets aside from the additional grounds in terms of expediency and access,
01:07we can also call it access to justice because it is really expensive for us in the Philippines to file an annulment.
01:20Usually, what spouses use to file the annulment is what is called psychological incapacity.
01:29And most of us know that when it comes to psychological incapacity, psychologists need to consider additional expenses for the spouse.
01:44Aside from that, the process is still long.
01:47So it does not really give access to justice to individuals who really need a remedy for divorce.
01:57The absolute divorce law, based on what I have read, does not hinge on the specific religion of a person.
02:08We will emphasize the separation of state and church because in our government,
02:17their duty is to guide and give a remedy to their leaders if this is the need of each individual.
02:29In the church, of course, the heads of the church should be the ones to give guidance to their people.
02:38For now, the debate is divided among faith-based groups.
02:43The religious communities say that the sanctity of marriage is violated.
02:52On the other hand, you said this is an access to justice legislation.
02:57And the feminist groups or gender equality groups are on the other side.
03:04Will a divorce law actually destroy the family and marriage?
03:11On the other hand, Congressman Edsel also said that to begin with, marriage is broken.
03:18Well, Malu, you have many aspects.
03:23First of all, in the Philippines, the definition of family is very limited.
03:32It is too complex.
03:34For our countrymen, the family is made up of mother, father, and child.
03:43But in reality, the mother and child can also be considered a family.
03:50So it also depends on how each individual considers their sector of the family.
03:59You mentioned earlier the sanctity of marriage.
04:04We will go back to the issue of divorce because it is a hot topic in the Philippines.
04:09In Article 1 of the Family Code, where do you define family?
04:16Marriage rather as a contract and an inviolable social institution.
04:24For me, what I mean by that is that you define marriage and your marital obligations
04:34based on the parties that will perform it based on the institution of marriage that has mutual love, mutual trust, respect, and fidelity.
04:48What can be strengthened there is how the spouses will balance their marital obligations with each other.