Cayetanos split over divorce scheme
08/21/2010 The brother-sister tandem in the upper chamber, Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano and Sen. Pia Cayetano, appear to be at odds over their position on the proposition of allowing divorce in the country. The minority leader said accepting divorce in the country could bring more harm than good in the society. He, however, agreed with Pia that there is a need to review provisions of the laws surrounding legal separation and there could be other options other than divorce. “I understand that there are cases in the Philippines as in around the world where couples find it impossible to keep their marriage. I do agree that we have to address people who feel that they are in an impossible situation or impossible marriages,” he told reporters in an interview. “What I’m concerned of, if we allow divorce, especially the kind of divorce that what is called in the United States as ‘no-fault’ divorce, it might cause more harm than good because if we are saying a minority or small group of people married in the Philippines are going through some problems, that can be addressed by strengthening the remedy of the annulment by psychological incapacity. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100821hed6.html |
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