(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is against divorce.
This is what Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque clarified during a press conference in Camarines Sur on Monday, March 19.
“Ayaw po sana niyang magkomento pero since nagbotohan na naman sa kamara, ang Presidente po ay tutol sa divorce,” Roque said.
According to Roque, the President said it would be the children who would bear the brunt of the effects of a divorce between parents.
“Ang sabi po niya (Duterte) kawawa po yung mga anak, at kung magkakaroon ng divorce, mawawalan po ng karapatang magsampa ng kaso ‘yung mga asawa na pinabayaan ng mga asawa nila matapos silang mag-divorce,” Roque said.
“So, ‘yan po ang posisyon niya pero ang una sabi niya sa akin ‘no comment’ na lang tayo pero since nagtanong kayo at tapos na po ang botohan sa kamara ay ‘yan po ang kanyang paninindigan,” he added.
The Palace earlier said that President Duterte was leaving the fate of divorce measures to Congress.
The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 7303, seeking to introduce absolute divorce and dissolution of marriage in the Philippines.
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III had asked time for senators to study the “dissolution of marriage,” which he said was “a new concept.”
