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By Nidz Godino
SEN. CYNTHIA VILLAR
“They are not convincing me to do otherwise…and I won’t change my mind,” Sen. Cynthia Villar will not budge from her position against divorce even as her female colleagues in Senate are pushing for it.
Among women in Congress’ upper chamber who are in favor of divorce are Senators Risa Hontiveros, Grace Poe, Pia Cayetano, Imee Marcos and Loren Legarda.
Sen. Nancy Binay has earlier expressed opposition to divorce.
One ground for divorce in proposed measure is violence inflicted on women and children in abusive relationships.
Pro-divorce women senators signed committee report on proposed “Dissolution of Marriage Act” hurdled Senate women, children, family relations and gender equality panel last year.
She joined male group of conservative senators opposed to divorce: Senate President Francis Escudero, Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, former Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino and Senators Joel Villanueva and Ronald Dela Rosa.
Other senators are still thinking about their position.
Sen. JV Ejercito, had said open to divorce to give unhappy couples second chance at love.
Ejercito and three other male senators Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel , Raffy Tulfo and Robinhood Padilla have signed divorce committee report, indicating their openness to tackle it at the plenary.
Villar based her opposition on her personal experience in having good marriage with tycoon and former Senate president Manny Villar.
“You know, I have very happy family life, and happy marriage…so I never once thought of supporting divorce, I don’t want to comment on opinion of others…we have our own lives and personal experiences…and my personal experience will make me not in favor of divorce,” she said.
For Villar, chance of bill getting passed in Senate is slim.
House of Representatives recently approved its version of controversial measure, awaiting transmittal to Senate for its consideration.
Philippines is only country in the world that has yet to legalize divorce, right next to Vatican, city-state seat of Catholicism.
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