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Rough sailing for SOGIE bill in Senate
By Nidz Godino
“Unless proponents of SOGIE bill accede to some amendments, it will continue to face rough sailing in Senate… anti-discrimination bill, I believe, has better chance of passing this year,” Senate President Francis Escudero said anti-discrimination bill has better chance of Senate approval than sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression (SOGIE) bill.
Escudero said SOGIE and anti-discrimination bills are different from each other but did not elaborate.
To date, five SOGIE and anti-discrimination bills have been pending at the Senate.
Senate Bill 1600 or SOGIESC Equality bill is authored by Senators Risa Hontiveros, Loren Legarda and Mark Villar.
Hontiveros said 19 of 24 senators have signed committee report.
“That should speak to its acceptability across aisle… I have asked majority leader to look into committee report, has remained pending in Committee on Rules, and he has promised to do so, I hope new leadership of Senate will stand up for our LGBTQIA+ community this Pride Month and also in their daily lives as people,” she said.
Escudero recalled there are proposed amendments to the bill.
“It was related to interference of other people’s opinion that is contrary to opinion of others that should also be respected, as far as I know, some of our colleagues had objections about SOGIE bill before…it will continue to be difficult to get through Senate,” he said.
UN Population Fund recently urged Congress to pass SOGIE bill, they said is crucial step toward “more inclusive and just Philippines.”
During previous Senate leadership, former majority leader Joel Villanueva reverted SOGIE bill to committee level, causing measure’s sponsorship for plenary debate to be delayed.
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