A committee at the House of Representatives on Thursday approved 'in principle' proposed bills for divorce in the Philippines.
The Committee on Population and Family relations identified these as House Bills 78, 2593, 3843, 3885, 4957, and 4998. These will be consolidated into a substitute bill, along with HBs 1021 and 1593, which had been seconded.The committee designated Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman to lead the technical working group that will produce the substitute bill.
'May I move to approve in principle House Bill Nos. 78, 1021, 1593, 2593, 3843, 3885, 4957, and 4998 subject to the submission of a substitute bill encompassing the various bills to be crafted by a technical working group soonest with special concern on the civil recognition of marriages dissolved by the Catholic Church and other recognized religious denomination as a possible separate measure but a companion bill [...]', Lagman said.
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