Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday expressed hope that President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. will be open to supporting the divorce bill.
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday expressed hope that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will be open to supporting the divorce bill.
"The President can also take heart, that in fact the passage of a dissolution of marriage law would be consistent with, not contrary to the 1987 Constitution," she said, adding that the constitutional framers themselves said the country's Charter allows Congress to pass such a measure. "I'm waiting to be impressed, not yet optimistic, but as at the start of every administration, no matter how surprising, how unexpected, I have to chose, I choose to be hopeful at least starting from the ranks of the minority, starting from the ranks of the opposition, and from the ranks from citizens at large," she said.
The senator said she is okay with Marcos naming the current officer-in-charge of the Department of Health as the new secretary to get the country out completely of the COVID-19 pandemic, to lead the country to a new and better normal, and to implement the Universal Health Care Law properly. "Pero habang sila ang concurrently ang presidente at agriculture secretary, punong-puno na rin ang plato nila and not least with good and concrete proposals from the past several months, if not years. Halimbawa talagang bigyan ng once and for all ng suporta ang ating agri producers," she added.when the President delivers his first SONA.
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