Imagine, a person getting married, while saying I do, that in the back of their heads “Ah sige subukan ko

to. Malay natin magwork, may chance naman ako para umalis sa relasyon kapag nahirapan.”

To begin with, it is clear that the union of marriage has certain roles it has to fulfill. Marriage is, in its
core, a union formed between two people, formed out of love, and with the goal to live, prosper, grow
old together and legally is “a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered
into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.” As stated, the FIRST
article of the Family code, we can already see the essence of MARRIAGE, our law makers implied that
MARRIAGE should be protected and that a family should be protected. That marriage is what keeps the
family intact and functional.

Marriage changes one's life drastically and is based on stability, understanding and compromise -
those are some of the emotional prerequisites for a marital union to be functional and to last. Let me
point that out once again, that marriage is based on stability, understanding and compromise.

Why is Divorce not needed in the Philippines? Well Basically, The Philippine Law on terms of marriage
and its components has its flaws, and that’s what’s supposed to be given more attention to. You have to
fix the current problem first before setting out solutions that could actually cause another problem. The
current grounds for annulment are open for revisions. Lawmakers could make the most out of their
positions and add possible grounds to make the marriage invalid. Strengthen the laws, strengthen
requisites for marriage. There are hundreds of solutions to make annulment stronger.

We have to be honest that the culture in our country is different. The norm we grew up with is passed
on from generations to generations. From that on, divorce could not be beneficial to the Filipinos
especially in terms of family life. A divorced man or woman is allowed to remarry even if take him or her
5 or 6 or even 7 partners to find the right one, a child growing up in an environment changing homes,
every time his parent changes his partner, it is statistically proven that DIVORCE has a psychological
effect on a child. The growing number of divorce in other countries is also one cause of the growing
number of mental health patients. Adapting to a broken family because of annulment has already been
difficult in our country because we got used to being in a happy family, a big one and a loud one.
“Nasanay tayo na magkakasama. Might sound cliché but, the Family that eats together or pray together
stays together. Tinuturo pa yan sa School.” In that reason, how could Divorce benefit the family that the
Philippine Law is actually protecting?

Most importantly, is it practical? Again, why do u need to add another reason that might cause another
problem in solving a problem? The Congress has been passing on the bill to the plenary for how many
years. Resources and Money has already been outsourced for this when the time used could have been
or strengthening the present problems.