Despite a failed marriage, President Rodrigo Duterte does not approve of divorce in the Philippines, according to his spokesperson, Harry Roque. Roque said Mr. Duterte, who had his marriage annulled, took this position because he had the welfare of children and neglected spouses in mind. “The President is against divorce,” Roque said in a press briefing in Camarines Sur. And if there will be divorce, the spouses who would be neglected after the divorce would lose their right to file cases against their spouses,” he added. But Mr. Duterte has since made his stance known, with Roque noting that the House of Representatives had already voted on the issue anyway.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 19, 2018 23:09 UTC