Annulment Issues in the Philippines

The Office of the Solicitor General said that couples usage of ‘Psychological Incapacity’ as the basis of filing for annulment is at an alarming rate. I don’t blame couples if they file for annulment. The Philippines doesn’t have a divorce law and annulment is the only way to get out of the marriage that wasn’t meant to be in the first place. The government should be concerned about the rising annulment rate and must listen to the ever changing needs of its people. In this ever changing society, divorce should be embraced. Divorce is not bad as bad what the church is trying to project. It protects women and children from marital abuses. It would also mean that couples whose relationship could not work out can find other partners. Let’s hope that our elected legislators would come up with a divorce law and must not buckle down from the pressures of the hypocritical CBCP.