Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman yesterday described as “sore losers” those who continue to question the newly-approved House Bill 9349 or the Absolute Divorce Act.
Lagman said “more than adequate and extended time” was given to “interpellate and expound” on the detractors’ opposition to the divorce bill.MANILA, Philippines — Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman yesterday described as “sore losers” those who continue to question the newly-approved House Bill 9349 or the Absolute Divorce Act.
“An ordinary bill like reinstituting divorce needs the approval on third reading of only at least a majority of one more affirmative vote over the negative votes when there is a quorum, while the abstentions are not considered in the counting as they are neither ‘yes’ nor ‘no’ votes,” Lagman added.
“Whether the winning margin is 126 to 109 as initially reported or 131 to 109 as later corrected by the Office of the Secretary General does not affect the ultimate legality of the final approval of the divorce bill,” Lagman said. In a statement, Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez said the House secretariat had already “recorded and announced” during the plenary on May 22 that the bill got 126 affirmative, 109 negative and 20 abstentions.“I am puzzled about the changes in the number of lawmakers who voted ‘Yes’ to House Bill No. 9349… from 126 to 131, but now they are saying that there was an error in the counting. How did that happen?” Gomez said.
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