00:00After the left-hand batikos in the anti-teenage pregnancy bill,
00:04Senator Riza Jontiveros passed a substitute bill
00:08along with his support for the removal of fellow senators from the Panocala.
00:13Details in the news report of Daniel Manalastas of PTV.
00:19The controversial Senate Bill No. 1979,
00:22the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2023,
00:26the left-right section 6 of the Panocala,
00:30which includes Comprehensive Sexuality Education or CSE,
00:34should be standardized and implemented in public and private basic education institutions.
00:40And it should be integrated in the school curriculum
00:43which is guided by the Department of Education and International Standards.
00:47Because of the removal of the bill
00:49and following the senators' return to their signature in the committee report,
00:53Senator Riza Jontiveros passed a substitute bill
00:57and the provision based on the International Standards was removed.
01:01And in the end, anyway, if the International Standards is only one of the guidelines,
01:07in the end, the buck stops in our Constitution of the Philippines.
01:12That's why it's important to change our substitute bill
01:16that Comprehensive Sexuality Education
01:19will only be given to adolescents from 10 years old or older.
01:24Jontiveros also answered some of his bills from his fellow senators.
01:30My point is, the title is confusing.
01:34The title of the bill is confusing.
01:36Preventing Teenage Pregnancy.
01:38Is there any group of people in the world
01:43that doesn't like this title?
01:47Let's prevent teenage pregnancy.
01:50But if you read the whole bill, right?
01:53And they said, the devil is in the details.
01:57The devil is also in accurate representation of the work of the colleagues.
02:06The real confusion was made by those who made fake news against the bill.
02:13The real confusion was made by those who spread disinformation and threatened our country.
02:20President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., who was the first to read the bill,
02:26said that he will need to read the substitute bill first.
02:30After the senators returned their signatures to the committee report,
02:34will the bill return to the committee level?
02:37It depends on how many.
02:39It depends on how many and if the majority is based on the committee.
02:43And it needs to be examined because sometimes there are joint committees.
02:47Yes, if it's a substitute bill.
02:50But I haven't read the letters of withdrawal and how many.
