00:00Welcome back to HALO HALO CUENTO
00:02As you know, we are best friends all of us here
00:04But in certain point we have to draw a line
00:07And we are a bit divided in this topic
00:09But not a bit, we are very divided
00:11So we are talking about...
00:12Libros
00:19It was the family vote
00:21Again, again, again
00:23It's all the grounds here
00:25It's not working well
00:30This is what happens when you talk among friends
00:33Of things that you should not talk
00:35Like basketball
00:36Or in this case, divorce
00:38Take a look what happened
00:40How did we get there?
00:41We started very civilized, no?
00:43Talking, no?
00:44Casual, we are friends, nothing will happen
00:46But it didn't went right
00:49You want to see how it goes on?
00:51Let's go check it
01:01Round 1
01:03Fight
01:04We are pro-divorce
01:05Because we believe that everyone should have a choice
01:09They should be able to leave their abusive spouse
01:12And live a happy life
01:14Unfortunately, the Philippines
01:17The last country on earth
01:19Aside from Batacan City
01:21Banned divorce
01:23It's not very healthy
01:26My issue here is that
01:27Social problems are being tackled
01:30By a group of individuals
01:33Vis-a-vis the local congress
01:36Which...
01:38I didn't vote for them, sorry
01:41The point here is that
01:42It has a long-term effect on society
01:45It breaks down the family
01:48Individuals are prone to alcoholism
01:50Suicide rates
01:52And psychiatric disorder
01:58Round 2
01:59Fight
02:00It's a resounding yes
02:01It will destroy morality
02:03And society
02:06My fellow countrymen, my friends
02:08Marriage and family is the first institution on earth
02:11It came first in the state
02:12It came first in the church, I think
02:14I can mention church
02:16And the church and state
02:18Might have fallen into a custody battle
02:20About marriage and family
02:23But what brought them together?
02:25Who brought them together?
02:29In the Philippines
02:30There is a separation of church and state
02:34And the Philippines and Batacan City
02:37Are the only places who have banned divorce
02:41So that means
02:43The rest of the world are having it
02:46And their society is functioning well
02:49Down the drain
02:50About morals
02:52How would you
02:54So physical violence
02:55Drug addiction
02:56Having a child with another person
02:59Outside of marriage
03:01Which is not included in annulment
03:04Yes
03:08Round 3
03:09Fight
03:10I'm probably the most experienced in divorce here
03:13Because I'm the only one to have one too
03:14It's not a nice experience, I can tell you that
03:16But another thing is
03:17We know both
03:18We were not prepared to get married
03:20We did
03:21Maybe a mistake
03:22But immediately
03:23We sit down
03:24And we decide
03:25You know what?
03:26It's not working
03:27And up to now
03:28After many years of divorce
03:29We are really good friends
03:30And we are protecting our kids together
03:32Even if we are not married anymore
03:34That's why she didn't get married in the first place
03:36But we did
03:37So what?
03:38Now it happened
03:40Okay so he was talking about
03:42Living
03:44Living happily after divorce
03:46But being optimistic
03:48Is right after the divorce sometimes
03:50You guys have almost forgotten
03:52That there is already
03:54A promulgated law
03:56By the Philippines
03:57It was promulgated by Corazon Siaquino
04:00Back in 1987
04:02It's the Family Code of the Philippines
04:04There is such a thing as annulment
04:06And legal separation
04:07Which is expensive
04:08Legal separation
04:09Will not let you marry
04:15Round 4
04:17Fight
04:18So there's
04:20Children running away
04:21Alcohol or substance abuse
04:23There are reports of poor performance in school
04:27Difficulty with the relationships
04:29In other words
04:30The children are the victims here
04:32Children experience
04:34The most emotional disadvantage
04:37In a difficult marriage
04:39What they really want is for their parents
04:41To keep their marriage intact
04:43They do not want to lose this marriage
04:45They do not want to lose this family
04:47They just want a happy life
04:51If we're saying about protecting children
04:55How about those children
04:56Who can see their parents fighting
04:59Every day
05:01Throwing things
05:02Or physically abusing each other
05:04Do you know the facts of that thing?
05:06Of course
05:07You can send someone to jail
05:09Or you can send
05:10Well it's again
05:12Boils down to the parents' communication
05:14The question is
05:15Does statistics say
05:16Yes
05:20Round 5
05:21Fight
05:22The thing is
05:23Making it difficult
05:25To divorce
05:26The announcement in the Philippines
05:28You're scattering for the rich people
05:30What about the poor people
05:31Who actually need it?
05:32Because there are people
05:33Who are struggling
05:34But they are out of love
05:36They are in abusive situations
05:38And they need protection for them
05:40And for the kids as well
05:41When you contract
05:42With this civil contract
05:44Then it must be a way out
05:46With responsibilities
05:47But right now
05:48The people is your runaway
05:49And you will not tell me no
05:50Because we've seen it
05:51Or at the Philippines
05:52Rain
05:53Okay
05:54What they're saying
05:55Or what Meigs said
05:56Is
05:57The problems we need in marriages
05:58For example
05:59There's a battery wire
06:00Why don't they report it to DSWP?
06:01The problems
06:03Yes
06:04When we're doing it
06:05Then file the case
06:06But really
06:07Is it really a divorce?
06:08Is that the answer?
06:09According to the new deal
06:11They will try to make it affordable
06:13And inexpensive
06:14It cheapens the marriage
06:15My fellow countrymen
06:17My friends
06:18It cheapens the marriage
06:19And you know what?
06:20They still don't have a custody
06:22They still don't have a custody
06:23And the one who's always there
06:24Is not the petitioner
06:25But the one who's always there
06:27And no one's there
06:28That's right
06:29Sad kiss
06:33Round
06:34Fight
06:35Fight
06:36We are opening a can of worms here
06:38My friends
06:39We
06:40We
06:42Because
06:43If we allow this to happen
06:44We are
06:46What do you call it?
06:47The marriage will be ruined
06:50It loses the value
06:52What happens is that
06:53Society itself
06:55The basic structure of society
06:57The family is the nucleus
06:59If you break it down
07:01So does society
07:05There's no alternative to divorce
07:07Because you cannot force someone
07:09To love you
07:12A breakup of marriage
07:13Is like a broken mirror
07:16It's better to live it
07:18Than trying
07:20Hard to
07:21Hurt yourself
07:22Trying to pick up the pieces
07:24So to quote Richard Bach
07:26If you love someone
07:28Set them free
07:30And if they come back
07:32They're yours
07:33If they don't
07:34They never were
07:37Fire
07:38Final
07:39Round
07:40Fight
07:41I just want to say
07:42That we are not anti-divorce
07:43For the sake of being anti-divorce
07:45We are pro-marriage
07:47Pro-family
07:48We are trying to protect
07:50This important unit of the society
07:53If the divorce law happened
07:55Would you divorce?
07:56Of course not
07:57It doesn't affect you then
07:58Let the people who want to get divorced
07:59But it is blanket law
08:01It encompasses everybody
08:03In the country
08:04The divorce bill actually still protects
08:06Protects the marriage
08:07It only gives
08:10Those people who are in marriage
08:11That's why you have the 1987 Constitution
08:13That is the family code
08:15But again
08:16I can't accept
08:18If all the girls there
08:20Don't work in the world
08:22There's a 1987 Constitution
08:24There's a family code
08:26That doesn't require divorce
08:28It's not working
08:29And
08:30Who will you pay if you don't have money?
08:32Who will you pay?
08:34The taxpayers
08:35Government
08:36It means taxpayers money
08:38Because it's worth it
08:40If you keep the divorce
08:42It's like you're just buying t-shirts every week
08:44That's how it is
08:45Conclusion
08:48We disagree
08:49But
08:50We agree to disagree
08:51Yeah
08:52And we also believe that marriage should be
08:54Institutionalized
08:56We have to protect
08:58And this side they say forever
09:00And this side we say
09:01We also have to protect the individuals
09:03So you take your call
09:04If you like this one
09:06We are pro
09:07It was a pro
09:08If you are against
09:10You put against on that thing
09:12And let's keep the debate going
09:13Yeah
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