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		<title>Using the Power of your Vote on the Divorce Issue (or any other Issue)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an issue, together with other more important issues, that should be discussed nearer to May 2010, when national and local elections are scheduled. Two events, however, reminded me to write about it sooner. First, in my discussion with Dean Amado Valdes during a TV show on whether President Estrada is eligible to run again, he pointed out that we should let the people decide whether they still want former Pres. Estrada as a President. It was along the lines of vox populi, vox dei (the voice of the people is the voice of God). Second, a recent comment on divorce in this blog partly lambasted lawyers for the &#8220;financial burden&#8221; in going through the regular process of annulment/declaration of nullity. Divorce should be allowed, the anonymous comment said. I replied that it&#8217;s unfair to blame us working lawyers because the status quo (without divorce) and the proposed law on divorce are matters well within the powers of the legislators/lawmakers &#8212; the members of the House of Representatives and the Senators. These are government officials that the Filipinos will vote for in 2010. The common thread is the representative nature of our government. Under our system of government, we [...]]]></description>
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