Proposed 10-year expiry on marriage

Well in my opinion, this is one of the most ridiculous proposals that I have heard. Margie Tajon, president of the 1-Babae Astig Aasenso (1-ABAA) party-list group, suggests that the proposal for 10-year expiration on Marriage would strengthen marriage and not destroy it. Tajon said in an interview over Morning at ANC, that this would allow couple to reassess the status of their relationship. One of her arguments states that it would benefit incompatible pairs who would have to undergo a tedious and lengthy process to annul their marriage.


She said that “Marriage annulment cases are clogging up our courts and we have to find a means to address the problem”. There were 8,000 annulment cases reported in 2008 according to the Solicitor’s general’s office. And there are still more being deliberated in courts.

This is not the solution. I do understand that there are many people who couldn’t stand being married a minute longer, but what would happen to the children if this proposal takes effect. This may be beneficial to estranged couples but their children would be the one to suffer the most. It’s like saying on the 1st day after the 10th year of Marriage; a married person could do anything they want without regarding their responsibility and loyalty to their family.

I think it is a good thing that it is very tedious to have marriage annul. It would give a couple a chance to work things out. When a driver’s license expires, a person could not drive a vehicle until the person renews their license. Would this apply to the proposal? What would be the guidelines for this proposal? So let’s say the marriage license expired on Jan 1 and would be renewed on Feb 1, so would that mean a married person is good as single during those days that the marriage is expired? So does that mean a married person could be polygamous until the person renews their marriage license?