'We want to be free': Filipinos demand right to divorce
"I don't understand why it has to be this difficult," said Sibonga, who has spent 11 years trying to get out of a marriage that her parents forced her into after she became pregnant.
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Lawmaker Edcel Lagman (face not seen) talks about the divorce bill during an interview with AFP in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila on February 15, 2023. (AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
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MANILA - Philippine mother-of-three Stella Sibonga is desperate to end a marriage she never wanted. But divorce in the Catholic-majority country is illegal, and a court annulment takes years.
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