5 of 8 women councilors vote YES to Children’s Dev’t. Plan
Majority of the Davao City women councilors see the Davao City Local Development Plan for Children as beneficial to women and children and to the family as a whole during last Tuesday's session.
This was evident when five of the eight women councilors in the city voted YES to the resolution which was being pushed by councilor Angela Librado despite the opposition of religious groups headed by Archbishop Fernando Capalla. A total of 18 councilors approved the resolution while 2 abstained and four voted yes.
“I voted yes because I believe nothing in the LDPC is against the law, morals and public policy,” councilor Rachel Zozobrado said yesterday. As a public servant, she said, “I have to think of the common good and the adoption of the LDPC will be beneficial to our children and the people of Davao in general.’
Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta asked for the deferment of the approval of the resolution saying it would be best to see the final draft including the amendments first before it is put to a vote. “Anyway the deferment will not change the minds of those who have already decided to vote for or against the resolution,” she said.
But when the councilors decided to put the resolution to a vote, Acosta voted yes. The other female councillors who voted yes for the LDPC are councilors Myrna Dalodo-Ortiz, Sudagar, Zozobrado and Librado-Trinidad. Councilors Dante Apostol and Conde Baluran abstained from voting.
The primary oppositors of the resolution are councilors Teresita Mata-Marañon and Pete Laviña, Pilar Braga and Susan Reta.
“The LDPC has a beautiful title but its reproductive flavour make sit objectionable as it involves contraceptives; the policy is destructive and reduces the meaning of sexual act which can lead to sexual promiscuity, abortion and teenage pregnancy,” Mata-Marañon said.
Councilor Pilar Braga said she voted NO “because of my deep Catholic faith.” Laviña said it is a Trojan horse because the reproductive law has failed to be approved in Congress and now they are using the local legislatives to have it approved.
Librado-Trinidad denied all the allegations of the religious groups and even of Archbishop Capalla saying a closer look at the resolution will show that it promotes the role of parenting and the family in moulding the character of the children and it does not promote pre-marital sex.
Majority of the Davao City women councilors see the Davao City Local Development Plan for Children as beneficial to women and children and to the family as a whole during last Tuesday's session.
This was evident when five of the eight women councilors in the city voted YES to the resolution which was being pushed by councilor Angela Librado despite the opposition of religious groups headed by Archbishop Fernando Capalla. A total of 18 councilors approved the resolution while 2 abstained and four voted yes.
“I voted yes because I believe nothing in the LDPC is against the law, morals and public policy,” councilor Rachel Zozobrado said yesterday. As a public servant, she said, “I have to think of the common good and the adoption of the LDPC will be beneficial to our children and the people of Davao in general.’
Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta asked for the deferment of the approval of the resolution saying it would be best to see the final draft including the amendments first before it is put to a vote. “Anyway the deferment will not change the minds of those who have already decided to vote for or against the resolution,” she said.
But when the councilors decided to put the resolution to a vote, Acosta voted yes. The other female councillors who voted yes for the LDPC are councilors Myrna Dalodo-Ortiz, Sudagar, Zozobrado and Librado-Trinidad. Councilors Dante Apostol and Conde Baluran abstained from voting.
The primary oppositors of the resolution are councilors Teresita Mata-Marañon and Pete Laviña, Pilar Braga and Susan Reta.
“The LDPC has a beautiful title but its reproductive flavour make sit objectionable as it involves contraceptives; the policy is destructive and reduces the meaning of sexual act which can lead to sexual promiscuity, abortion and teenage pregnancy,” Mata-Marañon said.
Councilor Pilar Braga said she voted NO “because of my deep Catholic faith.” Laviña said it is a Trojan horse because the reproductive law has failed to be approved in Congress and now they are using the local legislatives to have it approved.
Librado-Trinidad denied all the allegations of the religious groups and even of Archbishop Capalla saying a closer look at the resolution will show that it promotes the role of parenting and the family in moulding the character of the children and it does not promote pre-marital sex.
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