VERY IMPORTANT: Republic Act No. 9262

[sngbm87]

This law actually isn't needed. Philippines has laws that cover the same acts and have penalities/fines/jail time. Problem is they are NOT ENFORCED....This law seems to be enforced heavily and favorite but gets abused quite often by some women.

You should still have classification of crimes as Misdemeanor A B C E F G...etc and Degree of Assault or Threat or whatever. Some crimes or reporting don't fit Provincial Level and are more handled at Municipal. This law will eventually clog the system with unnecessary exaggerated cases and many that are Non-Violent Reported Potential Offenses.

Also women can report or file cases 6 months after or 60 years after. The Law here has a 6 month RULE but this 9262 negates that...Only for WOMEN.

It should apply for men also or both should be under the 6 month policy.

Laws should be fair and equal for both parties.

Also the punishment doesn't make sense in this law...


1 month for assault?

6 months for threat?

shouldn't it be the other way around??

[sngbm87]

wat about the battered husband? is there a law or rights for that?

No but it's not necessary. Just as there is NO NEED for a RA 9262. You already have laws covering all this stuff but the problem again is it's NOT ENFORCED. So they just slapped together this law to blanket everything...make the legal system easier for victims to file cases and prosecute and punish criminals. But it gives an unfair advantage. regardless if they are criminals or not and found innocent...it's still unfair.

Plus this law has a LESSER PUNISHMENT for assaulting women than the standard battery and assault laws in the Philippines.

1 Month in Jail for Assault?

6 Months in Jail for Threat?

huh?

it should be the other way around.

better off filing an assault charge on the higher degree cause you can nail more jail time.

[brian joshua]

dugay na pd ni nga balaod

[sngbm87]

Just like the Juvenile Act .... circumvented, violated and abused.
Kids are now used as the frontliners of certain crimes coz they can get away with it.
Very difficult to prove those kids acted with "discernment".
How can you prove what's in their mind?

In cases involving domestic violence where more often happens in the boundary of the couple's bedroom or apartment where no possible eyewitness or third party is available to corraborate the wife or the husband's statements .... it become a matter of His-Her Word against each other.

Worst, more often than not the court favors the women.
The Title itself of RA 9262 is already biased so to speak, as if there never been cases of a battered, abused and emotionally tortured husband.

good point made. RA 9262s have been dismissed in attorney's office and court because the situation or incident doesn't really fit a crime or it's so small or minor it would be better filed under a different violation and lower court.

In reality both men and women can act violent. In some rare cases the women can be more violent and even commit murder. Women are in police and special forces so they have the ability to kill. Anyone that argues that women are sweet innocent and nice and can't put up a fight or fly off the handle violently...is mistaken.

Women compete in olympic boxing, taekwondo, muay thai, Brazilian Jujitsu, Greco Roman Wrestling, Knife Combat, Special Forces, Snipers, Police, Jail Officers etc....

Women are just as capable equally as men and sometimes in rare cases even stronger physically.

Rare you'll come across one but they exist..

Juvenile Act also is a mess.

[sngbm87]

I am also wondering if the court would also give considerations to battered husbands because for sure there are husbands out there who are physically and EMOTIONALLY battered by their wives. I hope that the government would somehow find ways to effectively sort out these kinds of situations but then again, it would really be a complicated one since witnesses could seldom be present in actual situations.

No need for a RA 9262. Philippines has laws covering all this stuff but the issue they are NOT ENFORCED very often or taken seriously. Police are not much help in situations and BPOs don't do much. Women can get an assault or battery charge filed against them by their husbands. not a VAWC type law but still does the job.

Just make sure it's within 6 months of the incident. Women have an Unlimited eternal window to file anything and everything now that they choose. Under one law.

[sngbm87]

Also why is adultery or infidelity a crime punishable with YEARS of Jail? The child still has a mother and father regardless how messed up the situation. It's a civil matter not a criminal one and also non-violent. Throw the dad in jail and you might as well take away the financial support produced by the guy too who can't work now.

Unfaithfulness doesn't mean they are bad parents and bad providers.

[MsPineOrange]

Naa ko kaila nga gi-gamit n'ng balaod para paminawos sa iyang bana kay wala gipa-sulod sa bana sa balay ang asawa kay nasakpan nga ni-adto sa balay sa ka-uyab uyab sa babae. Ni adto ang babae sa barangay unya ni-sumbong nga gipa-sakitan daw siya sa iyang bana (bisan wala nahitabo kay didto man ko sa gawas sa among balay (compound man mi nag puyo) pag abot sa asawa). Gi pick-up ang bana sa ilang panimalay unya gi-dala sa barangay hall para i-husay. Unya didto, ang kugtong nga clerk sa barangay isog pa kaayo bisag wala kahibalo sa nahitabo. Pa ingon ingon pa nga, "kanang mga tao nga maayo manapat og babae, maayo raba ko mo-salvage ana."

Ang ka-paet ato kay wala gyud gani paminawa ang lalaki, gi-derecho og issue og Barangay Protection Order unya gipa-layas sa iyahang kaugalingon nga balay. Matod sa balaod, 14 ka adlaw man daw na'ng BPO. So mao to, 14 ka adlaw wala naka uli ang lalaki sa ilang panimalay. Ug ang paet ato, sa 14 ka adlaw nagpanghimulos pud ang asawa kay didto gipa katulog usahay ang iyang uyab uyab.

Unya karon, gipasakahan niya og kaso nga VAWC ang bana para ma-priso. Gi-dakop intawon ang walay malay nga bana sa iyang trabaho-an. Pwerte kuno niya'ng uwawa ato. Maayo gani kay gi piyansahan siya sa iyang mga igsoon para dili mo-dugay sa prisohan. Hangtod karon sige pa og hearing ilang kaso. Bisag walay ebidensya ang babae, sige gihapon siya file lain lain VAWC kaso para lang mapa preso niya ang lalaki.

Maayo ni ang balaod sa mga tinuod nga biktima. Pero katong mga asawa nga naay lain nga plano, pwede nila i-abuso ang balaod.

makalagot lagi ang babae ai abusado kaayo! X(

[jun003]

ma ayo noon kay duna tay leksyon makuha....................................

[marj_579]

taasa ani lipong man ko binasa...pero importante kaau nga makahibalo ta ani...nice 1...up....up...up

[itrabaho]

this law is a class law in favor of women in their children.. i break through for abused women everywhere! now all we need is divorce..