To strengthen Filipinos’ family ties and sense of filial responsibility, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson has filed a proposed “Parents Welfare Act of 2025,” ensuring that elderly parents are not abandoned by their children in their time of need.
Lacson’s Senate Bill 396, which he had also filed in previous Congresses, seeks to penalize those who fail to provide the necessary support to their aging, sick and incapacitated parents.
“We, Filipinos, are well-known for our close family ties. Because of this, it is not surprising that we have the usual inclination to care for our elderly. However, even with this close family ties, there are cases of elderly, sick, and incapacitated parents who were abandoned by their own children. Nowadays, the sights of abandoned elderly in our streets become typical. Children fail to provide the necessary support to their aging, sick and incapacitated parents. This happens despite our moral and natural obligation to maintain our parents who are in need of support,” he said.
“This proposed bill therefore seeks to further strengthen filial responsibility and to make it a criminal offense in case of flagrant violation thereof. Abandonment of a parent in need of support shall likewise constitute a criminal act,” he added.
In Filipino: Ping Lacson, Naghain ng ‘Parents Welfare Act’ Bill para Pagtibayin ang Pamilya
