After catching them in bed: Chavit faces raps for beating wife, lover

Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza agreed with Kapunan that Singson must be held liable for beating up his common-law wife.

“By Singson’s own admission that he did beat his live-in partner and said that she was even lucky because she was alive shows that he may be liable under the Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Law,” she said.

Maza, co-author of RA 9262, said any form of violence against women must be condemned, much more if committed by a public official like Singson.

“In a macho society, women are treated as objects and possessions of men, that is why a law such as Anti-VAWC is in place to protect women from violence and abuse that emanates from this view,” she said.