ANGARA AMENDMENT Senator Angara. The new section will read something like this, Mr. President: MINORS, WHETHER MALE OR FEMALE, WHO FOR MONEY, PROFIT, OR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION OR INFLUENCE OF ANY ADULT, SYNDICATE OR GROUP INDULGE IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, et cetera. Senator Lina. It is accepted, Mr. President. The President Pro Tempore. Is there any objection? [Silence] Hearing none, the amendment is approved. How about the title, "Child Prostitution", shall we change that too? Senator Angara. Yes, Mr. President, to cover the expanded scope. The President Pro Tempore. Is that not what we would call probable 'child abuse'? Senator Angara. Yes, Mr. President. The President Pro Tempore. Subject to rewording. Is there any objection? [Silence] Hearing none, the amendment is approved x x x.[5] (Boldfacing and underscoring supplied) Based on the foregoing, it is clear that this provision was crafted to cover a situation where sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct is performed with a child who is being abused or misused for sexual purposes. The phrase "or any other consideration or due to the coercion or influence of any adult, syndicate or group" was added to merely cover situations where a child is abused or misused for sexual purposes without any monetary gain or profit. This was significant because profit or monetary gain is essential in prostitution. Thus, the lawmakers intended that in case all the other elements of prostitution are present, but the monetary gain or profit is missing, the sexually abused and misused child would still be afforded the same protection of the law as if he or she were in the same situation as a child exploited in prostitution. Accordingly, "coercion or influence," on its own, does not make the child subjected to "other sexual abuse." The "coercion or influence" must have been used to abuse or misuse the child for sexual purposes, and again, this must have been the circumstance of the child when the act complained of - the lascivious conduct of the accused - was performed against the child. The "coercion or influence" should refer to the circumstance of the child and not to the lascivious conduct complained of. Moreover, if as the majority opinion states, "force or intimidation" is subsumed

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