{"id":153790,"date":"2018-02-22T00:25:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T05:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=153790"},"modified":"2018-02-22T00:25:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T05:25:20","slug":"rappler-should-settle-sec-case-before-covering-malacanang-medialdea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/22\/rappler-should-settle-sec-case-before-covering-malacanang-medialdea\/","title":{"rendered":"Rappler should settle SEC case before covering Malaca\u00f1ang: Medialdea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Medialdea made this remark after Rappler reporter Pia Ranada, who covers Malaca\u00f1ang, was briefly barred from entering Malaca\u00f1ang\u2019s New Executive Building (NEB) where press briefings are regularly held. (PCOO photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Online news site Rappler should settle its case at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) first before its reporters are allowed to cover Malaca\u00f1ang, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Medialdea made this remark after Rappler reporter Pia Ranada, who covers Malaca\u00f1ang, was briefly barred from entering Malaca\u00f1ang\u2019s New Executive Building (NEB) where press briefings are regularly held.<\/p>\n

This incident comes a day after Rappler on Monday released a statement in response to the accusation of Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go that it was peddling fake news.<\/p>\n

Rappler earlier released a report on Go\u2019s alleged intervention on the PHP18-billion Frigate Acquisition Project (FAP) of the Philippine Navy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAyusin muna nila ang kanilang<\/em>\u00a0(They should fix their) personality as a corporation local corporation otherwise they cannot (cover),\u201d Medialdea told reporters in an interview.<\/p>\n

Medialdea was referring to the SEC decision to close Rappler claiming it violated the Constitution\u2019s restriction on foreign ownership of local media.<\/p>\n

\u201cYun ang<\/em>\u00a0gist\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0decision\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0SEC\u00a0eh<\/em>.\u00a0Ang<\/em>\u00a0accreditation\u00a0ni<\/em>\u00a0Pia is because of the accreditation\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0SEC (That\u2019s the gist of the SEC decision. The accreditation of Pia is because of the accreditation of the SEC),\u201d he added<\/p>\n

Medialdea said that because the SEC decided to revoke Rappler\u2019s license, it also meant that Ranada has immediately lost her accreditation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was already an SEC decision revoking their license. Ang accreditation ni Pia (Pia\u2019s accreditation) is from that particular accreditation\u00a0so nawala rin ang kanyang<\/em>\u00a0(so she also lost her) accreditation in effect,\u201d Medialdea said.<\/p>\n

Asked if it was President Rodrigo R. Duterte who ordered Presidential Security Guards (PSG) to bar Ranada from entering the Palace, Medialdea said the President was merely following the SEC decision.<\/p>\n

Miscommunication?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite Medialdea\u2019s statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque earlier said that Rappler is free to cover Malaca\u00f1ang pending its appeal to stop the implementation of the SEC decision to shut them down.<\/p>\n

Roque pointed out that the verbal statement came from Medialdea himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Executive Secretary (Medialdea) just issued a verbal statement that pending appeal, you will be able to cover here in Malaca\u00f1ang,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra earlier said that there might have been a little \u201cmiscommunication\u201d between Medialdea and Roque.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere might have been a little miscommunication. the ES’ position as relayed to (Spokesperson) Harry is this: unless the CA issues a TRO against the SEC ruling (which voided Rappler’s registration), Rappler’s accreditation with the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps has accordingly ceased,\u201d Guevarra said.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsequently, you may not cover media events at the Palace as an individual journalist unless you get accredited in some other capacity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Obstruction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rappler, in a statement on its site, slammed Malaca\u00f1ang for briefly barring its reporter arguing that its accreditation to cover Malaca\u00f1ang cannot be cancelled on the basis of the SEC ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo less than the SEC itself has said its decision to revoke our registration is not final and executory,\u201d Rappler said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe case has been elevated to the Court of Appeals and is awaiting final decision. The executive branch must respect the judicial process and await the court’s decision,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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