{"id":245922,"date":"2020-02-23T00:38:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T05:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=245922"},"modified":"2020-02-23T00:38:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T05:38:30","slug":"duterte-wont-monitor-senate-hearing-on-abs-cbn-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/23\/duterte-wont-monitor-senate-hearing-on-abs-cbn-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte won’t monitor Senate hearing on ABS-CBN franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Legazpi City Convention Center on December 5, 2019. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has not shown any interest in monitoring the Senate\u2019s hearing on the renewal of 25-year congressional franchise and supposed violations of embattled broadcast firm ABS-CBN Corp., Malaca\u00f1ang said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte is too busy to find time to listen to the Senate\u2019s deliberations on the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi interesado doon si Presidente. Madaming trabaho si Presidente<\/em>. Too many work (The President is not interested in it. The President has too many tasks to attend to. He has too many work),\u201d Panelo said in an interview with dzIQ.<\/p>\n

The Senate public services committee is scheduled to hold its first hearing on ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Senate hearing will be conducted ahead of the House of Representatives\u2019 deliberations on at least 11 pending bills that seek to extend ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise for another 25 years.<\/p>\n

Panelo reiterated that the Palace will not interfere in the legislative functions of Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng Palasyo, hindi nakikialam sa bawat galaw ng Kongreso, Senado, at ibang mga represante.<\/em>\u00a0Wala kami doon (The Palace does not interfere in every action of Congress, the Senate, and other representatives. We do not interfere). It\u2019s their turf. We will not intrude into them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Senate public services committee chairperson Grace Poe earlier told ABS-CBN that Solicitor General (SolGen) Jose Calida, who is seeking the nullification of ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise, has been asked to attend the hearing.<\/p>\n

Poe said Calida\u2019s participation will be \u201ccrucial,\u201d considering the alleged violations he mentioned in a quo warranto petition he earlier lodged against ABS-CBN before the Supreme Court (SC).<\/p>\n

Panelo said the Palace would let Calida act on his own with regard to the latter\u2019s bid to cease the broadcast operations of ABS-CBN.<\/p>\n

He also maintained that the executive branch is ready to heed SC\u2019s possible ruling on ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi ba sinabi na namin ang posisyon namin diyan. Trabaho ng<\/em>\u00a0SolGen\u00a0iyan. Hayaan mo siya. Gawin niya ang trabaho niya. Kung ano ang sabihin ng Korte Supreme, eh di susunod tayo<\/em>\u00a0(We already made a position. It\u2019s the SolGen\u2019s job. Let him be. Let him do his job. We will also follow the Supreme Court\u2019s possible decision),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ABS-CBN\u2019s legislative franchise expires on March 30, unless Congress and Duterte grant a fresh 25-year extension.<\/p>\n

Last week, Calida asked SC to revoke ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise due to its supposed violation of the 1987 Constitution when it allowed foreign ownership of the Philippine media entity.<\/p>\n

Section 11(1), Article 16 of the 1987 Constitution states that only Filipino citizens of Philippine organizations are allowed to participate in the ownership and management of Philippine mass media.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Calida also called on SC to stop parties from issuing statements on the pending quo warranto suit against ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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