{"id":246017,"date":"2020-02-24T05:39:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T10:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=246017"},"modified":"2020-02-24T05:39:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T10:39:25","slug":"abs-cbn-should-have-apologized-a-long-time-ago-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/24\/abs-cbn-should-have-apologized-a-long-time-ago-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"ABS-CBN should have apologized a long time ago: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, overseeing the ELJCC and the Millennium Transmitter. (Photo by Hollyckuhno, CC BY 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said ABS-CBN should have apologized to President Rodrigo Duterte a long time ago for failing to air the former Davao City mayor\u2019s political ads during the 2016 campaign period.<\/p>\n

This was the comment made by Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo after ABS-CBN President and CEO Carlo Katigbak apologized during a Senate inquiry into issues regarding the network’s franchise which Solicitor General Jose Calida wants to revoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad finally ABS-CBN has admitted its shortcomings to the President.\u00a0Dapat noon pa nila ginawa<\/em>\u00a0(They should have done that a long time ago),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

Panelo scored ABS-CBN for admitting that they failed to air PHP7 million worth of Duterte’s political ads since they could no longer be accommodated.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlam niyo na may atraso kayo. May ginawa ba kayo? Yun nga yung tinatawag na<\/em>\u00a0hubris (You know you made a mistake. But did you do anything about it. That\u2019s what you call hubris),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He, however, said it would be up to the President to decide whether or not he would accept ABS-CBN\u2019s apology.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know.\u00a0Na kay Presidente \u2018yun<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s the President\u2019s call). It\u2019s personal to him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

‘Waste of time’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelo, also Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, described as \u201ca waste of time\u201d the Senate inquiry into whether or not the franchise of ABS-CBN Corp violated separation of powers among branches of government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey wasted two hours debating on something that they should have known already,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

He, however, said the Senate was not violating any laws in holding the inquiry since it is a separate branch of government.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that lawmakers should have resolved this debate much earlier.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he assured anew that the Palace will \u201cnot interfere\u201d with the franchise renewal of the media giant.<\/p>\n

During the Senate hearing on ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise, Katigbak explained that the network failed to accommodate his ads since slots for local ads were limited to just two minutes per hour.<\/p>\n

Katigbak said ABS-CBN refunded about PHP4 million to the President, but encountered a delay in returning the remaining PHP2.6 million.<\/p>\n

He said the President’s camp refused to accept the delayed refund.<\/p>\n

“On this issue, we acknowledge our shortcoming in our failure to release the refund in a timely manner,” Katigbak said.<\/p>\n

Duterte has repeatedly expressed displeasure over the ABS-CBN\u2019s failure to air his political ads as well as its alleged biased reporting.<\/p>\n

In 2019, he asked the owners to sell the network since its franchise expires on March 30, 2020 unless Congress grants a fresh 25-year extension.<\/p>\n

Recently, Calida asked the Supreme Court 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

He also called on the high court 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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