{"id":255376,"date":"2020-05-19T20:47:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T00:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=255376"},"modified":"2020-05-19T20:47:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T00:47:24","slug":"palace-distances-from-scs-handling-of-abs-cbn-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/19\/palace-distances-from-scs-handling-of-abs-cbn-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace distances from SC\u2019s handling of ABS-CBN case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, overseeing the ELJCC and the Millennium Transmitter. (Photo by User:Hollyckuhno, CC BY 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday declined to issue any comment on the way the Supreme Court\u2019s (SC) is handling the issue concerning the expired 25-year legislative franchise of broadcast firm ABS-CBN Corp.<\/p>\n

In a virtual presser aired on state-run PTV-4, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Palace would defer to SC\u2019s judgment on the issues hounding ABS-CBN\u2019s franchise that expired on May 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng alam ko, wala pang desisyon ang<\/em>\u00a0Supreme Court and we should not read anything into that fact.\u00a0Hinahayaan na po natin ang<\/em>\u00a0korte\u00a0na mag-desisyon diyan<\/em>\u00a0(We will let the high court make a decision),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Despite ABS-CBN\u2019s urgent plea to stop the implementation of the National Telecommunications Commission\u2019s (NTC) cease and desist order, SC on Tuesday required the commission to comment on the network\u2019s petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the closure order.<\/p>\n

Roque said SC might not be convinced that there is a need to issue TRO against NTC\u2019s order.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi ko po alam kun<\/em>g (I don\u2019t know) how to react to that,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cKung wala pong<\/em>\u00a0TRO,\u00a0ibig sabihin, hindi po siguro<\/em>\u00a0convinced\u00a0ang Korte Suprema na hindi kinakailangan ng\u00a0<\/em>TRO (If there is no TRO, Supreme Court is perhaps not convinced that there is a need for TRO).\u201d<\/p>\n

The television and radio broadcast stations of ABS-CBN went off the air on May 5 after the NTC issued a cease and desist order against the local media giant after its 25-year legislative franchise ended.<\/p>\n

NTC\u2019s cease and desist order issued on May 5 states that ABS-CBN needs to halt its broadcast operations nationwide following the expiration of the media network\u2019s franchise.<\/p>\n

ABS-CBN on May 7 asked SC to nullify and set aside the NTC\u2019s cease and desist order, claiming that the commission \u201cgravely abused its discretion\u201d when it made the ruling.<\/p>\n

It also claimed that NTC\u2019s latest move \u201cviolates the right of the public to information and curtail freedom of speech, as well as cause serious and irreparable damage on ABS-CBN and thousands of its employees if its implementation is not halted.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABS-CBN failed to secure a fresh 25-year legislative franchise from Congress before May 4, 2020.<\/p>\n

However, lawmakers have assured ABS-CBN that they will act on the pending bills seeking the network\u2019s franchise renewal.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang also said earlier that President Rodrigo Duterte will not veto the franchise bill once it reaches his table and if there is no constitutional infirmity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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