{"id":257733,"date":"2020-06-11T01:42:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T05:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=257733"},"modified":"2020-06-11T01:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T05:42:04","slug":"sc-sets-next-hearing-on-abs-cbn-plea-on-july-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/11\/sc-sets-next-hearing-on-abs-cbn-plea-on-july-13\/","title":{"rendered":"SC sets next hearing on ABS-CBN plea on July 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Solicitor General Jose Calida filed on Monday before the Supreme Court (SC) a quo warranto petition seeking the forfeiture of the legislative franchises of ABS-CBN Corp. and its subsidiary, ABS-CBN Convergence Inc.\u00a0(File photo<\/a>: Paul Papadimitriou\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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MANILA \u2013 The Supreme Court (SC) has set the next hearing on the petition filed by media network ABS-CBN seeking to void the cease and desist order which stopped its broadcast operations on July 13, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta said Thursday.<\/p>\n

“It will be deliberated on July 13 because we waited for the comments of the House of Representatives, the lower and upper house and I think we only received the comments last Monday. I don’t know if the resolution will already be ready by then,” Peralta said in an online press conference.<\/p>\n

Aside from the two houses of Congress, the high court earlier required the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) last month to file a comment on the petition filed by the broadcast firm.<\/p>\n

It also directed the NTC to file a reply within a non-extendible period of five days from personal notice of the comments of the Senate and the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

Solicitor General Jose Calida, who earlier filed a suit questioning the franchise granted to the broadcast firm, had welcomed the initiative in Congress in beginning the process of tackling whether or not a legislative franchise would be granted to ABS-CBN.<\/p>\n

Calida said the move is consistent with the position of his office that a franchise is required to operate radio and television stations in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Congress has the exclusive and plenary power to grant a franchise, which must be specified in the form of a statute.<\/p>\n

In a letter dated April 30, Calida advised the NTC that a provisional authority cannot be issued in the absence of a law mandating a legislative franchise.<\/p>\n

Calida added that he agrees with House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano’s position “that ABS-CBN’s alleged violations must be investigated”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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