A newspaper columnist lambasted the steps taken by some legislators to give ABS-CBN a franchise renewal. It will be recalled that Senate President Tito Sotto filed the bill to renew the ABS-CBN Franchise. Congresswoman Vilma Santos-Recto is also proposing the same bill in congress.
For Buhay Partylist Congressman Lito Atienza, instead of filing a new legislative franchise, it will be easier to just reverse the decision to dismiss the ABS-CBN franchise application.
“That’s one mode of doing it. In my opinion, there’s a shorter route and that is to file a motion for reconsideration, the matter is still on the table. It was laid on the table at the committee level so technically under our rules, pwede sabihin ng plenary ‘yung nakastandby d’yan na ABS-(CBN) bill. It appears on our agenda everyday, the ABS-(CBN) issue still on our agenda as an unfinished business… Yun ang (That is the) shorter route. Without filing a new bill we can take up what is on our agenda these past months and take it up fairly, allowing both sides to speak freely and make a decision on the plenary level,” according to Atienza.
According to Kapunan, the said legislators should be held accountable by law. “Any attempt to refile ABS-CBN’s application for franchise is an open defiance of the law. Recto, Sotto and Atienza should be cr!minally pr0secuted,” said Kapunan.
The journalist also likened the giving of franchise to ABS-CBN to giving a prize to a th!ef. “This senator is out of his mind. ABS-CBN not only had an expired franchise but vi0lated that privilege. One cannot re-grant franchise to a vi0lator but must pun!sh it, stup!d. It is tantamount to rewarding a th!ef,” explained Kapunan.
In a separate social media post, Kapunan even insulted Atienza. “Gag0 ito. Sayang ang ginagastus dito sa mag-diodios na ito,” slammed the columnist.
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