ABS-CBN chair emeritus Gabby Lopez asked to recite Panatang Makabayan in ABSCBNfranchise hearing
MANILA--Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III was asked to recite the Philippine "Patriotic Oath" as congressmen continued to pounce Monday on his dual citizenship, alleging that that it raised a conflict of interest when he chaired shuttered media network ABS-CBN.
Lopez told the joint committee hearing on ABS-CBN's application for a new broadcast franchise that his dual citizenship was "merely a technical issue." Marcoleta, who's leading the charge in the House to deny ABS-CBN a new franchise, said Lopez was still covered by the foreign ownership restriction in mass media owing to his American citizenship.
The National Telecommunications Commissions shut down the network last May 5, the day after its operating franchise expired despite pending applications in Congress since 2014. He said he was forced to stay in the US because of martial law, and completed his college and postgraduate degrees there.
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