MANILA, Philippines — Officials of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Thursday admitted they should have alerted Congress of their “inability based on legal grounds” to issue a
In a letter addressed to Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Palawan 1st District Rep. Franz Alvarez, chair of the House committee on legislative franchises, the NTC officials said that “Constitution, the laws, and jurisprudence, provided insurmountable obstacles to the issuance of a PA, notwithstanding equitable considerations.”
To recall, Cordoba told members of the House in March that they will follow the advice of the Department of Justice , allowing ABS-CBN to operate beyond the lapse of its franchise on May 4 while its franchise renewal bid is pending in Congress.
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