“It is utterly pretentious for Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano to say that the passage of the franchise renewal will now be prioritized in order to ‘fix the mess’ which others made,' | NAMercadoINQ
“It is utterly pretentious for Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano to say that the passage of the franchise renewal will now be prioritized in order to ‘fix the mess’ which others made… Cayetano must not wash his hands and absolve himself of blame at the expense of others,” said Lagman in a statement.
“Moreover, Cayetano cited his own personal grievances against ABS-CBN to justify his temporizing on the consideration of the 12 pending bills for renewal,” Lagman said. Despite this, Lagman said that the leadership of the lower chamber can still redeem itself by fast-tracking the approval of ABS-CBN’s franchise.“The leadership of the House of Representatives can redeem itself of its culpability in the ABS-CBN franchise fiasco by immediately fast-tracking the renewal of the giant network’s franchise,” Lagman said.
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