A total of 14 lawmakers called on Cayetano to let Congress tackle the pending bills for the renewal of the franchise of ABS-CBN. | melvingasconINQ
In their letter, the bills’ authors and coauthors said that while they share the disgust of most House members over the “trickery” of the NTC, and the supposed meddling by the Office of the Solicitor General that led the network to stop its broadcasts, the burden to resolve the controversy lay primarily on Congress.“We understand that there are important measures that the House leadership has to attend to in this extraordinary time.
The 14 members of Congress wrote to Cayetano days after the NTC ordered ABS-CBN to stop broadcasts over an expired franchise, despite bills seeking its renewal have been filed since the 18th Congress opened on June 30 last year.
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