The House of Representatives recalled its second reading approval of a bill granting television network ABS-CBN Corporation a provisional franchise until October 31, 2020. |Read:
THE House of Representatives on Monday, May 13, recalled its second reading approval of a bill granting television network ABS-CBN Corporation a provisional franchise to construct, install, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations until October 31, 2020.
HB 6732 was filed on May 13 and approved on first and second readings on the same day. It was not certified as urgent by President Rodrigo Duterte. “There is need to remove any cloud of doubt on the constitutionality of the passage of House Bill 6732 to foreclose any reason for a presidential veto,” Lagman said.
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