Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday said it is “inaccurate” to liken the rejection of ABS-CBN’s franchise bid to the “dismantling of oligarchy.” | CMRamosINQ
On the other hand, Speaker Alan Peterto the “privilege of one family in using a public resource to protect and promote their private interests.”
But for Senator Sonny Angara, the over 11,000 employees of the network would be at the losing end of the House panel’s decision not to give the company a new franchise. “Madami din ang pumuna na ibang-iba ang trato sa [ABS-CBN] kumpara sa ibang may hawak din ng prangkisa at ‘di naging patas ang laban,” he added.in the franchise applications of ABS-CBN and Mislatel consortium—now Dito Telecommunity Corp.
Reacting to Duterte’s recent remarks, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go believes the President was not “pertaining to any specific case but was talking about the impact of the administration’s continuing fight against corruption in his address to the military recently.”“That is why when oligarchs, terrorists, criminals and abusive or corrupt officials try to harm or take advantage of the people—in the eyes of the President, they are the enemies who threaten our democratic way of life,” he added.
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