CDNTopStories: Activists and human rights lawyers during the Martial Law regime have joined among the voices condemning the denial of the renewal of the franchise of the Kapamilya network. Read more: CDNDigital
Retired Judge Meinrado Paredes and veteran Lawyer Democrito Barcenas echoed that it was “merciless and insensitive” for the House of Representative to turn down the franchise application, effectively closing the network, when the jobs of its employees were also at stake.
“Katong gihimo sa mga congressmen, oppressive to siya. Ang ilang gibuhat is a serious blow to press freedom. Daghan ang nawad-an og trabaho, mga way kaluoy,” Paredes told CDN Digital. The voting came after 12 hearings held by the House committee where resource persons from different concerned government agencies and from ABS-CBN answered the alleged violations of the network.“The decision of the house shows that they are insensitive to the plight of the more than 11,000 employees and laborers of ABS-CBN.
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