The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, in a statement on Sunday, May 3, condemned Solicitor General Jose Calida's warning to the NTC regarding ABS-CBN's franchise. ABSCBNFranchise
"It would do no good to the Filipino people if the country’s biggest media corporation, one that is relied upon by a great number of the people during this pandemic for news, entertainment, and relief delivery, if it ceases operations tomorrow," NUJP's statement read.
NUJP pointed out that both the House of Representatives and the Department of Justice were already in favor of letting the NTC give ABS-CBN leeway. "The House of Representatives earlier told the NTC to give ABS-CBN a provisional authority that it already says will finally be given due course when its sessions resume. The Department of Justice has already opined that such provisional authority would be a just measure under the circumstances."against the franchises of ABS-CBN Corporation and ABS-CBN Convergence before the Supreme Court on February 10. He argued they were"unlawfully exercising their legislative franchises.
Press freedom advocates and media groups have said that Calida's moves against ABS-CBN were part of the administration's continuing efforts to silence critics and journalists. NUJP said:"We ask, who really speaks for this government? Is the government so blinded by its Chief Executive’s hatred of an entity that it dares to flaunt our nation’s collective sense of fair play, due process, and common good when the entire country grapples with a problem infinitely more pressing and dangerous? Shame!"
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