The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday (June 2) dismissed the petition of lawyer Lorenzo G. Gadon who pleaded the High Court to stop the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from issuing ABS-CBN Corporation a provisional authority (PA) to operate.
This view shows the ABS-CBN network headquarters in Quezon City in the Metro Manila area on May 5, 2020.
ABS-CBN’s 25-year franchise expired last May 4. The following day, the NTC issued a cease and desist order that stopped the television firm’s operation. The SC, however, did not issue a TRO. It required the NTC to comment on the petition and ordered that both Houses of Congress be impleaded in the petition. Both Houses of Congress were also required to file their comments.
He said he was constrained to file his petition “to preserve the independence of the three branches of government, which is zealously guarded in a democratic system of government.”
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