Temporary franchise best thing Congress can give ABS-CBN for now: solon ABSCBNfranchise
Watch also in iWant or TFC.tv MANILA - A lawmaker said Thursday that the best thing Congress could give ABS-CBN for now would be a temporary franchise after the network was forced off the air following the lapse of its license to operate.
"We end our session in 3 weeks time, June 3. Therefore the best thing we can do now, we can approve, is House Joint Resolution 30 that would grant a provisional franchise," he told ANC.ABS-CBN halted its broadcast operations Tuesday evening after the the National Telecommunications Commission went back on its word that it would give provisional authority to the network for continued operations.
"Now is the time for us to act. We cannot have any other agency--from the very beginning they have no authority at all. The executive has nothing to do with issuing franchises."
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