Duterte accepts ABS-CBN apology, but Congress to decide
ABS-CBN RENEWAL FRANCHISING It's illegal for ABS-CBN to continue to operate until 2022 under its current franchise, contrary to what lawmakers like Isabela Representative and legislative franchise committee vice chairman Tonypet Albano and House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano have said. However, it's unclear if this is valid under the law or not. Lawyer and former Supreme Court spokesman Ted Te said that the rules of Congress don't provide for this situations like this, wherein a franchise can continue if a bill that has been filed for its renewal wasn't granted immediately. "I'm not too sure if there's a specific rule governing that or just merely tradition," he said. In a separate interview, Jun Rodriguez, lecturer on Contemporary Issues in Media Law at Ateneo’s Masters in Journalism program, was certain that the network giant...
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