There are six bills on the franchise renewal of broadcast giant ABS-CBN that are being served at the lower house and among the billmakers are Deputy Speaker Vilma Santos-Recto of Batangas and Rose Marie Arenas of Pangasinan.
Under Republic Act No. 3846, owners of television and radio stations in the country are required to take a franchise to Congress before they can legally operate. Such franchises need to be renewed after 25 years being the life of a franchise.
Congressman Franz Alvarez of Palawan is chairman of the House committee on franchises and has taken no action to discuss the six bills for ABS-CBN franchise renewal.
The House committee on franchises has nothing to do with the dispute between ABS-CBN and President Rodrigo Duterte in which the president complained about the failure of the P3 million TV station paid by his campaign team in 2016 for political ads not is being broadcast by ABS-CBN.
Duterte campaign ads are a response to Senator Antonio Trillanes' accusations that ABS-CBN is echoing but not responding to Team Duterte despite paying for air time not returned by the TV station.
President Duterte has repeatedly criticized ABS-CBN in his speeches and has seen congressional hearings "marching orders" not to discuss pending bills regarding the renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise.
On March 30, 2020 the ABS-CBN franchise expires and this means that without the bill being passed the franchise chamber will not be able to operate the TV station beyond that date.
And once the ABS-CBN franchise bill passes through the chamber, the president can approved.
It would only matter if ABS-CBN gets a two-thirds vote in the chamber and Senate to override the presidential approval and TV station's franchise bill becomes law. But it is impossible to override the presidential approval because a majority of congressmen and senators support President Duterte and therefore his allies sit as Speaker and Senate President.
The Lopez family is in big trouble because they will lose a lot of money when ABS-CBN fails to operate.
Many employees and talent TV stations will also lose their jobs, including celebrities who regularly watch ABS-CBN such as Coco Martin, Vice Ganda and Anne Curtis.
And when that happens, it will only be in the movies of Star Cinema that the Filipino masses will be entertained while GMA 7 artists will be seen on public television.
Under Republic Act No. 3846, owners of television and radio stations in the country are required to take a franchise to Congress before they can legally operate. Such franchises need to be renewed after 25 years being the life of a franchise.
Congressman Franz Alvarez of Palawan is chairman of the House committee on franchises and has taken no action to discuss the six bills for ABS-CBN franchise renewal.
The House committee on franchises has nothing to do with the dispute between ABS-CBN and President Rodrigo Duterte in which the president complained about the failure of the P3 million TV station paid by his campaign team in 2016 for political ads not is being broadcast by ABS-CBN.
Duterte campaign ads are a response to Senator Antonio Trillanes' accusations that ABS-CBN is echoing but not responding to Team Duterte despite paying for air time not returned by the TV station.
President Duterte has repeatedly criticized ABS-CBN in his speeches and has seen congressional hearings "marching orders" not to discuss pending bills regarding the renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise.
On March 30, 2020 the ABS-CBN franchise expires and this means that without the bill being passed the franchise chamber will not be able to operate the TV station beyond that date.
And once the ABS-CBN franchise bill passes through the chamber, the president can approved.
It would only matter if ABS-CBN gets a two-thirds vote in the chamber and Senate to override the presidential approval and TV station's franchise bill becomes law. But it is impossible to override the presidential approval because a majority of congressmen and senators support President Duterte and therefore his allies sit as Speaker and Senate President.
The Lopez family is in big trouble because they will lose a lot of money when ABS-CBN fails to operate.
Many employees and talent TV stations will also lose their jobs, including celebrities who regularly watch ABS-CBN such as Coco Martin, Vice Ganda and Anne Curtis.
And when that happens, it will only be in the movies of Star Cinema that the Filipino masses will be entertained while GMA 7 artists will be seen on public television.
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