CALLS to revive the franchise of media network ABS-CBN will have to wait “until the next Congress” or in 2022, when the current administration ends, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said on Thursday. Velasco issued the statement three days after President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not allow the continued operations of the network even if Congress granted a new franchise, claiming that ABS-CBN had unpaid taxes.
Velasco said the House of Representatives will focus on priority legislation of the Duterte administration and measures against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
“With a little over a year until the 2022 elections, the House of Representatives is bent on finishing the remaining priority measures of this Administration to ensure that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte fulfills his campaign promise to the Filipino people,” he said.
“On top of these priority legislation, we would like to see the passage of Bayanihan 3, as well as other economic bills geared toward rebuilding the Philippine economy shattered by the devastating impact of the global pandemic and rebuilding the lives of every Filipino disrupted by the health crisis,” he added.
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