READ: Lawmakers from the House's Makabayan bloc request that the TWG report and adopted committee resolution denying ABS-CBN's franchise be submitted to the plenary, saying that the decision "requires the approval or the entire House of Representatives." “In fact, those who voted to approve the Committee Report in the form of a Technical Working Group report cannot cite a Rule that prohibits the Plenary from taking cognisance of the Committee decision,” they added. “Even if the TWG report is the most unsure and insecure document ever approved by a Committee, the fact is it was approved by many Committee members. If the SWS survey is to be followed, a total of 76% of the people want to grant ABS-CBN its franchise,” the lawmakers said. An overwhelming 70 lawmakers in the House of Representatives’ legislative franchises committee earlier voted against granting ABS-CBN a franchise, with only 11 lawmakers voting for the granting of the franchise.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 22, 2020 05:37 UTC