MANILA, Philippines— Senate leaders on Thursday shared Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano’s belief that Congress has enough time to tackle and possibly approve the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN. In fact, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III indicated Thursday that proposals to renew the franchise of the giant network for another 25 years may pass the upper chamber once transmitted by the House of Representatives. I support its renewal,” Recto said in another text message. Overall, ABS-CBN deserves a renewal of its franchise,” Recto went on. Besides, Recto believes that ABS-CBN has “learned their mistake.”ADVERTISEMENTPresident Rodrigo Duterte repeated last Tuesday his threat to block the franchise of ABS-CBN, accusing it of being biased after it allegedly failed to air his advertisements during the 2016 elections.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 05, 2019 06:33 UTC