Shutting down SMNI

THE House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill revoking the legislative franchise of Sonshine Media Network International , the broadcasting arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church led by televangelist Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who calls himself the 'adopted son of God' and has broken ties with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., whom he had supported openly in the last elections.

bill, and it now goes up to the Senate for bicameral action. If it passes the Senate, then and its supporters all over Mindanao have denounced this as a brutal suppression of press freedom, and this has fueled widespread protest, including a 'Marcos resign campaign' in Mindanao and beyond.I was talking to former presidential legal counsel Salvador 'Sal' Panelo at the wake of a departed friend, and he said that the proposed revocation of the

would remain bound by the canons of responsible broadcasting, not necessarily according to the standards of BBC or American television, but at least as practiced by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters sa Pilipinas, when it embarked on 'self-regulation' as an alternative to government-imposed rules and regulations.

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