Sotto, Drilon dismiss Gadon request to inhibit from ABS-CBN franchise hearings

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Sotto shrugged off the call of lawyer Larry Gadon who asked several senators, including him, to inhibit from the deliberations and voting on bills regarding the renewal of broadcast giant ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise. | CMRamosINQ

In a separate message, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Gadon’s request had “bsolutely no basis.”

“We are a political body. Inhibition is a personal decision of each senator. No one can impose it, not even the ,” Drilon said. “We can only be disciplined, if there are ethical issues involved in our participation in the ABS-CBN franchise, by the Senate, and no one else. We are answerable only to the Senate and the people” he added.is scheduled to open its hearings on Tuesday, May 19, on Senate Bill 981, which seeks to renew the franchise of ABS-CBN for another 25 years and Senate Bill 1521, which seeks to grant a temporary franchise to the network valid until the end of June 2022.

was forced off the air on May 5 after the NTC issued a cease-and-desist order directing the network to shut down its TV and radio broadcasting operations nationwide.This, despite the NTC’s earlier assurance that it would grant provisional authority to ABS-CBN as Congress deliberates on the network’s pending franchise renewal.

 

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CMRamosINQ Bakit, pipirma ba siya? Ke may gagon o wala, hawak siya ni duterte

CMRamosINQ Hah as expected. So much for delicadeza. This senate and congress is only for the service of the oligarch. Good luck to you common Filipino😐

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