John Nery posted: " Late post, in part because the second dose of the vaccine knocked me out for a good part of the working week last week. Published in all Inquirer platforms on July 13, 2021. The rejection a year ago of the franchise renewal application of the ABS-"
Late post, in part because the second dose of the vaccine knocked me out for a good part of the working week last week. Published in all Inquirer platforms on July 13, 2021.
The rejection a year ago of the franchise renewal application of the ABS-CBN network by the House of Representatives committee on legislative franchises was a political decision; it should have political consequences.
It was political in the barest, most basic sense: It was a display of power, made against the evidence provided by the very government agencies invited by the committee, against clear public opinion in favor of the network. At the end of the lengthy process, involving 12 hearings altogether, one of the three leaders of the anti-ABS-CBN inquisition, Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, summed up the entire proceeding with an unforgettable phrase. Notwithstanding the favorable testimony of the representatives of the various government agencies called to Congress, and the testimony of the network's own representatives, Marcoleta said, "it is the will of Congress that must be accorded respect."
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