Opposition senator and Liberal party
President Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has a different take on all that is
happening to ABS-CBN.
The filing of the government lawyer
SolGen Calida of a quo warranto petition seeking the revocation of the legislative
franchise of media giant ABS-CBN is a direct path towards authoritarianism.
“Stacking the government with his
supporters, cracking down on the opposition, and silencing the media using all
resources at his disposal are indications of the country’s slide into
authoritarianism,” Pangilinan said
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| Opposition senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan (photo credit to owner) |
The opposition senator took note of
the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos when he placed the whole country under
Martial Law in 1972, where critics of the government were detained and ABS-CBN
was also shut down.
“Together with the Filipino people, the Liberal Party of
the Philippines has been here before. In 1972, when the ousted dictator imposed
martial law, he also arrested his critics and shut down major media outfits
like ABS-CBN,” Pangilinan said.
With this, Pangilinan asked the
public to “come together and resist authoritarianism in all its forms.”
“A nation cannot be governed by way
of threats, insults, intimidation, and violence,” he said.
Aside from the quo warranto proceeding filed in the Supreme Court, the 11 bills calling for the renewal of the ABS-CBN legislative franchise is still pending in the House of Representatives.
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