The ABS-CBN Corporation
channel 2 goes off air.
This following the National
Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issuance of a Cease and Desist Order
against ABS-CBN after its legislative franchise expired on May 4.
Department of Justice
Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that the cease and desist order from the
National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) against broadcast company ABS-CBN is
immediately executory.
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But the DOJ Secretary
clarified that even if it is immediately executory it can subjected to judicial
review.
The NTC issued a cease
and desist order against the broadcast giant, a day after ABS-CBN Corp.’s
legislative franchise expired May 4 (Monday).
NTC cited Republic Act No. 3846 or the Radio Control Law which states
that “no person, firm, company, association, or corporation shall construct,
install, establish, or operate a radio transmitting station, or radio receiving
station used for commercial purposes, or a radio broadcasting station, without
having first obtained a franchise therefor from the Congress of the
Philippines.”
The expiration of Republic Act. No 7966, which granted ABS-CBN a 25-year
franchise to operate its TV and radio broadcasting stations, NTC said that
ABS-CBN “no longer has a valid and subsisting congressional franchise as
required by Act No. 3846.
ABS-CBN’s statement
In a statement issued by the Lopez-owned network it said, “millions of Filipinos will lose their source of news and entertainment when ABS-CBN is ordered to go off-air on TV and radio tonight (May 5) when people need crucial and timely information as the nation deals with the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“Despite Senate Resolution No. 40, the House of
Representatives’ committee on legislative franchises’ letter, the guidance of
the Department of Justice, and the sworn statement of NTC Commissioner Gamaliel
Codoba, the NTC did not grant ABS-CBN a provisional authority to operate while
its franchise renewal remains pending in Congress,” ABS-CBN said.
“We trust that the government will decide on our franchise with the best
interest of the Filipino people in mind, recognizing ABS-CBN’s role and efforts
in providing the latest news and information during these challenging times,”
ABS-CBN said.
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