The National
Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Tuesday issued 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
issued Tuesday is immediately executory.
But the DOJ Secretary
clarified that even if it is immediately executory it can subjected to judicial
review.
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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).
OSG stance
Earlier the Office of
the Solicitor General issued a warning to the National Telecommunications
Commission (NTC) against issuing provisional authorities to ABS-CBN Corp. and
its affiliate, ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc., in the absence of a franchise from
Congress.
“The Constitution gives
Congress the exclusive power to grant franchises to public utilities, such as
broadcasting companies, in order to operate in the country. Although this
legislative power may be delegated to administrative agencies through a law, at
present, there is no such law giving the NTC or any other agency the power to
grant franchises to broadcasting entities,”
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