Senate Minority Floor
leader and the most senior senator from the opposition Franklin Drilon told
them as it is, don’t rejoice yet because the President of the republic is
vested by the 1987 Constitution with a veto power with respect to bills from
Congress in the stage of approval of the Chief Executive.
Drilon is referring to
the provisional franchise that has passed the 2nd reading in the
House of Representatives, which would temporarily allow the Lopez controlled
corporation ABS-CBN to resume broadcast operations up until October 31, 2020.
“The lawyer that he
(Roque) is, he qualified that the President will sign if there is no
constitutional infirmities that they find. Just to flag it, do not hope that it
will be signed the first night it goes to him, they will go through what they
assert to be constitutional infirmities. That commitment of Secretary Roque is
qualified,” said Drilon in an interview with ANC.
The opposition senator says that there was a statement of Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque which he said President Rodrigo Roa Duterte could still veto the provisional franchise bill if it would be violative of any provision in the Constitution.
Senate Minority Floor leader Franklin Drilon (photo credit to owner) |
The opposition senator says that there was a statement of Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque which he said President Rodrigo Roa Duterte could still veto the provisional franchise bill if it would be violative of any provision in the Constitution.
Drilon also notes that the Solicitor General has a pending quo warrranto
case in the Supreme Court seeking to revoke ABS-CBN’s franchise on
constitutional violations, such as the breach on foreign ownership in media.
“I am not saying they will do that (veto bill),
I’m just saying this was mentioned in a qualification in the commitment of
Palace to renew the franchise,” he said.
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