ABS-CBN chairman
emeritus Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III was also present in
the continuing joint congressional inquiry of the House committee on
legislative franchise and of good government and public accountability and he gave the
statement that he has no love for the United States of America (USA) despite
enjoying the very peculiar situation of being both a citizen of the US (because
of the Jus Soli principle) and that of the Philippines (because of his parents
being Filipinos).
Such statement was
given by the ABS-CBN chairman despite having and holding a US passport.
Deputy Speaker
Rodante Marcoleta (1-SAGIP) asked Lopez the
question which side will he chose if the country declares war against the
United States of America, Lopez readily said he would align himself with the
flag of his parents which are both Filipino citizens.
ABS-CBN chairman emeritus Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III (screengrabbed from TV Patrol) |
“I am a Filipino your
honor, I would take the side of the Philippines,” Lopez’s response to
Marcoleta’s query.
In last week joint
hearing Gabby Lopez said “I would give up my US citizenship in a minute,” when asked if he knew
that his US citizenship will be a conflict of interest the moment he assumed
the chairmanship of ABS-CBN from his father in 1996.
“Are we going to say
na hindi niyo mahal ang Amerika?” was asked by Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo
asked the ABS-CBN chairman whether or not he also loves being an American
citizen by the fact that he used his US passport 316 times as per records of
Bureau of Immigration (BI) from 1993 up to present—191 times since 2002, a year
after he was first given a Philippine passport by the Department of Foreign
Affairs (DFA).
“Hindi po, mahal ko
ang Pilipinas,” Lopez told Salo.
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