The Solicitor General of the
Philippines attended the congressional inquiry and said as his parting words
for ABS-CBN “the end is near.”
Also in the said hearing SolGen Jose
Calida took the opportunity to getback at one of ABS-CBN’s prized talents Coco
Martin for his emotional criticisms against the former.
Calida was very clear that his
appearance in the said congressional hearing does not mean he can discuss his
pending case against the Lopez controlled ABS-CBN before the Supreme Court , he
cites the sub judice rule.
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| Solicitor General of the Philippines Jose Calida (photo credit to owner) |
“I am not allowed to answer any
questions involving matters pending before the Supreme Court,” Calida said.
But the SolGen outlined the ABS-CBN’s
alleged violations of its old franchise just the same, one of which is the
issuance of an investment instrument that supposedly went against the country’s
foreign ownership restrictions in mass media.
SolGen likened the shut down of the
Lopez controlled company to his previous actions to have Sen. Leila De Lima
detained on drug charges, and remove Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno through
a quo warranto petition, the same mode by which ABS-CBN is being
asked to be off the air.
“We championed this fight for the rule
of law in the likes of the Sereno and De Lima cases, both filed and won before
the Supreme Court,” he told the hearing of bills seeking to grant ABS-CBN a new
25-year franchise.
“Bakit pa kami titigil ngayon?
Responsibilidad naming ipagpatuloy ang labang ito, hindi para sa aming sarili,
kundi para sa sambayanang Pilipino.”
(Why should we stop now? It's our
responsibility to continue the fight, not for ourselves but for the Filipino
people.)
Calida alleged that ABS-CBN “has been
deceiving the Filipino people” for decades and “has committed too many
violations which went unnoticed and unpunished.”
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