Opposition senator
Risa Hontiveros is turning a blind eye to the statement of President Rodrigo
Roa Duterte’s dismantling of an oligarch.
The senator sees the
action done by the Congress in denying the application bid of the Lopez
controlled ABS-CBN Corporation as a dismantling of the lives of the
employees/workers.
The overwhelming
70-11 vote by the House of Representatives effectively denied the granting of a
fresh 25 year legislative franchise for the Kapamilya network, the country’s
biggest media company.
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Hontiveros also
stressed that it is not only the 11,000 employees of the Kapamilya network who will
jobless by the result of the Congress vote, "this [11,000] does not even
include the tricycle drivers, eatery workers, vendors and other businesses
along Mother Ignacia [Avenue]," where the TV network is headquartered.
The opposition
senator also slammed House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and President Rodrigo
Roa Duterte claim that they were able to dismantle by unseating the oligarchy
of Lopez because of the denial of the franchise.
"It's not true
that the oligarchy has been dismantled. What has been dismantled are the lives
of ordinary workers. We should be solving the crisis right now instead of
adding to it," she said in Filipino.
"Dati rin ako sa
media. Pero higit pa dito, ako'y Pilipino na nakikiisa sa mga kapwa ko
Pilipinong nalulungkot, nagdadalamhati, at natatakot sa kung ano'ng hatid ng
bukas. (I used to work in the media. But more than that, I'm a Filipino united
with other Filipinos who are upset, distraught and afraid of what tomorrow
might bring)," Hontiveros said.
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