The 11 lawmakers that
voted YES in granting a new 25 year legislative franchise for the
Lopez-controlled ABS-CBN Corporation are now being hailed somewhat as heroes
because of they recorded their vote for the Kapamilya network.
The shutting down of
the country’s largest media network is being labeled as a cracking down on
press freedom.
The 11 lawmakers is
part of the 85 panel members and ex-officio members present.
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Seventy congressmen
voted in favor of granting the franchise, 2 inhibited and one abstained.
Here's a list of the
11 lawmakers who voted for ABS-CBN to return on air.
·
Bienvenido Abante Jr, Manila 6th District
·
Carlos Isagani Zarate, Bayan Muna
party-list
·
Christopher De Venecia, Pangasinan 4th
District
·
Edward Vera Perez Maceda, Manila 4th District
·
Gabriel Bordado Jr, Camarines Sur 3rd
District
·
Jose "Ping-Ping" Tejada, North
Cotabato 3rd District
·
Lianda Bolilia, Batangas 4th District
·
Mujiv Hataman, Basilan
·
Sol Aragones, Laguna 3rd District
·
Stella Luz Quimbo, Marikina 2nd District
·
Vilma Santos-Recto, Batangas 6th District
What’s next?
According to
Makabayan bloc’s Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate said ABS-CBN can
again apply for a franchise during President Duterte’s administration.
However the National
Telecommunications Commission (NTC) can assign ABS-CBN's frequency to another
entity.
"'Pag nag-apply
siya ulit ng prangkisa, either within this 18th Congress or thereafter,
magsisimula siya sa una dahil kumbaga, meron kang prangkisa, wala ka naman magamit
na frequency. Hahanapan ka pa ng available frequency," Zarate told
ANC.
(If it re-applies for
a franchise either within this 18th Congress or thereafter, it will start from
scratch because you could have a license, yet no frequency you can use.
Regulators will have to find an available frequency for you.)
"Sa Metro
Manila, sagad na ang frequency d'yan. That's why I will not be surprised na
talagang may mga interesado doon sa frequency ng ABS-CBN because of its
strategic importance sa economy, business, even sa pulitika," he
added.
(The frequency here
in Metro Manila is already full. That's why I will not be surprised if there
are parties interested in the ABS-CBN frequency because of its strategic
importance on economy, business, even politics.)
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