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    Several members of the House of Representatives signed a joint statement calling on the Speaker to convene the Committee on Legislative Franchise to urgently consider bills renewing ABS-CBN's franchise. They expressed frustration with the NTC for not issuing a provisional authority and its cease and desist order, which placed blame on Congress. Resolving the ABS-CBN issue is important given its economic and political impact during the pandemic crisis.

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    Several members of the House of Representatives signed a joint statement calling on the Speaker to convene the Committee on Legislative Franchise to urgently consider bills renewing ABS-CBN's franchise. They expressed frustration with the NTC for not issuing a provisional authority and its cease and desist order, which placed blame on Congress. Resolving the ABS-CBN issue is important given its economic and political impact during the pandemic crisis.

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    Republic of the Philippines

    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    Quezon City

    12 May 2020

    HON. ALAN PETER S. CAYETANO


    Speaker
    House of Representatives
    Batasan Complex, Quezon City

    Dear Speaker:

    Greetings!

    The undersigned authors and co-authors of pending bills for the renewal of the franchise of ABS-
    CBN strongly share your frustrations with the non-issuance of a provisional authority to the network
    by the National Telecommunications Commission, which commitment was made under oath during
    the March 10, 2020 hearing of the Committee on Legislative Franchise.

    Instead, the precipitate May 5 issuance by the NTC of a cease and desist order has even placed in
    a bad light, to say the least, the Committee, in particular, and the House of Representatives, in
    general. The Committee and the House are now being blamed for the shutdown of the network
    and for being off the air since then, as well as the displacement of thousands of its employees and
    workers. That the citizenry also lost one of their main sources of credible and efficient news and
    information in this time of crisis brought by the covid-19 pandemic was also largely blamed on our
    chamber.

    While we also take strong exceptions to NTC’s trickery and the Office of the Solicitor General’s
    interventionist action, we firmly believe that the House now has the primary duty and responsibility
    to put an end to the uncertainties and confusion brought by the pendency of the application of
    renewal of the ABC-CBN’s franchise.

    It is in this spirit that we write and appeal to your good office, Mr. Speaker, to facilitate the
    immediate convening of the Committee on Legislative Franchise so that it can tackle with dispatch
    the pending renewal bills for consideration.

    We understand that there are important measures that the House Leadership has to attend to in
    this extraordinary time. However, we believe, too, that resolving the ABS-CBN issue the soonest is
    equally important given the impact, economically and politically, of its continued shutdown in this
    time of crisis.
    Republic of the Philippines
    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    Quezon City

    We continue to trust that under your leadership this matter will soon be resolved to the best
    interests of our country and people.

    Very cordially yours,

    REP. ROSE MARIE “BABY” J. ARENAS REP. JOHNNY TY PIMENTEL


    Deputy Speaker Deputy Speaker
    Pangasinan, 3rd District Surigao Del Sur, 2nd District

    REP. VILMA SANTOS-RECTO REP. CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE


    Deputy Speaker Deputy Minority Leader
    Batangas, 6th District Bayan Muna Partylist

    REP. ARLENE D. BROSAS REP. JOSEPHINE Y. RAMIREZ-SATO


    Gabriela Women’s Party Occidental Mindoro, Lone District

    REP. FRANCE L. CASTRO REP.


    Act Teachers Partylist Cagayan De Oro City, 2nd District

    REP. MICAELA S. VIOLAGO REP. FERDINAND R. GAITE


    Nueva Ecija, 2nd District Bayan Muna Partylist

    REP. SOL ARAGONES REP. EUFEMIA C. CULLAMAT


    Laguna, 3rd District Bayan Muna Partylist

    REP. JOY MYRA S. TAMBUNTING REP. SARAH JANE I. ELAGO


    Parañaque, 2nd District Kabataan Partylist
    Republic of the Philippines
    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    Quezon City

    JOINT STATEMENT OF AUTHORS CALLING FOR THE RENEWAL OF ABS-CBN


    FRANCHISE

    The undersigned authors and co-authors of pending bills for the renewal of the franchise of
    ABS-CBN register our strong frustrations with the non-issuance of a provisional authority to the
    network by the National Telecommunications Commission, which commitment was made under
    oath during the March 10, 2020 hearing of the Committee on Legislative Franchise.

    The precipitate May 5 issuance by the NTC of a cease and desist order has unnecessarily
    placed in a bad light, to say the least, the Committee, in particular, and the House of
    Representatives, in general.

    The Committee and the House are now being blamed and vilified for the shutdown of the
    network and for being off the air since then, as well as the displacement of thousands of
    its employees and workers. That the citizenry also lost one of their main sources of credible and
    efficient news and information in this time of crisis brought by the covid-19 pandemic was also
    largely blamed on the lower chamber.

    We take strong exceptions to NTC’s trickery and the Office of the Solicitor General’s
    interventionist action in the largely Congressional powers and prerogatives.

    At this juncture, we firmly believe that the House now has the primary duty and responsibility to
    put an end to the uncertainties and confusion brought by the pendency of the application of
    renewal of the ABC-CBN’s franchise.

    It is in this spirit that we call on the leadership of the House, led by Speaker Alan Peter
    Cayetano, to rise to the challenges brought by this shutdown and call for the immediate
    convening of the Committee on Legislative Franchise so that it can tackle with dispatch the
    pending renewal bills for consideration.

    We understand that there are important measures that the House Leadership has to attend to in
    this extraordinary time. However, we believe, too, that resolving the ABS-CBN issue the
    soonest is equally important given the impact, economically and politically, of its continued
    shutdown in this time of crisis.
    Republic of the Philippines
    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    Quezon City

    We continue to trust that under the leadership of Speaker Cayetano, this matter will soon be
    resolved to the best interests of our country and people.

    REP. ROSE MARIE “BABY” J. ARENAS REP. JOHNNY TY PIMENTEL


    Deputy Speaker Deputy Speaker
    Pangasinan, 3rd District Surigao Del Sur, 2nd District

    REP. VILMA SANTOS-RECTO REP. CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE


    Deputy Speaker Deputy Minority Leader
    Batangas, 6th District Bayan Muna Partylist

    REP. ARLENE D. BROSAS REP. JOSEPHINE Y. RAMIREZ-SATO


    Gabriela Women’s Party Occidental Mindoro, Lone District

    REP. FRANCE L. CASTRO REP.


    Act Teachers Partylist Cagayan De Oro City, 2nd District

    REP. MICAELA S. VIOLAGO REP. FERDINAND R. GAITE


    Nueva Ecija, 2nd District Bayan Muna Partylist

    REP. SOL ARAGONES REP. EUFEMIA C. CULLAMAT


    Laguna, 3rd District Bayan Muna Partylist

    REP. JOY MYRA S. TAMBUNTING REP. SARAH JANE I. ELAGO


    Parañaque, 2nd District Kabataan Partylist

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