“On the issue of the 11,000 workers, we were very clear in stating and we were assured by the government that there are steps are being undertaken so that we are one with them, that nobody will lose job,” Garin said.
The former Health Secretary parried off a reporter’s question who asked her to reconcile her role in the media network’s disenfranchisement — and the subsequent announcement of layoffs of its employees — to Project Ark’s initiative to promote saving livelihood during the coronavirus pandemic.“As a member on the committee on franchise, we are tasked to review in terms of abuses in existing franchises that were granted.
“I do understand the sentiments of others, with regards to the ABS-CBN franchise. Be that as it may, I also don’t think I will have to stop working as a doctor and somebody that has spearheaded in pulling down the cost of testing and somebody who has organized… doctors both from the private and the government sector so that we can all help crush COVID, if not intercept it at a point when it’s still transmitting,” she added.
On top of this, a Zoom meeting among Garin’s colleagues in the House of Representatives purportedly revealed a plan to seize the ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City. That online meeting later went viral on social media.
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