'Hindi naman po p'wedeng maimpluwensyahan ng ating Presidente ang NTC dahil sa batas, desisyon ng kumisyon 'yan,' says Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.
, however, repeated the justice department's opinion that there is"sufficient equitable basis to allow broadcast entities to continue operating while the bills for the renewal of their franchise remain pending with Congress."
It was Calida who filed a quo warranto petition against ABS-CBN at the Supreme Court in February. The solicitor general accused the broadcast giant of having foreign ownership, citing the network's use of Philippine Depositary Receipts.that ABS-CBN would lose its franchise after he accused the network of"swindling" him for supposedly not airing his paid political advertisements during his presidential campaign.
But after years of lashing out at the network, Duterte said last February that he accepted the apology of the broadcasting giant for having failed to air P7 million worth of a total P65 million in political advertisements paid for by his campaign ahead of the 2016 presidential elections.Despite this, the President had insisted the matter was out of his hands.
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