MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The House of Representatives Committee of the Whole on Wednesday (May 13) approved the Bill granting media giant ABS-CBN a provisional franchise to operate until October 2020.
The Bill, House Bill No. 6732 or “An Act Granting the ABS-CBN Corporation A Franchise to Construct, Install, Operate and Maintain Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations in the Philippines, and For Other Purposes”, was filed by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and several other lawmakers.
“Providing ABS-CBN with a provisional franchise valid until 31 October, 2020 will give both the House of Representatives and the Senate time to hear the issues being raised for and against the renewal, and assess, with complete impartiality and fairness, whether or not the network shall be granted a franchise for another twenty-five years, ” they added.The House of Representatives on Wednesday convened into a Committee of the Whole to tackle the bill.
“When the House constitutes itself into a Committee of the Whole, it functions as one committee acting upon a Bill or resolution, and conducting its proceedings like a regular committee with its membership composed of all the Members of the House, ” House rule states. The bill was approved eight days after the National Telecommunications Commission ordered ABS-CBN to shut down its broadcast operations after its franchise expired on May 8. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network
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