Around 91 members and ex-officio members of both house committee on legislative franchise and good government and public accountability are expected to vote today on whether to grant a new franchise to ABS-CBN Corp. or reject it altogether.
Yesterday, July 9, an outage due to a thunderstorm halted the proceedings which were supposed to discuss the summary of points pertaining to the alleged violations of the broadcasting giant.
Palawan Rep. Franz Alvarez, chairman of the House committee on legislative franchises, along with Bulacan Rep. Jonathan Sy-Alvarado of the good government committee, then decided to form a technical working group to be led by Deputy Majority Leader Rep. Xavier Jesus Romualdez, Deputy Speaker Pablo John Garcia and House Assistant Minority Leader Stella Quimbo. The TWG will present the findings from several hearings conducted about the ABS-CBN franchise.
After the 12 hearings for almost two months, the longest in the history of the House of Representatives, the committee on legislative franchise is set to vote on proposed bills seeking to grant the network a fresh franchise valid for 25 years.
