NUJP Petition Aims to Gather 1M Signatures for ABS-CBN Franchise Renewal
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) aims to gather 1 million signatures for the franchise renewal of media giant ABS-CBN.
In a previous article, we could recall that the President threatened to shut down the network. He said that the network would only last till March 2020.
ABS-CBN struggles to renew its franchise because the President slammed the network for being unfair towards him during the presidential elections. He also accused ABS-CBN of estafa.
This was because the President was not provided airtime that he paid for in the May 2016 presidential elections. President Duterte gave advice to ABS-CBN during his speech before the earthquake-struck resident of M’lang, North Cotabato to better sell the network.
Meanwhile, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines launched an on-ground and online signature campaign petitioning that Congress renew the legislative franchise of media giant ABS-CBN.
Friday evening, the organization collected 83 signatures during their petition signing at the #NoToABSCBNShutdown protest held at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City. Now, the petition is still ongoing and garnered almost 100,000 signatures reel-time.
In their online campaign at Change.org titled “1M Signatures for ABS-CBN franchise renewal”, NUJP stated, “The revocation of the network’s franchise is proof that this government, in a supremely undemocratic act, is out of the silence a media outfit because of animosity of one man, the president of the Republic.”
They also expressed their disappointment over Cayetano who was Duterte’s running mate in the previous presidential elections and supposedly should lead the deliberation but also admitted that he had the same sentiments for not airing some of his ad during the 2016 elections.
They expect only the president to bear full responsibility for his actions whether he will pass the bill to renew the franchise or veto if he wants to. The organization emphasized, “Do not be accomplices in the rape of democracy.”
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