Are these unpaid dues of the ABS-CBN network? Harry Roque presents data.
ABS-CBN NETWORK – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque presented data that showed the alleged unsettled due of the ABS-CBN network.
In a previous article, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte quipped that even a granted franchise from the Congress, he will still not allow the National Telecommunications Commission to allow the ABS-CBN network to run. This is because of their “unsettled payments”. The president is the head of the executive branch where NTC falls under which gives him the power to veto this franchise.
The shutdown ABS-CBN network has broken many hearts and caused a huge number of Filipinos to lose their job amid the pandemic. Amid the legal battle, it has been cleared by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Assistant Commissioner Manuel Mapoy that the network paid regularly and paid over Php 15.3 billion in taxes.
In a statement, the president expressed that giving the Lopezes the franchise is like “giving them a prize for committing criminal acts”. And just recently, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque dropped data that apparently showed the alleged unsettled and unpaid dues of the network.
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Previously reported, a House of Representatives panel will investigate the said “loans” of the Lopez Group of Companies from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP). During Congressional hearings before, the Lopez Holdings Corp. stood with not having “any unpaid obligations to the Development Bank of the Philippines or other government financial institutions.”
To recall, Senate President Tito Sotto and actress turned politician Vilma Santos-Recto have filed a bill seeking a franchise granting ABS-CBN to operate again.
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