Two years after the ABS-CBN shutdown, people online recalled the lawmakers behind the closure of the media giant.
ABS-CBN SHUTDOWN – People online call to vote out the 70 people behind the shutdown of the ABS-CBN network.
May 5, 2020, was the date when the ABs-CBN network was ordered to stop airing its programs, and a couple of months after that, the media giant officially closed down. ABS-CBN network officially shut down on July 10, 2020, and 70 lawmakers rejected the franchise renewal bid of the network.
The rejection came after 13 comprehensive and exhaustive congressional hearings that proved ABS-CBN did not have any violation, most especially to their taxes. BIR official has actually cleared the network revealing that it paid regularly.
And now, with the election only a few days away from now, people online are making calls to vote out the 70 members of the House of Representatives. They are the ones who denied the network a new franchise despite the lack of any violation of the law.
These are the 70 lawmakers who rejected ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal bid:
- Raneo Abu
- Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar
- Gil Acosta
- Antonio Albano
- Samantha Louise Alfonso
- Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo
- Cristal Bagatsing
- Julienne Baronda
- Elpidio Barzaga Jr.
- Claudine Bautista
- Juan Pablo Bondoc
- Antonio Calixto
- Prescious Castelo
- Joaquin Chipeco Jr.
- Ma. Theresa Collantes
- Anthony Peter Crisologo
- Francisco Datol
- Mike Defensor
- Paulo Duterte
- Faustino Michael Dy
- Faustino V. Dy
- Ian Paul Dy
- Conrado Estrella III
- Ria Christina Fariñas
- Dan Fernandez
- Bayani Fernando
- Luis Ferrer IV
- Pablo John Garcia
- Janette Garin
- Sharon Garin
- Weslie Gatchalian
- Sandro Gonzales
- Eduardo Gullas
- Bernadette Herrera-Dy
- Dulce Ann Hofer
- Eleandro Jesus Madrona
- Dale Malapitan
- Esmael Mangudadatu
- Rodante Marcoleta
- Eric Martinez
- Francisco Matugas
- Raymond Mendoza
- Roger Mercado
- John Marvin Nieto
- Jose Fidel Nograles
- Jericho Nograles
- Henry Oaminal
- Joseph Stephen Paduano
- Wilter Palma II
- Enrico Pineda
- Jesus Crispin Remulla
- Strike Revilla
- Yedda Romualdez
- Ferdinand Martin Romualdez
- Xavier Jesus Romualdo
- Deogracias Savellano
- Frederick Siao
- Jose Singson Jr.
- Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado
- Alyssa Sheena Tan
- Sharee Ann Tan,
- Arnolfo Teves Jr.
- Abraham Tolentino
- Allan Ty
- Christian Unabia
- Rolando Valeriano
- Luis Villafuerte Jr.
- Camille Villar
- Eric Yap
- Divina Grace Yu
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