An infrastructure-oriented thinktank called on President Rodrigo Duterte to recall the National Telecommunications Commission ordering the closure of ABS-CBN for defying his commitment ‘not to..interfere’ with deliberations of Congress on the network’s legislative franchise.
“Now is the time to be true to your word, Mr. President. The NTC is under your control. It interfered with congressional prerogatives by issuing the closure order. It even defied its own orders. Most important, it defied your commitment not to interfere. And only you have the power to take that order back. With respect, the buck stops with you.”
This was the statement of Terry Ridon, Infrawatch PH convenor and former House legislative franchises committee member.
NTC violates own orders
Ridon said no less than Justice Secretary Menardo Guevara said that the President may “may modify, amend, recall, revoke any order or any decision that might have been rendered by his subordinates in the executive department.”
“In fact, the President should discipline the NTC for violating its own orders covering the quarantine period. They issued Memorandum Order No. 03-03-2020 which extends the validity of NTC permits, licenses and certificates sixty days after the lifting of the quarantine, yet they issued the closure order on ABS-CBN during the quarantine period. Clearly, this is nothing but a naked abuse of power.
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“The NTC cannot apply this to ABS-CBN because the network had already obtained a franchise from Congress, it was now only a matter of renewal or denial by Congress. The requirement of ‘prior obtainment’ has been fulfilled.”
NTC vulnerable to graft raps for granting previous provisional authorities
Ridon said the NTC is vulnerable to graft raps if they insist on their ‘flimsy logic’ that the network cannot operate on an expired franchise.
“The NTC should carefully rethink the logic of their orders. If issuing a provisional authority to ABS-CBN pending the approval/denial of its legislative franchise constitutes graft, it follows that the same NTC officials are now liable for graft for previously issuing provisional authorities to other franchise holders that continued broadcasting pending legislative franchise approval/denial.”
Unemployment surge will burden government
“With 11,000 ABS-CBN employees in danger of losing their jobs, government may be burdened with an additional but avoidable PHP 88 Million emergency crisis funding for their families.The SAP covers employees affected by a no work, no pay policy. Will the NTC take responsibility for these families?”