Press Release
May 14, 2020

STATEMENT OF SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN ON THE LEGISLATION OF GRANTING PROVISIONAL FRANCHISE TO ABS-CBN

Before anything, I would like to thank the good Chairman of the Public Services Committee, Sen. Grace Poe, for entrusting me with the responsibility of presiding over the crucial legislation of granting provisional franchise to ABS-CBN. As acting presiding officer, I feel that expediency is crucial as the Filipino people need access to vital information given that vast swaths of the population emerge out of ECQ. Our people need information to guide us in this uncharted territory. In addition, more than 11,000 ABS-CBN employees need to return to productivity and earn a living in these uncertain times. It is with these reasons in mind that I am opening the committee hearing immediately even if it falls on a Sunday without prejudice to the formal transmission of the House of Representatives this coming Monday.

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