And when will the House committee really start deliberating ABS-CBN’s franchise application? More important than these legal issues is the political dynamics that doom ABS-CBN’s application for a franchise to operate a broadcast media. FranchiseOn the part of Cayetano and the franchise committee head Alvarez, they’ve “done their job” with the letter to the NTC I discussed above. Congress adjourns on March 14 and resumes May 3, with ABS-CBN’s franchise expiring the next day. The only way for ABS-CBN to get a franchise is for Duterte to make a 360-degree turn now and ask the House to expedite it.

Source: Manila Times March 03, 2020 16:13 UTC