Atienza: Vote now on ABS-CBN bill

MANILA, Philippines — Buhay party list Rep. Lito Atienza blasted the on Mondaye House leadership for taking too long in tackling the franchise application of ABS-CBN, saying it was high time the bill was put to a vote.

“This is a case to me of wasting official congressional time, and the nation’s time and people’s patience that is now bordering on exasperation,”  Atienza told the virtual Kapihan ng Samahang Plaridel forum via Zoom.

After seven hearings by the joint House panel on franchises and good government, “they have not proved any of their accusations,” said Atienza, a former Manila mayor and father of ABS-CBN host Kim Atienza.