Published May 24, 2021, 4:24 PM
What’s the difference between the legislative franchise applications of ABS-CBN network and Metro Manila’s two water concessionaires which all have gotten the goat of President Rodrigo Duterte? Aside from the alleged railroading approval of the franchise applications of Maynilad Water Services and the Manila Water Corporation during the first hearing on Monday, May 24, there are three other glaring issues that sets the ABS-CBN franchise bid apart from the two water firms, said Deputy Speaker and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza and Deputy Minority and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate.
First, the House panel did not reveal to the media the scheduled hearings of the franchise applications of Manila Water Corporation and the Maynilad Water Services Inc., unlike the well-publicized ABS-CBN franchise proceedings last year.