A cease and desist order and 13 hearings later, the House of Representatives’ Committee on Legislative Franchises denied ABS-CBN’s application for franchise renewal with 70 lawmakers voting “yes” for its rejection and 11 voting “no,” while three did not participate in the vote (initially reported as two inhibited from the vote and one abstained).
The following are the names of the 70 lawmakers who voted for the rejection of the franchise renewal:
- Rep. Raneo Abu
- Rep. Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar
- Rep. Gil Acosta
- Rep. Antonio Albano
- Rep. Samantha Louise Alfonso
- Rep. Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo
- Rep. Cristal Bagatsing
- Rep. Julienne Baronda
- Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.
- Rep. Claudine Bautista
- Rep. Juan Pablo Bondoc
- Rep. Antonio Calixto (Rep. J. Lacson-Noel)
- Rep. Precious Castelo
- Rep. Joaquin Chipeco Jr.
- Rep. Ma. Theresa Collantes
- Rep. Anthony Peter Crisologo
- Rep. Francisco Datol (Rep. M. Romero)
- Rep. Mike Defensor (Rep. R. Puno)
- Rep. Paulo Duterte
- Rep. Faustino Michael Dy III
- Rep. Faustino V. Dy
- Rep. Ian Paul Dy
- Rep. Conrado Estrella III
- Rep. Ria Christina Fariñas
- Rep. Dan Fernandez
- Rep. Bayani Fernando
- Rep. Luis Ferrer IV
- Rep. Pablo John Garcia
- Rep. Janette Garin (Ex-Officio)
- Rep. Sharon Garin
- Rep. Weslie Gatchalian
- Rep. Sandro Gonzales (Rep. P. Pichay)
- Rep. Eduardo Gullas
- Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy
- Rep. Dulce Ann Hofer
- Rep. Eleandro Jesus Madrona
- Rep. Dale Malapitan
- Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu
- Rep. Rodante Marcoleta
- Rep. Eric Martinez
- Rep. Francisco Matugas (Rep. J. Pimentel)
- Rep. Raymond Mendoza
- Rep. Roger Mercado
- Rep. John Marvin Nieto
- Rep. Jose Fidel Nograles (Rep. F. Hernandez)
- Rep. Jericho Nograles
- Rep. Henry Oaminal
- Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano
- Rep. Wilter Palma II
- Rep. Enrico Pineda
- Rep. Jesus Crispin Remulla
- Rep. Strike Revilla
- Rep. Yedda Romualdez
- Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez
- Rep. Xavier Jesus Romualdo
- Rep. Deogracias Savellano
- Rep. Frederick Siao
- Rep. Jose Singson Jr.
- Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado
- Rep. Alyssa Sheena Tan
- Rep. Sharee Ann Tan
- Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr.
- Rep. Abraham Tolentino
- Rep. Allan Ty (Rep. A. Gonzales)
- Rep. Christian Unabia
- Rep. Rolando Valeriano
- Rep. Luis Villafuerte Jr.
- Rep. Camille Villar
- Rep. Eric Yap
- Rep. Divina Grace Yu
- Names inside parenthesis are the deputized members who voted for that representative.
Alfred Vargas, Micaela Violago and Alfredo Garbin, Jr. did not participate in the vote. The rejection of ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal application was approved by majority vote.
Header photo courtesy of Inquirer.net
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Writer: NOLISOLI TEAM
