Malacañang has denied allegations that President Rodrigo Duterte was behind the quo warranto petition or revocation of the ABS-CBN franchise filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida on Monday.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Calida was only doing his job when he filed the petition on ABS-CBN and its subsidiary ABS-CBN Convergence Inc.
“The solicitor general is constitutionally bound to institute any action against any transgressors of law and if a franchise holder is violating its franchise, then it is his duty to file a petition for quo warranto,” Panelo, said.
Calida has accused ABS-CBN of “unlawfully exercising their legislative franchise.”
ABS-CBN, on the other hand, denied that they violated laws which can be a ground for the petition.
The franchise of the media giant is set to expire next month and Congress has yet to tackle bills renewing its franchise.
