Kapuso star Dingdong Dantes expressed his support for rival network ABS-CBN after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) asked the Supreme Court (SC) to revoke the broadcast network’s congressional franchise through quo warranto last Monday.
In a statement, Solicitor General Jose Calida said they want to put an end to the network’s “highly abusive practices”.
“We want to put an end to what we discovered to be highly abusive practices of ABS-CBN benefitting a greedy few at the expense of millions of its loyal subscribers. These practices have gone unnoticed or were disregarded for years,” he said.
The network fought back and emphasized they did not violate the law. In a statement, ABS-CBN identified the allegations as “ill-timed” and “without merit.”
ABS-CBN’s biggest stars such as Boy Abunda, Coco Martin, and Regine Velasquez asserted their stand against their network’s shutdown (‘Para sa amin personal ito’: Boy Abunda, Coco Martin, Regine Velasquez react to SolGen’s quo warranto vs ABS-CBN).
Early today, actor Dingdong Dantes of GMA 7 took to social media to show his support for the rival network.
“Magkaiba man ng bakod, we are one in the media industry. We have one love for the many talents and crafts under this network, the products and output of which, directly or indirectly, benefit the lives of millions of Filipinos,” he wrote on Twitter.
Magkaiba man ng bakod, we are one in the media industry. We have one love for the many talents and crafts under this Network, the products and output of which, directly or indirectly, benefit the lives of millions of Filipinos.
— Dingdong Dantes (@dingdongdantes) February 11, 2020
Rep. Atienza of @buhayparty_list in his speech yesterday at the Congress, said that: “Inaction will only spell the weakening of the foundations of our democratic system. If Congress will not take action, Rep. Atienza added:
— Dingdong Dantes (@dingdongdantes) February 11, 2020
“this Congress is really paralyzed with inaction; and we should not be deserving to be called representatives of the people.”
— Dingdong Dantes (@dingdongdantes) February 11, 2020
Dingdong continued on to say that he prays the true interest of the people will prevail over any political agenda.
In the end, I pray that the true interests of the people, under the rule of law, will prevail over any other political agenda conveniently veiled as a countermeasure against alleged abuses.
— Dingdong Dantes (@dingdongdantes) February 11, 2020
I pray too that the government, thru Congress, will hear out its constituents. After all, Congress is supposed to represent our “voice.” #NoToABSCBNShutDown
— Dingdong Dantes (@dingdongdantes) February 11, 2020
“I pray too that the government, thru Congress, will hear out its constituents. After all, Congress is supposed to represent our ‘voice.’ #NoToABSCBNShutDown.”
