CALLS to revive the franchise of media network ABS-CBN will have to wait "until the next Congress" or in 2022, when the current administration ends, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said on Thursday. Velasco issued the statement three days after President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not allow the continued operations of the network even if Congress granted a new franchise, claiming that ABS-CBN had unpaid taxes.

Velasco said the House of Representatives will focus on priority legislation of the Duterte administration and measures against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

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