Robredo twits ‘ironic’ OSG bid to gag ABS-CBN amid quo warranto petition
This was how Vice President Leni Robredo described Wednesday the move of the Office of the Solicitor General to stop broadcast giant ABS-CBN and its representatives from discussing the quo warranto petition it recently filed against the media network.
“Ako, unang-una, iyong freedom of expression, iyong freedom ng free press, primordial iyon,” Robredo told reporters in an interview.
(For me, first off, freedom of expression, the freedom of the free press, that’s primordial.)
“Pero iyong mas nakaka… parang, mas nakakatawa doon, iyong ang gina-gag order niya, media. Very ironic na iyong media iyong inaasahan mo na magpapaabot ng information sa tao, tapos sila din iyong sinasabihan mong huwag umimik,” she added.
(But what’s funny here is they are seeking a gag order against a media company. It’s very ironic that a media company that you’re expecting to inform the people is being asked not to speak out.)
The opposition stalwart also branded the move of Solicitor General Jose Calida, the government’s chief lawyer, as “disconnected from reality.”
Calida filed on February 108 a “” asking the high court to issue an order that bans “parties and persons acting on their behalf” from releasing statements and discussing the merits of his plea to forfeit ABS-CBN’s existing legislative franchise.