Liza Soberano to lawmakers: ‘Please renew ABS-CBN franchise’

MANILA – Actress Liza Soberano has humbly issued a plea to lawmakers to give her mother network a chance to operate again by granting a franchise.

Last May 5, ABS-CBN was forced to stop its operations after the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order.

Soberano made her appeal in a post shared on her Instagram page on Thursday, May 28.

 

“It is no secret that ABS-CBN has been facing many challenges these past few weeks. Marami na po ang nagbigay ng kanilang saloobin tungkol dito. May mga nagalit, nalungkot at nasaktan. Meron ding natuwa at nagsabing dapat lang,” Liza said.

 

“Hindi po ito ang tamang panahon para mag-away-away ang lahat. We all have different principles in our life and we all have the right to our own opinions. Pero kung mapapansin po ninyo, pride ang nananaig, and because of our pride and beliefs, we are forgetting what is truly important during these tough times, at yun ang maging mabuting tao sa lahat,” she added.

“The key is to be united. Not only the company and the government but the nation as a whole. Nobody is perfect and nobody ever will be, but if we choose to humble ourselves and focus on what really needs to be addressed, then maybe we can also help the world heal,” Soberano underscored. 

“I believe that ABS-CBN, the Senate and the Congress are all doing their best para maayos ang lahat sa tamang paraan at tamang proseso. Naniniwala ako na kung may pagkakamali o pagkukulang man ang aming istasyon, sinisikap po ng aming leaders na maisaayos po ang lahat. The same as our government officials are doing their part,” Soberano added.

 

“I am one of the many actresses that has been given the chance [by ABS-CBN] to make something out of my life, at lahat ng yun nangyari dahil sa opportunity. Kaya kung mabibigyan ulit ang ABS-CBN ng opportunity to continue serving in the best way it can – by fully operating, I’m sure maraming empleyado, katulad ko, ang magiging masaya.

“Walang mawawalan ng trabaho, mas marami ang mabibigyan ng tulong, mas maraming marereach, hindi lang sa Pilipinas kundi sa buong mundo,” she said.

“If there’s one thing that ABS-CBN and the government have in common,” she stressed, “yun ang serbisyong makatulong sa bawat Pilipino. To our dear lawmakers, may I humbly ask, please renew the ABS-CBN franchise.”