35 Luzon congressmen vote against ABS-CBN franchise renewal

A total of 70 members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines voted against ABS-CBN Corporation’s application for a 25-year license. Among them, 35 are from Luzon.

On July 10, 2020, a total of 85 panel members were present to cast their votes whether or not to allow ABS-CBN to renew its franchise. Out of the 85 panel members, 46 were regular members while 36 were ex-officio members who either were physically present or attended virtually via the Zoom app.

Chaired by Palawan representative Franz Alvarez, the Philippines’ House Committee on Legislative Franchises needed 43 votes to get the majority to deny the franchise application ABS-CBN to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and broadcasting stations in the Philippines. Here are the 35 Luzon congressmen who voted against the television network’s franchise renewal:

1. Batangas 2^nd District’s Raneo Abu
2. Batangas 3^rd District’s Maria Theresa Collantes
3. Bulacan 1st District’s Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado
4. Calamba’s Joaquin Chipeco, Jr.
5. Cagayan 2nd District’s Samantha Louise Vargas-Alfonso
6. Caloocan 1st District’s Dale Malapitan
7. Camarines Sur 2^nd District’s Luis Villafuerte Jr. 
8. Camarines Sur 3rd District’s Gabriel Bordado, Jr.
9. Cavite 2nd District’s Strike Revilla
10. Cavite 4^th District’s Elpidio Barzaga Jr.
11. Cavite 6th District’s Luis Ferrer IV
12. Cavite 7^th District’s Jesus Crispin Remulla
13. Cavite 8th District’s Abraham Tolentino
14. Ilocos Norte 1^st District’s Ria Christina Fariñas
15. Ilocos Sur 1^st District’s Deogracias Victor Savellano
16. Isabela 1st District’s Antonio Albano
17. Isabela 3rd District’s Ian Paul Dy
18. Isabella 4th District’s Alyssa Sheena Tan
19. Isabela 5th District’s Faustino Michael Carlos Dy III
20. Isabela 6th District’s Faustino Michael Dy V
21. Las Piñas City’s Camille Villar
22. Manila 2nd District’s Rolando Valeriano
23. Manila 3rd District’s John Marvin Nieto
24. Marikina City 1^st District’s Bayani Fernando
25. Palawan 2nd District’s Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar
26. Palawan 3rd District’s Gil Acosta
27. Pampanga 2^nd District’s Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo
28. Pampanga 4^th District’s Juan Pablo Bondoc
29. Pasay City’s Antonio Calixto (Josephine Veronique Lacson-Noel)
30. Quezon City 1st District’s Anthony Peter Crisologo
31. Quezon City 2nd District’s Precious H. Castelo
32. Rizal 2nd District Juan Fidel Felipe F. Nograles (Ferdinand Hernandez)
33. Romblon’s Eleandro Jesus Madrona
34. Valenzuela 1st District’s Weslie Gatchalian
35. Valenzuela 2nd District’s Eric Martinez

Check the complete list on Conan Daily.