MANILA, Philippines — A nationwide anti-monopoly organization Saturday slammed senators who conducted recently a hearing on the PLDT-Digitel deal “more for its media value than to really resolve the issue” even as a party-list representative said he will review the anti-trust resolution now pending in the Senate.
Speaking before the Balitaan sa Aloha Hotel media forum hosted by veteran journalist Lolly Solis, Samahan Laban sa Monopolyo (SLaM) president Jessie Ignacio Sandow also lamented Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s censure of one of the leaders of a group opposing the deal.
Sandow, who attended the hearing called by Senate Committee on Public Services chaired by Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., described the hearing as lopsided in favor of those who want the PLDT-Digitel purchase to push through. “It was obvious that from the beginning, the hearing was just a show in favor of the PLDT-Digitel deal,” he said.
The SLaM President also elaborated on the position of his organization last Friday, June 10, in “Candidly Speaking with Willie” over UNTV 37, from 7 to 8 p.m. He presented the plans of his organization to effectively oppose the PLDT-Digitel deal.
Meanwhile, AGAP party-list Rep. Nicanor “Nikki” Briones, who was also a guest in the same forum, said he will initiate a move in the House of Representatives to intervene on the PLDT-Digitel deal with the people’s interest in mind.
Briones stressed that he will review the anti-trust resolution filed by Senate President Juan Ponce enrile and sponsor a new anti-trust bill in Congress.
Published on The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online (http://www.mb.com.ph)
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