SC to hear Calida’s quo warrantuo petition vs ABS-CBN March 10

February 26, 2020

The Supreme Court will start hearing a petition for quo warranto filed by the Office of the Solicitor General seeking to revoke the franchise of ABS-CBN Corp. on March 10.

"The case will be taken up again by the en banc on March 10, 2020," SC Public Information Office chief, Brian Keith Hosaka, said Wednesday.

The SC did not act on Solicitor General Jose Calida’s quo warranto petition and his urgent motion to issue a gag order against ABS-CBN.

"This is to give the justices time to go over the pleadings submitted by the parties, including the comments recently filed by the respondents," Hosaka said.

In seeking the forfeiture of the franchises of ABS-CBN its subsidiary ABS-CBN Convergence, Calida claimed the respondents made various abuses, including illegal pay-per-view offering and foreign ownership. DMS