Philippine administration lawmakers push for more probes on ABS-CBN

File photo of Ging Reyes, head of ABS-CBN’s Integrated News and Current Affairs, speaking outside the ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City on July 9, 2020 after the majority of the members of the House franchise committee approved the recommendation of a technical working group to junk the network’s franchise application. - PI/ANN INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): A group of administration lawmakers is pushing more House investigations of ABS-CBN, two weeks after they led the assault that led to the denial of the broadcast giant’s franchise application.

But at least two of their colleagues on Wednesday opposed the move, saying this would be an abuse of the lawmakers’ authority and would be akin to an inquisition or an investigation “in aid of persecution.”