MANILA, Philippines — “An unabashed display of impunity.”
This was how Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate described Thursday the use of “government time and resources” in airing the meeting of the ruling political party PDP-Laban. which, he stressed, was “clearly partisan political activity.”
Zarate questioned Wednesday’s airing of the PDP-Laban meeting on the People’s Television Network (PTV) and the Presidential Broadcast Staff Radio Television Malacaang (RTVM), pointing out that airtime on these government media channels “is paid for by taxpayer’s money.”
President Rodrigo Duterte is the chairperson of the political party.
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