MANILA, Philippines — A face-to-face executive session in the Senate is being eyed to discuss national security concerns involving the China-backed Dito Telecommunity Corp., which is seeking a franchise renewal from Congress.
The idea of an executive session was broached by Senator Francis Pangilinan during Monday’s hearing of the Senate public services committee on the franchise renewal of Dito.
“A lot of the issues being discussed have serious implications in terms of national security, perhaps may consider at some point, calling on an executive so that we can discuss very sensitive national security issues and we will be able to discuss freely,” Pangilinan said.
Concerns we…
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