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- Ethel Booba answered the accusations of netizens saying that she’s biased.
- ABS-CBN has denied all accusations made by Calida.
Amid the franchise battle between ABS-CBN and the Quo warranto petition against the network, comedian Ethel Booba poked fun at Solicitor General Jose Calida’s accusations.
Calida mentioned that ABS-CBN has had “highly abusive” practices that were unnoticed for years.
https://twitter.com/IamEthylGabison/status/1226747363768750087
In reply, Ethel joked about how people also want an end to the allegedly highly abusive practices of the government.
We want to put an end to what we discovered to be highly abusive practices of this government. Charot! https://t.co/C5j1h9Qhwy
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) February 10, 2020
A netizen accused Ethel of being biased against the Duterte administration, saying that she wasn’t like that during the past administrations. The comedian defended herself by saying that she didn’t have Twitter then but she has always voiced out her opinions when it comes to the government.
Wala akong Twitter noong panahon ni GMA and up. Noong kay PNoy inookray ko sya lalo na kapag sinisisi nya pa din si GMA imbis na humanap ng solusyon. Magbasa ka lang may mahahanap ka dyan. Charot! https://t.co/rm68J7rmL4
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) February 10, 2020
She added that she was also offered a sum of money to say something nice about some politicians but she declined.
Uy actually inoofferan ako ng mga PR ng ibang mga politiko para promote or sabihan sila ng maganda, kaso ayoko kasi nga di ako bayaran. Sa tabas ng dila mo malamang supporter ka nila. Charot! https://t.co/2FtIOmsBTM
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) February 10, 2020
Ethel even mentioned the Oscar win of the Korean film ‘Parasite‘ in a dig against Calida.
Parasite wins Best Picture. Charot! https://t.co/bXruUgxcAU
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) February 10, 2020
The comedienne also educated a netizen about the premises of Calida’s petition against the Kapamilya network.
Yung filed ni Calida ay regarding KBO and ABS CBN TV Plus na wala daw approval of the National Telecommunications Commission saka yung isa ay violation of the foreign ownership restriction on mass media. Share ko sayo para dagdag sa kaalaman mong hayop ka. Charot! https://t.co/V2rU750z42
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) February 10, 2020
Another Twitter user said that the person may be a paid troll.
Sarap kaya barahin ng mga script ng mga trolls. Charot! https://t.co/hJcH6y2paP
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) February 10, 2020
ABS-CBN recently released a statement saying that the allegations made by the Office of the Solicitor General are “without merit”.
“ABS-CBN complies with all pertinent laws governing its franchise and has secured all necessary government and regulatory approvals for its business operations,” it stated.
