ACT-CIS Party-list Eric Go Yap, chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, disclosed that an alleged emissary from media giant ABS-CBN reached out to him, urging him to vote in favor of the network's franchise renewal in exchange for money.

“More than two weeks ago, may tumawag sa atin, nagpakilalang emisaryo ng ABS-CBN at hinihimok tayong bumoto pabor sa ABS-CBN kapalit ng P200 million. Simple lang ang sagot ko, hindi for sale ang prinsipyo at boto ko (someone called me, introducing himself as an emissary of ABS-CBN, urging me to vote in favor of ABS-CBN in exchange for P200 million. My answer was simple, my principle and vote are not for sale),” Yal said in a statement late Wednesday night, a few hours before the joint-committee convenes on Thursday for the summation of the issues tackled during the past 12 hearings on petitions for the renewal of the network's franchise.

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