Judy Ann Santos emphasized it clearly: “Hindi po ninyo kalaban ang ABS-CBN.”
Judy Ann, who rose to becoming a legendary actress in a storied career spanning three decades that began and continued to shine in the Kapamilya network and was last seen in the 2019 teleserye Starla, said current times aren’t appropriate for fighting or putting down one another, given that we are all facing a bigger menace.
"Kailangan pa ho ba natin madagdagan ang lungkot at pangamba na mayroon na tayo sa pangkasalukuyan?" Judy Ann stated in the Facebook Live event “Laban Kapamilya” seeking to restore the broadcast of ABS-CBN.
"Ngayong nasa bahay lang po ang mas nakararaming Pilipino para sundin ang utos ng gobyerno, hindi ho ba puwede sa mga ganitong panahon na wala tayong laban sa isang kontrabidang hindi natin nakikita . . . Hindi ba puwedeng magkaisa muna tayo at magtulungan para malagpasan ang epidemyang ito?"
Judy emphasized who the real enemy is.
"Harapin po natin ang tunay na kalaban. Hindi ho kami ang kalaban. Hindi po ninyo kalaban ang ABS-CBN. Sa panahong ito, dapat tayong lahat ay magkakakampi para makatulong po tayong lahat sa mga taong mas higit na nangaingailangan."
Judy Ann also aired her sentiments regarding the ill timing of the Cease and Desist Order of the National Telecommunications Commission.
"Hindi naman po ako magmamarunong sa batas,” she further said in this video. "Alam naman po natin at alam na alam ko na ang batas ay batas. At napakaloob sa Saligang Batas ang kapakanan nating lahat."
"Ang tanong ko lang ho ay simple lang naman. Siguro kahit nga Grade 2 masasagot ito, or kahit Grade 2 ito rin ang tanong -- Ano po'ng nangyari sa proseso? At bakit kailangan gawin ito sa ABS-CBN ngayon, sa panahong ito mismo, na lahat tayo ay nasa bahay at kasalukuyang natatakot?"
The NTC had given assurances before both Houses of Congress that it would issue a provisional authority that would have extended the ABS-CBN franchise to June 2022. The agency likewise issued a memorandum that automatically extends all franchises lapsing within the Enhanced Community Quarantine. However, when the franchise expired, the NTC issued the order to halt the network’s airing on the mandated broadcast frequencies.
She would further explain why they would continue to express their opinions against the forced closure of the network, her home since her phenomenal rise as a child star in the early nineties in the drama Mara Clara.
“Mayroon kaming puso, nasasaktan kami at hindi naman ho kaming puwedeng manahimik sa oras na masaktan," Judy Ann pointed out.
"Ang hiling po namin ngayon ay mapakinggan po kung ano ang laman ng mga puso at isip namin bilang mga tao, bilang Kapamilya, at bilang isang Pilipino.”
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*Video courtesy: Kim Chiu’s FB