Mislatel needs 'official' act from both Senate, House: DICT

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/02/19/021919_uy.jpg"/><figcaption>Businessman Dennis Uy, an investor in the Mislatel consortium, speaks before a Senate hearing. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA -- The Department of Information and Communications Technology said Tuesday it would ask the House to concur with a Senate resolution that approved the change in ownership of the designated third telco, Mislatel.The officer in charge of the DICT, Eliseo Rio, said he agreed with Sen. Grace Poe that the Senate resolution need not be approved in a bicameral conference with the House.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/06/19/senate-approves-mislatel-transfer-of-ownership-to-dennis-uy-china-telecom-consortium">Senate approves Mislatel transfer of ownership to Dennis Uy, China Telecom consortium</a></li></ul>To &quot;exercise prudence,&quot; Rio said the National Telecommunications Commission will ask the House to &quot;issue a formal declaration to the effect that it does not object to the Senate Resolution&quot; before a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity can be issued to Mislatel.The DICT will wait for official acts from the Senate and the House, Rio said.&quot;Until this is done, in order not to pre-empt Congress and in due regard to the separation of powers of the legislative and the,&quot; he said.Mislatel, composed of China Telecom and businessman Dennis Uy&#x27;s Udenna Corp and Chelsea Logistics won rights to mount a challenge against PLDT Inc and Globe Telecom.

The officer in charge of the DICT, Eliseo Rio, said he agreed with Sen. Grace Poe that the Senate resolution need not be approved in a bicameral conference with the House.

The officer in charge of the DICT, Eliseo Rio, said he agreed with Sen. Grace Poe that the Senate resolution need not be approved in a bicameral conference with the House.