The House of Representatives has voted on the matter.
In a 284-4-4 vote, the House of Representatives on Wednesday officially passed House Bill 9710.
The said bill seeks to revoke the legislative franchise to operate television and radio stations that was granted to Swara Sug Media Corporation (SSMC).
SSMC is the entity behind the embattled broadcast network Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI).
In turn, Swara Sug is owned by the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, a church established by controversial preacher, Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.
The House, after the Legislative Franchises panel hearing, said that it found three major violations committed by the network.
In Section 4, the franchise law mandates Swara Sug and SMNI to provide balanced programming to its audience.
Section 10, meanwhile, stipulates that they must inquire the Congress whenever there are changes in the owners or other major movements in the company within sixty (60) days.
Finally, Section 11, which orders them to offer 30% of outstanding capital stock to the public.
With this development, the bill will be transmitted to the upper chamber of the Congress, the Senate.
If that passes through the legislative body, the bill will be sent to Malacañang, where President Ferdinand Marcos could either sign the bill into law, use his power to veto, or let it lapse.
If he chooses either of the two latter options, the bill will terminate Republic Act 11422, which grants SSMC the privilege to use the public airwaves to transmit their programming via free-to-air stations across the country.
Although, the SMNI network is currently not operating its free TV channel and radio stations after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a cease-and-desist order while their pending case with the bureau is still under review last January.