SENATOR Grace Poe is set to file a proposed measure seeking to amend the charter of Movie and Television Ratings and Classification Board (MTRCB) to avoid presidential abuse in appointing its members.
In the weekly Kapihan sa Senado, Poe said that the MTRCB board was abused by the previous administration where a private citizen who is not privy nor character in any movie and television industry was appointed on the “pleasure of the chief executive.”
“Puwede rin magkaroon ng amendments kasi nakalagay doon na 30 members, 15 may come from the TV and movie industries. Dapat “must” come from kasi di ba imagine mo, MTRCB board, noong dating administration, kaibigan ko ito ilalagay ko dyan,” Poe said.
Poe said that in order the make films and television programs more adept to the present time safeguarding everybody’s interest including children, the members of the Board “must” be a member without connections in the industry.
“Importante kasi na kung sino ang ilalagay mo sa Board nakakaintindi kasi kung ang ilalagay mo sa Board walang koneksyon, although binabalanse ‘yan kaya 15 from the movie industry and 15 ordinary citizens like housewives because they’re also part of it,” Poe pointed out.
The MTRCB was created under Presidential Decree 1986 in 1985. A regulatory body must not only function in reviewing and censoring films or television programs brought before it but must also initiate the plans and cooperate with the industry to improve, upgrade and make viable the industry as one source of fuelling the national economy.
“Definitely, we need to amend the MTRCB mandate. Nakalagay doon is to help the movie and TV industry to become a viable part of the economy. It’s not a censorship, its classification. It’s an interim body that’s supposed to pave the way towards self-regulation,” Poe said.
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