Only four (4) pages are devoted to whether the NTC exceeded its discretion when it issued the

Press Release. About two (2) of the four (4) pages are utilized to cite the statutory provisions
delineating the powers and functions of the NTC. The citations are geared toward the claim that
"NTC is independent in so far as its regulatory and quasi-judicial functions are concerned." 8 Then the
petition argues that nothing in the functions of the NTC "warrants the pre-emptive action it took on
June 11, 2005 of declaring in a Press Release that airing of the contents of the controversial tape
already constituted a violation of the Anti-Wire Tapping Law." 9 The petition also states that "[w]orse,
the judgment of NTC was outright, without a hearing to determine the alleged commission of a crime
and violation of the certificate of authority issued to radio and television stations," 10 though this point
is neither followed up nor bolstered by appropriate citations which should be plenty.