 His cousin, Martin "Mark" L. López, who served as the company's chief technology officer, was elected as the new chairman of the board.López' citizenship was put into question as part of the renewal process of ABS-CBN Corporation's broadcast franchise.It was alleged that López solely held American citizenship, violating the 1987 Constitution's provision that media companies should be fully Filipino-owned, and that he supposedly gained Filipino citizenship when he applied for recognition as a Filipino national in 2001.