Rodante Marcoleta

Rodante Dizon Marcoleta (born July 29, 1953) is a Filipino politician serving as the Party-list Representative for SAGIP since 2016, and as a House Deputy Speaker in the 18th Congress since July 2019 under the leadership of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Lord Allan Velasco.[1] A member of the religious group Iglesia ni Cristo, Marcoleta is one of the vocal opponents against ABS-CBN and is among the 70 representatives who voted to permanently deny the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.[2][3][4]

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Dizon and the surname or paternal family name is Marcoleta.
The Honorable
Rodante D. Marcoleta
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Assumed office
July 29, 2019
House SpeakerAlan Peter Cayetano
Lord Allan Velasco
Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
for SAGIP party-list
Assumed office
June 30, 2016
Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
for Alagad party-list
In office
June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013
Personal details
Born
Rodante Dizon Marcoleta

(1953-07-29) 29 July 1953
Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Political partyPDP–Laban (2021–present)
SAGIP (2016–present)
Alagad (2004–2013)
Spouse(s)Edna M. Marcoleta
Children1
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Marcoleta was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines under the 13th Congress representing the party-list of Alagad from 2004 to 2007 and again under the 15th Congress from 2009 until 2013. In 2016, under the 17th Congress, he was elected party-list representative of the Social Amelioration & Genuine Intervention on Poverty Partylist, more commonly known by its abbreviation SAGIP.[5] He is known as the proponent of slashing the budget of the Commission on Human Rights to 1,000 pesos.[6] Marcoleta was one of the principal authors of the landmark law Magna Carta of the Poor,[7] which was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in April 2019.[8]

In September 2021, Marcoleta was nominated by the PDP–Laban political party to run for the 2022 Philippine Senate elections.[9][10][11] On April 27, 2022, twelve days before the elections, Marcoleta had dropped out of his senatorial bid citing his 'poor showing' in the surveys.[12][13]

References
  1. Diaz, Jess (August 1, 2019). "18 deputy speakers named". Philstar.com. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  2. Perez-Rubio, Bella (July 10, 2020). "List of lawmakers who voted for and against ABS-CBN franchise renewal". Philstar.com. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  3. Cigaral, Ian Nicolas (July 10, 2020). "Marcoleta: No chance for ABS-CBN to get new franchise, not even in 2022". Philstar.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. Limos, Mario Alvaro (July 10, 2020). "Who Is Rodante Marcoleta?". esquiremag.ph.
  5. Gavilan, Jodesz (September 13, 2017). "Who is Rodante Marcoleta, the man behind the motion for CHR's P1,000-budget?". Rappler. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  6. Viray, Patricia Lourdes (September 13, 2017). "Who moved to give the CHR a budget of P1,000?". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  7. Mauricio-Arriola, Tessa (20 February 2022). "Reintroducing Rodante Marcoleta". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  8. Parrocha, Azer (May 27, 2019). "Duterte signs Magna Carta of the Poor". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  9. Rey, Aika (September 8, 2021). "LIST: PDP-Laban Cusi faction's initial Senate slate for 2022". Rappler. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  10. @Rappler (December 8, 2021). "WATCH: Rodante Marcoleta boasts to supporters that "isinara natin ang ABS-CBN," rails against oligarchs while campaigning for Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte" (Tweet). Retrieved December 8, 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. @Rappler (March 30, 2022). "Rodante Marcoleta made it a staple in sortie speech to brag about shutting down ABS-CBN, which he says is proof he can fight oligarchs. Marcoleta is running with Mark Villar of business magnate Villars who just launched an IPO and took over ABS frequencies" (Tweet). Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Twitter.
  12. de Leon, Dwight (April 27, 2022). "ABS-CBN franchise killer Rodante Marcoleta withdraws from senatorial race". Rappler. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  13. RG Cruz, Mico Abarro (April 27, 2022). "UniTeam senate bet Marcoleta withdraws from #Halalan2022: Comelec". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
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