Rodante Marcoleta | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2023 | |
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
In office July 29, 2019 –June 1, 2022 | |
House Speaker | Alan 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 July 29,1953 [1] Paniqui,Tarlac,Philippines |
Political party | SAGIP (2016–present) Independent (2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | Alagad (2004–2013) PDP–Laban (2021–2024) |
Spouse | Edna M. Marcoleta |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman (DPA) San Sebastian College (LL.B) |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Rodante Dizon Marcoleta (born July 29,1953) is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the party-list representative for SAGIP Partylist since 2016. He is a former House Deputy Speaker of the 18th Congress from 2019 to 2022. [2] One of the vocal detractors against ABS-CBN,Marcoleta is one of the 70 representatives who voted to permanently deny the renewal of the network's franchise [3] [4] [5] and responsible for the termination of landmark partnership deal between ABS-CBN and TV5. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] He is also the host of Net 25 public affairs program Sa Ganang Mamamayan (lit. For Citizens) and a fan of Korean dramas. [11] [12]
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 2007 until 2013. In 2016,under the 17th Congress,he was elected party-list representative of the Social Amelioration and Genuine Intervention on Poverty,more commonly known by its abbreviation SAGIP. [14] He is known as the proponent of slashing the budget of the Commission on Human Rights to 1,000 pesos. [15] Marcoleta was one of the principal authors of the landmark law Magna Carta of the Poor, [16] which was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in April 2019. [17]
In September 2024,Marcoleta was unanimously expelled from five committees by the House of Representatives,citing his actions of being supportive to Vice President Sara Duterte. [18] [19]
In April 2021,during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines,Marcoleta and Anakalusugan party-list representative Mike Defensor initiated an "ivermectin pan-three" that distributes the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin,despite warnings from the World Health Organization on the lack of evidence to support the drug's efficacy against COVID-19. [20] [21]
In September 2021,Marcoleta was nominated by the PDP–Laban political party to run for senator in the 2022 Philippine Senate elections. [22] [23] [24] On April 27,2022,twelve days prior to the elections,Marcoleta withdrew his senatorial bid,citing his 'poor showing' in the surveys. [25] [26]
On October 8,2024,Marcoleta filed to run for senator in the 2025 Philippine Senate elections as an independent candidate. [27]