Filipino politician
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. A member of the religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo, and 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 and responsible for the termination of landmark partnership deal between ABS-CBN and TV5. He is also the host of Net 25 public affairs program "Sa Ganang Mamamayan" (lit. "For Citizens") and a fan of Korean dramas.
Political career.
Party-list representative.
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. He is known as the proponent of slashing the budget of the Commission on Human Rights to 1,000 pesos. Marcoleta was one of the principal authors of the landmark law Magna Carta of the Poor, which was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in April 2019.
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.
Ivermectin pantry.
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.
Senate candidacy.
In September 2021, Marcoleta was nominated by the PDP–Laban political party to run for senator in the 2022 Philippine Senate elections. On April 27, 2022, twelve days prior to the elections, Marcoleta withdrew his senatorial bid, citing his 'poor showing' in the surveys.
On October 8, 2024, Marcoleta filed to run for senator in the 2025 Philippine Senate elections as an independent candidate.
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