2. RODANTE MARCOLETA
• Rodante Dizon Marcoleta (born July 29, 1953) is a Filipino politician
serving as the party-list representative for SAGIP since 2016. He is a
former House Deputy Speaker of the 18th Congress from 2019 to
2022.[1] A successful member of the religious organization Iglesia ni
Cristo, Marcoleta is one of the vocal opponents against ABS-
CBN and Meralco one of the 70 representatives who voted to
permanently deny the franchise renewal of the network[2][3][4] and 70
representatives who voted to permanently deny the franchise renewal
of the electricity as well as responsible for the termination of ABS-CBN
Meralco and TV5's landmark partnership deal.[5][6][7][8][9] Marcoleta is
also the host of Net 25 public affairs program, Sa Ganang
Mamamayan (lit. For Citizens)
3. EDUCATION
• Doctorate Degree in Public Administration, University of the
Philippines, Diliman, 2020
• Master's degree in Business Administration, University of the
East
• Developmental Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
4. 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
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.[12] He is known as the proponent of slashing the
budget of the Commission on Human Rights to 1,000
pesos.[13] Marcoleta was one of the principal authors of the landmark
law Magna Carta of the Poor,[14] which was signed by
President Rodrigo Duterte in April 2019.
5. IVERMECTIN PANTRY
• In April 2021, 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.
6. SENATE CANDIDACY
• In September 2021, Marcoleta was nominated by the PDP–
Laban political party to run for senator in the 2022 Philippine
Senate elections.[17][18][19] On April 27, 2022, twelve days prior
to the elections, Marcoleta withdrew his senatorial bid citing
his 'poor showing' in the surveys.
![RODANTE MARCOLETA
• Rodante Dizon Marcoleta (born July 29, 1953) is a Filipino politician
serving as the party-list representative for SAGIP since 2016. He is a
former House Deputy Speaker of the 18th Congress from 2019 to
2022.[1] A successful member of the religious organization Iglesia ni
Cristo, Marcoleta is one of the vocal opponents against ABS-
CBN and Meralco one of the 70 representatives who voted to
permanently deny the franchise renewal of the network[2][3][4] and 70
representatives who voted to permanently deny the franchise renewal
of the electricity as well as responsible for the termination of ABS-CBN
Meralco and TV5's landmark partnership deal.[5][6][7][8][9] Marcoleta is
also the host of Net 25 public affairs program, Sa Ganang
Mamamayan (lit. For Citizens)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)