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Marcoleta kicked out from 5 House panels

Marcoleta kicked out from 5 House panels

Vivienne Gulla,

ABS-CBN News

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Representative Rodante Marcoleta attends the House Committee on Justice on September 12, 2022. Press and Public Affairs Bureau handout/File


MANILA — SAGIP party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has been removed from five panels in the House of Representatives, including the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA).

During Wednesday's House plenary session, House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo City Rep. Jam Baronda moved to replace Marcoleta from the CA and the committees on energy, justice, public accounts, and constitutional amendments.

The lower chamber elected Manila Teachers party-list Rep. Virgilio Lacson to replace Marcoleta.

“Mr. Speaker, on the part of the majority, I move to nominate and elect to the Commission on Appointments, to the Committee on Energy, to the Committee on Justice, to the Committee on Public Accounts and (the Committee on) Consti Amendments Representative Virgilio Lacson vice Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, so move,” Baronda said.

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“Is there any objection? The chair hears none, the motion is approved,” Presiding Officer, House Deputy Speaker and Cebu 5th District Representative Duke Frasco said.

There was no mention of the reason for changes in the committee membership during the session. Only members of the committee can make motions and vote during panel hearings.


'THE PRICE I HAVE TO PAY'


“This is the price I have to pay for adhering to established rules, regulations, as well as the standards of parliamentary practice,” Marcoleta, an ally of the Duterte family, said in a message.

“I may have been bloodied, but will remain unbowed fighting for what is just and right,” he added. 

During the House Committee on Appropriations’ deliberations on the proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President, Marcoleta called out lawmakers for not giving courtesy to the OVP. 

He also raised questions on the inquiry conducted by the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability into the OVP’s alleged misuse of confidential funds, which was seen by at least one lawmaker as “rebuking” the panel. 

Marcoleta remains a member of four House committees, namely, Basic Education and Culture, Government Enterprises and Privatization, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation. 


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