SAGIP party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has been stripped of membership in five powerful committees of the House of Representatives.
During Wednesday night plenary session, the House presided by Cebu Rep. Vincent Franco Frasco announced Marcoleta’s ouster from some committees.
Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo City Rep. Jam Baronda nominated Manila Rep. Virginia Lacson of the Teachers party-list group to the Commission on Appointments (CA), as well as the Committees on Energy, Justice, Public Accounts, and Constitutional Amendments.
Baronda said Lacson would be entering these committees “vice Rep. Rodante Marcoleta,” meaning that she would take over Marcoleta’s slot in these panels.
Barely a week ago when Marcoleta was also removed as vice chairman of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability.
Marcoleta was one of few legislators who defended Vice President Sara Duterte during the recently concluded deliberations on the P6.352-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2025.
Marcoleta confirmed he was unseated before the House adjourned for a break.
“This is the price I have to pay for upholding established rules and for consistently adhering to the principles that the House of the people stand and fight for,” he stressed in response to the news of his ouster.
