Marcoleta is a senator, not the Home speaker

Isabela Consultant Bojie Dy is at present the Home Speaker. Opposite to the declare, Marcoleta can’t assume the position as a result of he’s a senator within the twentieth Congress.

Declare: Senator Rodante Marcoleta is the brand new Home speaker.

Score: FALSE

Why we fact-checked this: Information Replace Recordsdata, a YouTube channel with over 31,000 followers, posted a video on November 18 claiming that Marcoleta assumed the position of Home speaker. As of writing, the video has over 22,000 views, 204 feedback, and 1,700 likes.

The video’s title bears the declare, “Huge excellent news! Marcoleta new Home speaker? Marcos Jr nilaglag na si Romualdez at Lacson (Marcos has implicated Romualdez and Lacson)?”

In the meantime, the thumbnail shows a collage photograph of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., former Home speaker Martin Romualdez, and Marcoleta, who’s proven signing a doc implied to be associated to his alleged new position. Textual content overlaid on the picture reads, “New Home Speaker! Congrats! Marcoleta.”

The info: Marcoleta can’t assume the position of Home speaker as a result of he’s at present a senator within the twentieth Congress. A senator can’t be elected Home speaker as a result of the Senate and the Home of Representatives are two separate chambers of Congress.

Article VI, Part 16 of the Philippine Structure states that every Home shall elect its leaders from its personal members. That is additionally cited within the Guidelines of the Home of Representatives.

The video content material itself by no means said that Marcoleta turned Home speaker and didn’t present any proof to again up this declare. This mismatch between the title and the precise video content material is a standard clickbait tactic obvious in comparable movies of this nature.

Present roles: The present Home speaker is Isabela sixth District Consultant Faustino “Bojie” Dy III, succeeding Leyte 1st District Consultant Martin Romualdez, who resigned as speaker on September 17 amid the continued investigations into anomalous flood management initiatives.

Romualdez, who was among the many officers implicated within the scandal, stated he stepped all the way down to permit full transparency and accountability within the impartial investigation into the flood management corruption allegations. (WATCH: Rappler Recap: Why Romualdez resigned)

Dy was proclaimed because the new Home speaker after receiving a complete of 253 votes from Home members. (READ: Who’s Faustino ‘Bojie’ Dy, successor of Martin Romualdez as Home speaker?)

In the meantime, Marcoleta is at present the Senate Deputy Minority Chief and chairs the Senate’s commerce, commerce, and entrepreneurship committee. The neophyte senator was elected within the 2025 elections, rating sixth within the senatorial race. (READ: Senator Rodante Marcoleta, the gentleman from Iglesia)

In July, Marcoleta was elected as chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, which is tasked with high-profile investigations. He was changed by Senator Ping Lacson in September, following a significant Senate management shake-up that positioned him within the minority bloc. – Princess Leah Sagaad/Rappler.com

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