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Senatorial aspirant Rodante Marcoleta’s statement on laying off ABS-CBN employees as ‘collateral damage’ during the CNN Senatorial Debate on April 10, 2022, sparked criticisms from celebrities.
Marcoleta was among the lawmakers who pushed for the non-renewal of the Network’s franchise. Also, he’s one of the two who advocated for the parasitic drug, Ivermectin as COVID-19 treatmen
JUST IN: Rodante Marcoleta, who is among those who killed ABS-CBN’s franchise bid, filed his COC for senator on Friday.
He also advocated the use of anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19. #BilangPilipino2022 #Elections2022
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During the CNN Senatorial Debate, when Marcoleta was asked about being one of the orchestrators of ABS-CBN’s non-renewal of the franchise, he explained that he is saddened because there was damage throughout the process. However, despite that, the rule of law is needed.
Marcoleta on pushing for the non-renewal of ABS-CBN's franchise: Nalulungkot kami sapagkat may damage talaga. Ngunit sa ibabaw ng lahat, kailangan nating palitawin na ang mga batas ay kailangang pairalin.
— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) April 10, 2022
He continued that what they did was just ‘collateral damage.’
He even revealed that it was only 2,000 employees who got laid off and not 11,000. The remaining 9,000 employees were contractual workers who do not have the security of tenure.
Marcoleta: Alam niyo po, collateral damage lang ang nangyari. Hindi po 11,000. Halos 2,000 lang. 'Yung 9,000 ay hindi regular employees, contract workers, program workers na kung titingnan niyo wala ring security of tenure
— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) April 10, 2022
Summing up his statement, he emphasized that they needed to do that because of the different violations of the said Network.
Marcoleta: Kinailangan namin na makastigo namin ang network na 'yun dahil napakaraming paglabag ang nakita namin
READ: https://t.co/qNiw7RVdKn
— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) April 10, 2022
Following the statements of Marcoleta, some celebrities criticized the senatorial aspirant.
John Lapus, a well-known comedian, director, and a former talent of ABS-CBN cussed Marcoleta and emphasized that he was part of those who lost a job and reminded him they had a job before they pushed for the non-renewal of the license of ABS-CBN.
Gago! Kasama ako doon. May trabaho kami bago nyo tinarantado ang abs-cbn. Demonyo! Tenurin mo mukha mong bukbokin. 🤬 https://t.co/6QHsAOQXDX
— John Lapus (@KorekKaJohn) April 10, 2022
A theater actor and content creator added that the numbers given with the addition of many more are the ones who will not vote for Marcoleta.
Padaliin ko math mo. 11,000 + 2,000 + 9,000 + 1 + napakarami pang iba = mga hindi boboto sa’yo. https://t.co/LzQH6jWHBx
— Reb Atadero (@rebranger) April 12, 2022
Another former employee of ABS-CBN also reacted to the abuse of power rather than providing a better situation.
Isa ako sa 11k. My mom was one of them too. Hindi ako regular employee but I had steady work for 6 years. Instead of making the situation better, you abused your power and made it worse. https://t.co/wpUVS0UnS5
— Justine Peña (@jus_pena) April 11, 2022
