Rolando Andaya Jr.

Rolando "Nonoy" Gutierrez Andaya Jr. (born March 10, 1969) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who represented the 1st District of Camarines Sur from 1998 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2019. He also served as the 32nd Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and the 9th Secretary of Budget and Management.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Gutierrez and the surname or paternal family name is Andaya.
The Honorable

Rolando G. Andaya Jr.
Andaya in 2019
House Majority Leader
In office
July 30, 2018[1] – January 21, 2019
House SpeakerGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byRodolfo Fariñas
Succeeded byFredenil Castro
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
In office
August 16, 2016 – July 30, 2018
House SpeakerPantaleon Alvarez
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Camarines Sur's 1st District
In office
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019
Preceded byDiosdado Ignacio M. Arroyo
Succeeded byMarissa Lourdes M. Andaya
In office
June 30, 1998 – February 4, 2006
Preceded byRolando R. Andaya
Succeeded byDiosdado Ignacio M. Arroyo
Secretary of Budget and Management
In office
February 5, 2006 – February 24, 2010
Appointed byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byRomulo Neri
Succeeded byFlorencio Abad
Personal details
Born (1969-03-10) March 10, 1969
Manila, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Political partyLakas–CMD (1998–present)
Nationalist People's Coalition (2012–2016)
PDP–Laban (2016–present)
Spouse(s)Marissa Lourdes Lirio Mercado (died 2020)
ChildrenRolando M. Andaya IV
Katrina Isabella M. Andaya
ResidenceQuezon City, Metro Manila
Ragay, Camarines Sur
Alma materDe La Salle University
Ateneo de Manila University
OccupationLawyer, politician

Early life and education

Born Rolando Aureo Gutierrez Andaya, Jr. on March 10, 1969, in Manila, he is the son of former congressman Rolando Andaya Sr. and Rita Gutierrez.[2] His grandfather, Tomas Andaya, was mayor of Ragay, Camarines Sur in the 1960s.[3] He is also the older brother of Maribel Andaya-Eusebio, mayor of Pasig from 2013 to 2016 and wife of Robert "Bobby" Eusebio.[4][5]

For his elementary education, Andaya studied at De La Salle Santiago Zobel School. For his secondary education, he went to Perryton High School in Texas where he graduated in 1987. In 1991, he graduated with a degree in Business and Economics, major in Legal Management from De La Salle University, and in 1995, he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from Ateneo de Manila University.[3] He passed the bar examinations that same year.[6]

Political career
Official portrait of Andaya during his term in the 17th Congress

Prior to being a congressman, Andaya worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1996 to 1998.[3][6]

He was the Representative of the 1st District of Camarines Sur from 1998 to 2006 during the 11th, 12th and 13th Congress. In October 2000, he was among the 40 congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint against then-President Joseph Estrada.[7] From 2001 to 2006, he served as the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations.[6]

His term in the 13th Congress was cut short in February 2006 due of his appointment as Secretary of Budget and Management by then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.[8] He served in that position until his resignation in February 2010 to run again as a congressman.[9][10] On June 30, 2010 he was sworn-in as the representative of the 1st District of Camarines Sur during the 15th Congress. He ran again successfully in the succeeding House elections of 2013 and 2016, serving uninterrupted as a congressman until 2019, after which his wife took over until her untimely death in July 2020.[11]

In August 2016, during his time in the 17th Congress, he was appointed Deputy Speaker of the House for Bicol.[12] In July 2018, following the ouster of Pantaleon Alvarez as House Speaker, he was then elected Majority Floor Leader of the House to replace Rodolfo Fariñas.[13] In January 2019, he stepped down as Majority Floor Leader to chair again the House Committee on Appropriations.[14] He served until June 30, 2019.

He ran for Governor of Camarines Sur in 2019 but lost to incumbent Miguel Luis Villafuerte.[15]

Controversies

In May 2014, a banner story published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer implicated Andaya, among other officials of the Arroyo administration, to the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. It alleged that during his time as budget secretary, he received at least ₱255 million as "commission" for various projects implemented by the Department of Agrarian Reform.[16] He later denied any involvement saying he has "not received any amount, whether in cash or in check, as commission from Napoles or from any of her staff or agents".[17]

In October 2013, plunder charges were filed at the Office of the Ombudsman by the National Bureau of Investigation against former-President Arroyo and other officials of her administration including Andaya in connection with the alleged misuse of the Malampaya gas fund.[18] In December 2017, the Ombudsman charged Andaya, along with convicted plunderer Janet Lim-Napoles and former Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman, with 97 counts of graft and malversation before the Sandiganbayan for his alleged involvement in the Malampaya fund scam. Andaya's alleged role in the scam was his signing of the Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) which was “fraught with irregularities constituting badges of fraud".[19] In March 2019, the Sandiganbayan denied Andaya's appeal to dismiss the charges against him.[20] On July, he refused to enter plea during his arraignment which prompted the court to enter a not-guilty plea for him.[21][22]

In October 2018, an administrative complaint was filed by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission at the Office of the Ombudsman against Andaya and his wife for his alleged misdeclaration of properties in his 2016 and 2017 Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN).[23] He later dismissed the allegations and accused it as being "part of an ongoing hatchet job" connected to his 2019 gubernatorial campaign.[24]

Personal life

Andaya was married to congresswoman Marissa Mercado-Andaya until her death on July 5, 2020 from cancer.[11] They had two children, Rolando Andaya IV and Katrina Andaya.

References
  1. "Andaya named new House majority leader". ABS-CBN News. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. "Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (10 April 2020), Rolando Aureo Gutierrez Andaya, 10 Mar 1969; Birth, 10 Mar 1969, City of Manila Civil Registrar, Philippines; FHL microfilm 1,716,886.
  3. "ANDAYA, Rolando Jr. Gutierrez". PCIJ’s i-site. Archived from the original on August 14, 2004. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  4. Alquitran, Non (February 16, 2019). "Comelec cancels Maribel Eusebio's bid for Camarines Sur seat". Philippine Star. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  5. "Camarines Sur court strikes Andaya sister off voter's list, blocking House candidacy". Abogado.com.ph. January 10, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  6. Balomaga, Ina Francis O. (December 12, 2014). "A Study on the Rhetoric of Congressman Rolando Andaya Jr. of the 1st District of Camarines Sur". Academia.edu. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  7. Diaz, Jess; Villanueva, Marichu A (October 19, 2000). "Impeach case filed". Philippine Star. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  8. "From Congress to the Executive: Cabinet reshuffle continues". The PCIJ Blog. February 7, 2006. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  9. Merueñas, Mark (February 24, 2010). "Budget chief quits, other Cabinet execs to follow". GMA News. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  10. Gagalac, Ron; Nubla, Timi (February 24, 2010). "Andaya, Devanadera vow to quit soon". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  11. Cervantes, Filane Mikee (July 6, 2020). "Camarines Sur Rep. Marissa Andaya succumbs to cancer". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  12. "AKO BICOL fully supports CamSur's 1st District Rep as 1st Deputy Speaker for Bicol". AKO BICOL Partylist. August 27, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  13. Cepeda, Mara (July 30, 2018). "Rolando Andaya is new House majority leader". Rappler. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  14. De la Cruz, Jovee Marie (January 22, 2019). "Andaya quits House majority leadership, takes role as appropriations panel head". Business Mirror. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  15. Ostria, Rey Anthony (May 18, 2019). "Andaya loses to Villafuerte in CamSur". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  16. Carvajal, Nancy (May 16, 2014). "Gov't execs' loot: P820M". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  17. Domingo, Ronnel (May 17, 2014). "Andaya, Alcala deny dealings with Napoles in pork scams". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  18. Dinglasan, Rouchelle (October 3, 2013). "Gloria Arroyo, Napoles, 20 others face plunder raps over Malampaya fund scam". GMA News. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  19. Buan, Lian (December 8, 2017). "Plunder charges dropped vs Arroyo execs, Napoles in Malampaya scam". Rappler. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  20. Buan, Lian (March 7, 2019). "Sandiganbayan to proceed with Andaya trial over Malampaya scam". Rappler. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  21. Chiu, Patricia Denise (July 13, 2019). "Andaya refuses to enter plea during arraignment". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  22. Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (July 12, 2019). "Sandiganbayan enters 'not guilty' plea for Andaya in graft raps". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  23. Medenilla, Samuel (October 10, 2018). "House leader Andaya faces additional charges for SALN 'misdeclaration'". Business Mirror. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  24. Tolentino, Reina (October 10, 2018). "PACC exec files graft, perjury raps vs Andaya, wife". The Manila Times. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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