Francisco Datol
{{Short description|Filipino politician (died 2020)}}
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| birthname =Francisco G. Datol Jr.
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| death_date = {{death date|2020|8|11}} (aged 71)
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| office = Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
for Senior Citizens Partylist
| term_start = June 30, 2016
| term_end = June 30, 2019
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| term_start2 = December 4, 2019
| term_end2 = August 10, 2020
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| alongside = Milagros Magsaysay
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Francisco "Jun" G. Datol Jr. was a Filipino politician who served as a representative for the Senior Citizens Partylist in the House of Representatives.
Career
=Leadership dispute (2010–13)=
The Senior Citizens Partylist took part at the 2010 election winning two seats which was filled by Godofredo Arquiza and David Kho as first and second nominee respectively. There was allegedly a term-sharing agreement where Kho would give way after one and a half year with Francisco Datol, the third nominee succeeding Kho. However a leadership dispute arose after the Datol was removed from the group with Remedios Arquiza being the next in line as the fourth nominee if Kho was to resign. The Aquiza and Datol factions also had two separate nominee list for the 2013 election.{{cite web |title=G.R. Nos. 206844-45 - Colation of Associations of Senior Citizens in the Philippines, Inc. (Datol) vs Comelec and Colation of Associations of Senior Citizens in the Philippines, Inc. (Arquiza) vs Comelec |url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/55984 |website=elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph |access-date=10 February 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Bueza |first1=Michael |title=Comelec won't proclaim Senior Citizens party-list reps |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/48032-comelec-denies-senior-citizens-party-list-seats/ |access-date=10 February 2025 |work=Rappler |date=15 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724224218/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/48032-comelec-denies-senior-citizens-party-list-seats/ |archive-date=24 July 2024}}
= Senior Citizens Partylist representative (2016–20)=
Datol became a representative for Senior Citizens after the 2016 election, with the group securing enough votes for two seat.{{cite news |title=Senior Citizens Rep. Datol died of COVID-19, says party-list nominee |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/08/11/20/senior-citizens-rep-datol-died-of-covid-19-says-party-list-nominee |access-date=10 February 2025 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=11 August 2020}} He served alongside Milagros Aquino Magsaysay.{{cite news |last1=Cepada |first1=Mara |title=Francisco Datol Jr returns as Senior Citizens congressman |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928175941/https://www.rappler.com/nation/246439-francisco-datol-jr-returns-senior-citizens-congressman-18th-congress/ |access-date=10 February 2025 |work=Rappler |date=28 September 2022}}
Senior Citizens retained a seat after the conclusion of the 2019 election but the seat was initially left vacant. However the group experienced a leadership dispute with Datol, Datol, Magsaysay, and Godofredo Villar Arquiza claiming to be party president and have submitted different list of nominees to the Commission on Elections.{{cite news |last1=Cepeda |first1=Mara |title=Senior Citizens lawmaker Francisco Datol Jr dies of COVID-19 |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/senior-citizens-lawmakers-francisco-datol-jr-dies/ |access-date=10 February 2025|date=10 August 2019|work=Rappler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123162815/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/senior-citizens-lawmakers-francisco-datol-jr-dies/ |archive-date=23 January 2025}} Datol was proclaimed as the party's first nominee by the election body and Datol took oath as Senior Citizens' representative on December 4, 2019.
Despite rejecting the renewal of the then-recently expiring franchise of broadcast giant ABS-CBN Corporation, Datol filed the law which created the National Commission of Senior Citizens. He also promoted the Universal Pension bill and sought to amend the Centenarian Act. He was chairman of the house committee on senior citizens.{{cite news |last1=Porcalla |first1=Delon |title=Senior citizens representative Datol dies |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/08/11/2034320/senior-citizens-representative-datol-dies |access-date=10 February 2025 |work=The Philippine Star |date=11 August 2010}}
Illness and death
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Category:Party-list members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines