Senator Rodante Marcoleta, 71, was arrested on July 6, 2026, at the Sandiganbayan special anti-graft court in Quezon City on a plunder charge. An arrest warrant had been issued in the case. Members of Iglesia ni Cristo, of which Marcoleta is a member, held a three-day rally with more than 15,000 participants that disrupted traffic in metropolitan Manila; President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. cancelled two official engagements on Tuesday.