In recent news about the development of the state of the Reproductive Health Bill in the country, twenty Philippine senators signed an approval of the said bill. This signing of an approval means a great development for the RH Bill for it means that the bill is actually going somewhere and not neglected totally. In a previous blog entry, I listed down the name of the Senators who signed the said approval. In the next few blog entries, I will be discussing the profiles of these Senators and probably state why they signed the approval. For today, we will be looking at Senator Franklin Drilon.
Franklin Magtunao Drilon was born on November 28, 1945 in Iloilo City, Iloilo. He is the eldest son of Cesar Drilon, Sr. and Primitiva Magtunao. He graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1965, where he took up a Bachelor of Arts degree. His politician roots started in college when he was elected President of the UP Student Council. In 1969, he completed his Bachelors of Laws at the UP College of Law. He took the bar examination that same year where he placed third.
As a lawyer, he worked in law offices such as Sycip, Salazar, Luna, Manalo and Feliciano Law Offices (now SyCip Salazar, Hernandez and Gatmaitan); and Angara, Abello, Concepcion, Regala and Cruz Law Offices (ACCRALAW). He is politician who has served the Philippine Senate for two terms, from 2001-2006, and currently serving his third term. He served as the President of the Senate of the Philippines in 2000, after Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. Before serving the senate, he worked in the Department of Justice, Department of Labor and Employment, and as an Executive Secretary in different committees.
Franklin Drilon is married to Violeta Calvo, a fellow lawyer and ACCRA senior partner. Together, they have two children, Eliza and Patrick. During his campaign for a senate seat in 1995, Franklin Drilon would often travel to the United States to be with his wife, who was being treated for lunch cancer there. His wife, Violeta, unfortunately lost the battle against cancer in September that same year, two months after his husband won a seat. But just two years after his wife’s death, Franklin Drilon proposed to Mila Serrano-Genuino, a close family friend who was a widow. They married and got President Corazon Aquino and President Fidel V. Ramos as their sponsors.
Franklin Drilon is a member of the Rotary Club, Makati Chapter. He is also an active member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP). He used to be the president of the Pasay-Makati-Mandaluyong-San Juan Chapter of the IBP.
Senator Franklin Drilon is a very powerful and great politician. With his signing of the approval in this position of his, he will have a great influence on the RH Bill finally becoming a law. I am pretty sure the reason why he signed this approval was because he believes in the change that the RH Bill will bring. I just hope a lot of people will also see this.
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