Jesus Crispin Remulla


Jesus Crispin "Boying" Catibayan Remulla is a Filipino politician serving as the representative of Cavite's 7th district since 2019, previously holding the position from 2010 to 2013. He is also concurrently the Senior Deputy Majority Leader. He served as the provincial governor of Cavite from 2016 to 2019 and was the representative of the province's 3rd district from 2004 to 2010. He is also a radio host for "Executive Session" on DZRH News Television.
Remulla graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1987, where he was a brother of the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity. He passed the bar exam. He is member of the Remulla political dynasty of Cavite: His father, Juanito, was the provincial governor for fourteen years. His brother Gilbert, a former television reporter for ABS-CBN, was the representative of the 2nd district from 2001 to 2007. His other brother, Jonvic, is the current provincial governor.

Political career

In 2001, he became the chief of staff of then Senator and former First Lady Luisa Pimentel-Estrada, wife of former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada and spokesperson of Puwersa ng Masa before running for Congress in a controversial 2004 election. During the campaign, he was upset by Governor Erineo "Ayong" Maliksi, who was a fellow member of Partido Magdalo, because of his support of then mayor of Silang, Cavite Ruben Madlansacay, who ran as independent for congressman. He won as congressman in the district more than two years after the death of his predecessor, Napoleon R. Beratio.
In 2007, he won for the second term as congressman against then Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Manny De Castro, also from Silang. De Castro would lose another election in the newly created 5th District of Cavite after was lost by Carmona Mayor Roy Loyola.
In 2009, he among with fellow representatives of Cavite -- Joseph Emilio Abaya and Elpidio Barzaga, Jr.—authored the biggest congressional reapportionment in the history of the Philippines by passing Republic Act No. 9727, unofficially titled The Cavite Congressional Reapportionment Act of 2009, bringing the representatives of Cavite from three to seven.
In the recent election, also, he defeated Tagaytay City Councilor Laureano Mendoza to claim his third consecutive term and first under the new district.
On July 26, 2010, he became one of six Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives under the speakership of Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte, Jr.
In 2013 elections, he ran for Mayor of Tagaytay under the Nacionalista Party, Lakas-CMD and the United Nationalist Alliance, he opposed Bambol's wife Agnes Tolentino of the Liberal party. In 2016, instead to run for the Congress against Bambol Tolentino, Remulla was substituted by his younger brother Jonvic to run as governor.
Remulla played a major role in the ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy along with Mike Defensor and Rodante Marcoleta, they accuses ABS-CBN for tax avoidance, selling Philippine Depositary Receipts for foreigners, using Channel 43 to continue broadcasts after the shutdown on May 5, using ABS-CBN facilities, and submitting a alledged tampered torrens title. He enlisted the help of the National Bureau of Investigation to go after his critics on social media, accusing them of cyberbullying due to forgetting to stand while singing Lupang Hinirang., on July 10, 2020, he, as a ex-officio member of the Legislative Franchises, voted against the new twenty-five year franchise for the ill-fated network.