Actor Arjo Atayde, who was recently elected as congressman of Quezon City’s District 1 (QCD1), is already quite busy.

He has filed six bills for the 19th Congress.

These include House Bill No. 457 – an act declaring Quezon City as the “Film and Television Arts” capital of the Philippines; House Bill No. 458 – an act upgrading and converting the Quezon City General Hospital into a medical center, to be known as Quezon City General Hospital and Medical center, appropriating funds thereof and other purposes; House Bill No. 459 – an act providing for occupational safety and health standards for the workers and talents in the movie and television industry; House Bill No. 460 – an act prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (SOGIE) providing penalties thereof, and for other purposes; House Bill No. 461 – an providing for the magna carta of barangay health workers; and House Bill No. 462 – an act establishing the Philippine Virology Science and Technology Institute and appropriating funds thereof.

Atayde, 31, officially took his oath on Wednesday as Congressman-elect of Quezon City’s District 1 (QCD1) in a ceremony held at the Eraño G. Manalo Hall of the EVM Convention Center Central in Diliman, Quezon City, as presided by Honorable Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo.

Present with Atayde are close family members including his father Art and sister Ria, who was seen holding the bible while her brother was sworn into office. 

Atayde won in the congressional race in QCD1 by a landslide with 112,457 votes which comprises 66.84% of the total votes in the district.