New Comelec commissioner takes his oath

Newly appointed Comelec Commissioner Ernesto P. Maceda Jr. takes his oath before Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

MANILA — Newly appointed Commission on Elections Commissioner Ernesto P. Maceda Jr. has taken his oath before Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo.

Dean Ernesto P. Maceda Jr. was appointed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. as ad interim Comelec Commissioner on Oct. 3, 2022.

Comelec Chair George Erwin Garcia welcomed the much needed appointment of Maceda, whom he described as “a veteran election lawyer and election law professor”. The Comelec referred to Maceda as a constitutionalist and respected personality in the academe.

He is currently a professorial lecturer at Ateneo Law School. He taught election law, administrative law and constitutional law subjects at the law schools of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Far Eastern University and Arellano University. He was Master of Laws (LL.M.) thesis professor for the PLM Graduate School of Law. From 2006 – 2015, he was the Dean of the PLM College of Law.

Commissioner Maceda earned his LL.M. from Columbia University. He graduated from Ateneo Law School, LL.B., and placed 19th in the 1989 Bar Exams. He is currently a candidate for Doctor of Public Administration at the University of the Philippines NCPAG.

The 58-year-old Maceda topped the Manila City Council elections at the age of 23 and became City Vice Mayor of Manila at age 28.