Newly appointed Commission on Elections Commissioner Ernesto Maceda Jr. has taken his oath before Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo.
Maceda, a lawyer by profession, was appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as ad interim Comelec commissioner on Oct. 3, 2022.
Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia welcomed the appointment of Maceda, whom he described as “a veteran election lawyer and election law professor.”
Maceda is currently a professorial lecturer at the Ateneo Law School.
He taught election law, administrative law, and constitutional law subjects at the law schools of PLM, Far Eastern University, and Arellano University.
He was Master of Laws (LL.M.) thesis professor for the PLM new…Graduate School of Law, and from 2006 – 2015, was the Dean of the PLM College of Law.
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 Manila vice mayor at age 28.