Regalado Maambong, Filipino jurist, member of 1986 Constitutional Commission died he was , 72.

Regalado E. "Dodong" Maambong was a Filipino jurist, politician and member of the 1987 Constitutional Commission, which drafted the Constitution of the Philippines  died he was , 72.

(? - May 27, 2011)

Regalado Maambong was born in Santa Fe, Cebu to his father, Judge Joaquin Tagalog Maambong.^[2] Maambong studied pre-law at the University of San Carlos in Cebu, before completing his law degree at Ateneo de Manila University, a Jesuit university in Manila.^[2] He passed the Philippines bar exam within the top 20 for the country.^[2] A criminologist, Maambong later served as the dean of the College of Criminology of the University of the Visayas.^[2]
Maambong served in both the Filipino legislative and executive branches of government.^[1] He was elected to the Batasang Pambansa in 1984 as a member of the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL).^[2]
After the fall of Ferdinand Marcos, President Corazon Aquino appointed Maambong as a trial judge in Cebu and then as a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission.^[2] As a member of the Commission, Maambong helped to write and draft the Constitution of the Philippines drafted in 1987.^[2] Aquino then appointed Maambong as a Commissioner of the Commission on Elections, or Comelec.^[2]
Maambong retired from Comelec and ran as a candidate for Governor of Cebu in 2001.^[2] However, he was defeated Pablo Garcia (Filipino politician).^[2] In 2002, President Gloria Macapagal as an associate justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines.^[2] He served as the chairman of the 15th Division of the Court of Appeals until 2009.^[2] Maambong made an unsuccessful bid for the Philippines Senate in 2010.^[2]
He was considered an expert in election law.^[1] Maambong spearheaded and advocated the automation of the Philippines election system, which was fully implemented for the May 2010 Philippine general election.^[1]
Regalado Maambong died from multiple organ failure at his condominium in Quezon City on May 27, 2011, at the age of 72.^[2] He was survived by his wife, Cristina, two sons Victor and Renren, and five grandchildren.^[1][2] Maambong was laid in state at St. Peter's Memorial Chapel, cremated at Quezon City Columbarium, and his remains returned to Cebu, his home province.^[1] His ashes were spread at a cemetery in Asturias, Cebu.^[3]
Filipino Chief Justice Renato Corona called Maambong "a great man. A constitutionalist, an election expert and a great jurist. Justice Maambong was a big loss to the legal circle and to the academe. His contributions in the field of law will never be forgotten."^[1

 

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