Seasoned election official Atty. Noli Rafol Pipo has taken his oath as the new commissioner of the Commission on Elections, 3 months before the 2025 midterm elections.

Pipo, who will replace retired Comelec commissioner Marlon Casquejo, started his career as an Election Officer III in Bangued, Abra from 1993 to 1996 before he served as the provincial election supervisor of Ilocos Norte from February 1996 to January 2024.

In 2006 he became the regional election director until his appointment as commissioner.

Pipo thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Chairman George Garcia after the oath-taking. 

The Comelec chairman said the appointment of the 2 new Comelec commissioners is recognition of their long service in the poll body. Pipo and fellow new commissioner Maria Norina Tangaro-Casingal, who has been with Comelec for 27 years, will serve as commissioners until 2032.

Five of the 7-members of the commission en banc including Garcia are now appointees of the Marcos administration. 

The others are commissioners Ernesto Maceda Jr., and Nelson Celis.

Commissioners Aimee Ferolino and Rey Bulay are both appointees of former president Rodrigo Duterte.