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Ex-Comelec Comm. Kho is new Supreme Court associate justice

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<p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE)</strong>- Newly retired Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Antonio Kho, Jr. has been appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, an official said Wednesday.</p><p>SC Public Information Officer Brian Hosaka said the appointment papers of Kho was received by the high court through the Office of Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo earlier in the day.</p><p>Kho, who retired from the Comelec earlier this month, is taking the place of retired Justice Rosmari Carandang.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/02/02/22/comelec-chairman-2-pang-commissioners-nagretiro-na">Comelec chairman, 2 pang commissioners nagretiro na</a></li></ul><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST IN: Two sources from the Supreme Court and the Judicial and Bar Council have confirmed to ABS-CBN News that recently-retired Comelec commissioner Antonio Kho, Jr. is the newest SC associate justice, to take the place of retired Justice Rosmari Carandang.<br/>📸Comelec <a href="https://t.co/Pez2VgND6M">pic.twitter.com/Pez2VgND6M</a></p>— Mike Navallo (@mikenavallo) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikenavallo/status/1496398650402287621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>In a statement, Malacañang congratulated Kho and wished him success.</p><p>&quot;We are confident that he will continue to dispense justice to every man, woman and child with integrity, impartiality and fairness,&quot; said acting Palace spokesperson Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles.</p><p>Prior to his appointment as Comelec commissioner in 2018, Kho, a fraternity brother of President Rodrigo Duterte at the San Beda College of Law, was an undersecretary of the Department of Justice.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/26/18/duterte-frat-brod-gets-ca-nod-as-comelec-commissioner">Duterte frat brod gets CA nod as Comelec commissioner</a></li></ul><p>He practiced law from 1991 to 2016, and taught in Arellano, San Beda and De La Salle law schools.</p><p>A native of Zamboanga City, he obtained his law degree from San Beda College of Law and placed 10th in the 1991 Bar Examinations.</p><p>Kho had initially applied for the SC post vacated by retired SC AJ Edgardo delos Santos last year, but withdrew his application.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/23/21/comelec-commissioner-coa-chief-among-10-vying-for-sc-post">READ: Comelec commissioner, COA chief among 10 vying for SC post</a></li></ul><div><strong>- report from Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

SC Public Information Officer Brian Hosaka said the appointment papers of recently-retired Comelec Comm. Antonio Kho, Jr. was received Wednesday.