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Andres Bautista
Juan Andres "Andy" Donato Bautista (born March 28, 1964) is a Filipino lawyer and former government official. He served as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) from 2010 to 2015 and then chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from 2015 to 2017 in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III. He also previously served as dean of the Far Eastern University Institute of Law.
As COMELEC chairman, Bautista presided over the 2016 general election. During his tenure, COMELEC suffered a data breach 43 days before the election. He also faced allegations of unexplained wealth and acceptance of bribes. Bautista announced his resignation in October 2017 but was nonetheless impeached by the House of Representatives. He then fled to the United States and is being pursued by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). In 2023, the United States Department of Homeland Security filed money laundering charges against Bautista for allegedly receiving bribes associated with the 2016 Philippine general election, which were coursed through U.S. accounts. Bautista was also named in the Pandora Papers for having secret offshore wealth.
Bautista was born on March 28, 1964. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in legal management from Ateneo de Manila University in 1986 and proceeded to earn his Bachelor of Laws from Ateneo Law School as class valedictorian in 1990. He then earned his Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1993. While still a law student, Bautista worked as a judicial clerk for Chief Justice Marcelo Fernan from 1989 to 1992.[citation needed]
From 2002 to 2005, Bautista was president of the Philippine Association of Law Schools. He was also a bar reviewer in constitutional law at the National Bar Review Consortium (2003–2008), a lecturer in constitutional law and project finance at the Ateneo Law School and the Far Eastern University Institute of Law, a trustee of the Philippine Judicial Academy, a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Legal Education and Bar Matters, a member of the governing board of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Office, vice president for academic affairs of the Philippine Constitution Association, as well as director and corporate secretary of the British Chamber of Commerce.[citation needed]
Bautista was the former dean of the FEU Institute of Law and the Master of Business Administration-Juris Doctor dual degree program of the De La Salle Graduate School of Business and Far Eastern University. Concurrently, he was the chairman of the board of directors of the Makati Shangri-la Plaza Hotel.[citation needed]
In August 2010, Bautista was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government.
In 2012, he was one of the nominees to succeed the impeached Renato Corona as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Bautista is a member of the Consultative Commission on Charter Change, an independent body formed in 2005 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to propose revisions to the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
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Andres Bautista
Juan Andres "Andy" Donato Bautista (born March 28, 1964) is a Filipino lawyer and former government official. He served as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) from 2010 to 2015 and then chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from 2015 to 2017 in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III. He also previously served as dean of the Far Eastern University Institute of Law.
As COMELEC chairman, Bautista presided over the 2016 general election. During his tenure, COMELEC suffered a data breach 43 days before the election. He also faced allegations of unexplained wealth and acceptance of bribes. Bautista announced his resignation in October 2017 but was nonetheless impeached by the House of Representatives. He then fled to the United States and is being pursued by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). In 2023, the United States Department of Homeland Security filed money laundering charges against Bautista for allegedly receiving bribes associated with the 2016 Philippine general election, which were coursed through U.S. accounts. Bautista was also named in the Pandora Papers for having secret offshore wealth.
Bautista was born on March 28, 1964. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in legal management from Ateneo de Manila University in 1986 and proceeded to earn his Bachelor of Laws from Ateneo Law School as class valedictorian in 1990. He then earned his Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1993. While still a law student, Bautista worked as a judicial clerk for Chief Justice Marcelo Fernan from 1989 to 1992.[citation needed]
From 2002 to 2005, Bautista was president of the Philippine Association of Law Schools. He was also a bar reviewer in constitutional law at the National Bar Review Consortium (2003–2008), a lecturer in constitutional law and project finance at the Ateneo Law School and the Far Eastern University Institute of Law, a trustee of the Philippine Judicial Academy, a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Legal Education and Bar Matters, a member of the governing board of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Office, vice president for academic affairs of the Philippine Constitution Association, as well as director and corporate secretary of the British Chamber of Commerce.[citation needed]
Bautista was the former dean of the FEU Institute of Law and the Master of Business Administration-Juris Doctor dual degree program of the De La Salle Graduate School of Business and Far Eastern University. Concurrently, he was the chairman of the board of directors of the Makati Shangri-la Plaza Hotel.[citation needed]
In August 2010, Bautista was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government.
In 2012, he was one of the nominees to succeed the impeached Renato Corona as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Bautista is a member of the Consultative Commission on Charter Change, an independent body formed in 2005 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to propose revisions to the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
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