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Dual Citizenship and Election Disqualification: Agustin v. COMELEC
Explaining when a dual citizen is disqualified from running for local office, and how using a foreign passport can undo a renunciation of citizenship.
Dual Allegiance Disqualification Renunciation Requirements FOR Elective Office
A naturalized Filipino who reacquired citizenship must strictly comply with renunciation requirements or face disqualification from elective office.
Dual Citizenship and Electoral Candidacy: The Renunciation Requirement in the Philippines
The Supreme Court clarifies that renouncing foreign citizenship to run for local office must be complete and unequivocal—using a foreign passport after renunciation can disqualify a candidate.
Dual Citizenship and Elective Office: The Imperative of Sworn Renunciation in Philippine Law
Philippine law requires dual citizens seeking elective office to execute a personal and sworn renunciation of foreign citizenship. The Supreme Court explains why.
Dual Citizenship and Elections: The Renunciation Requirement Under R.A. 9225
Philippine dual citizens seeking elective office must personally renounce foreign citizenship under R.A. 9225. The Supreme Court explains in De Guzman v. COMELEC.
Renouncing Foreign Citizenship: A Hard Requirement for Elective Office in the Philippines
The Supreme Court explains why a separate, sworn renunciation of foreign citizenship is required for elective office under RA 9225.
Dual Citizens Must Personally Renounce Foreign Citizenship to Run for Office
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on R.A. 9225: dual citizens must execute a personal and sworn renunciation of foreign citizenship to run for elective office.
Dual Citizens and Elective Office: The Sworn Renunciation Requirement Under R.A. 9225
Dual citizens must personally renounce foreign citizenship to run for office. The Supreme Court explains the rule.
When Does Prescription Start for a Renunciation Agreement? Caoibes v. Caoibes-Pantoja
Learn when the prescriptive period runs for enforcing a renunciation agreement, based on the Supreme Court's ruling in Caoibes v. Caoibes-Pantoja.