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Nestor A. Jacot Vs. Rogen T. Dal et al.

NESTOR A. JACOT, Petitioner, versus ROGEN T. DAL and COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 179848 | 2008-11-27

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

Petitioner Nestor A. Jacot assails the Resolution[1] dated 28 September 2007 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc in SPA No. 07-361, affirming the Resolution dated 12 June 2007 of the COMELEC Second Division[2] disqualifying him from running for the position of Vice-Mayor of Catarman, Camiguin, in the 14 May 2007 National and Local Elections, on the ground that he failed to make a personal renouncement of his United States (US) citizenship.

Petitioner was a natural born citizen of the Philippines, who became a naturalized citizen of the US on 13 December 1989. [3]

Petitioner sought to...