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Sobejana-Condon vs. COMELEC

TEODORA SOBEJANA-CONDON, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, LUIS M. BAUTISTA, ROBELITO V. PICAR AND WILMA P. PAGADUAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 198742 | 2012-08-10

 
 
REYES, J.:
 
Failure to renounce foreign citizenship in accordance with the exact tenor of Section 5(2) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9225 renders a dual citizen ineligible to run for and thus hold any elective public office.
 
The Case

At bar is a special civil action for certiorari[1] under Rule 64 of the Rules of Court seeking to nullify Resolution[2] dated September 6, 2011 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) en banc in EAC (AE) No. A-442010. The assailed resolution (a) reversed the Order[3] dated November 30, 2010 of COMELEC Second Division dismissing petitioner’s appeal; and (b)...