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Agustin vs. COMELEC

ARSENIO A. AGUSTIN, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND SALVADOR S. PILLOS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 207105 | 2015-11-10

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
A person of dual citizenship is disqualified from running for a public office in the Philippines.
 
The Case

The petitioner seeks to annul and set aside the adverse resolution issued on April 23, 2013 in SPA No. 13-023 (DC),[1] whereby the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc disposed:
 
WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Motion for Reconsideration of Petitioner Stewart D. De La Cruz in SPA No. 13-024 (DC) is denied for lack of merit. On the other hand, the Motion for Reconsideration of Petitioner Salvador S. Pillos in SPA No. 13-023 (DC) is granted; consequently, the...