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Arnado vs. Commission on Election and Capitan [CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION, LEONEN, J.]

ROMMEL C. ARNADO, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND FLORANTE CAPITAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 210164 | 2015-08-18

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION


LEONEN, J.:

Petitioner Rommel C. Amado renounced his foreign citizenship in accordance with Republic Act No. 9225 no less than three times. After he had filed his candidacy for the position of Mayor in 2013, this court promulgated its Decision in Maquiling v. Commission on Elections,[1] which made it impossible for him to again renounce or reiterate his renunciation of his foreign citizenship. In the 2013 elections, he won garnering 84% of the votes cast in his municipality. The majority opinion requires him now, yet again, to renounce his foreign citizenship.

I concur with the ponencia's finding that...