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Rommel Apolinario Jalosjos vs. The Commission on Elections (Comelec)

ROMMEL APOLINARIO JALOSJOS, Petitioner, vs.THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and DAN ERASMO, SR.,

G.R. No. 191970 | 2012-04-24

EN BANC
DECISION
 
ABAD, J.:
 
This case is about the proof required to establish the domicile of a reinstated Filipino citizen who seeks election as governor of a province.
 
 
The Facts and the Case
 
Petitioner Rommel Jalosjos was born in Quezon City on October 26, 1973.  He migrated to Australia in 1981 when he was eight years old and there acquired Australian citizenship.  On November 22, 2008, at age 35, he decided to return to the Philippines and lived with his brother, Romeo, Jr., in Barangay Veteran’s Village, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.  Four days...