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Arnado vs. Commission on Election and Capitan [DECISION]

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

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

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
Only natural-born Filipinos who owe total and undivided allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines could run for and hold elective public office.

Before this Court is a Petition for Certiorari[1] filed under Rule 64 in relation to Rule 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the Per Curiam Resolution[2] dated December 9, 2013 of respondent Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc in SPA No. 13-309 (DC), which affirmed the Resolution[3] dated September 6, 2013 of the Comelec Second Division. The Comelec, relying on our ruling in Maquiling v. Commission on Elections,[4] disqualified petitioner Rommel...