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2007-06-07 |
CARPIO, J. |
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| Hence, petitioner has other recourse if he desires to continue receiving his monthly pension. Just recently, in AASJS Member-Hector Gumangan Calilung v. Simeon Datumanong,[25] this Court upheld the constitutionality of RA 9225. If petitioner reacquires his Filipino citizenship, he will even recover his natural-born citizenship.[26] In Tabasa v. Court of Appeals,[27] this Court reiterated that "[t]he repatriation of the former Filipino will allow him to recover his natural-born citizenship x x x." | |||||
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2002-07-31 |
MENDOZA, J. |
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| however, was not an issue in that case and this Court did not make any ruling on the issue now at bar. The question in Frivaldo was whether petitioner, who took his oath of repatriation on the same day that his term as governor of Sorsogon began on June 30, 1995, complied with the citizenship requirement under §39(a). It was held that he had, because citizenship may be possessed even on the day the candidate assumes office. But in the case of residency, as already noted, §39(a) of the Local Government Code requires that the candidate must have been a resident of the municipality "for at least one (1) year immediately preceding the day of the election." Nor can petitioner invoke this Court's ruling in Bengzon III v. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.[34] What the Court held in that case was that, upon repatriation, a former natural-born Filipino is deemed to have recovered his | |||||