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Philippine Citizenship Laws Explained

The document outlines key questions regarding citizenship, including its importance, distinctions between jus sanguinis and jus soli, and the evolution of citizenship rules in the Philippines across different constitutions. It also addresses the concepts of natural born and naturalized citizens, the implications of dual citizenship, and specific cases such as those of Fernando Poe, Jr. and Grace Poe. Additionally, it explores the processes of acquiring, losing, and re-acquiring citizenship, as well as the legal ramifications of these statuses in relation to public office eligibility.

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Philippine Citizenship Laws Explained

The document outlines key questions regarding citizenship, including its importance, distinctions between jus sanguinis and jus soli, and the evolution of citizenship rules in the Philippines across different constitutions. It also addresses the concepts of natural born and naturalized citizens, the implications of dual citizenship, and specific cases such as those of Fernando Poe, Jr. and Grace Poe. Additionally, it explores the processes of acquiring, losing, and re-acquiring citizenship, as well as the legal ramifications of these statuses in relation to public office eligibility.

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 1(2nd Part of Module 2)

Guide Questions: Aside from the standard guide in case analysis/digesting.

Citizenship

1) Why is it important for one to have a definite citizenship? (rights, obligations, protection)

2) Distinguish the concept of jus sanguinnes vs jus soli as rules in citizenship?

• Trace the various changes in the jus sanguiness rule under the 1935, 1973, and 1987
Constitutions? (lead: how the rule on parental source of citizenship changed over time)

• Did gender play a factor in the acquisition and loss of citizenship under the 1935, 1973, and
1987 Constitution? In what way? (lead: check the rule on the effect of marriage to one’s
citizenship)

3) Distinguish judicial acquisition of citizenship vs. administrative acquisition of citizenship?

• What laws or rules to apply to each? (read the specials laws referred in the Course Outline and
the cases)

4) When is one considered a natural born Filipino citizen?

• Does a person who is born in 1970 of a Filipino mother and alien father considered a Filipino
citizen?
• If no, how does/she become one?
• If he/she elects to choose Filipino citizenship after the effectivity of the 1973 or 1987
Constitution, is the person considered a natural born?

5) Why was Fernando Poe, Jr. considered a natural born Filipino citizen? What is the effect of his
being an illegitimate child to his acquisition of Filipino citizenship? (Tecson case)

• Who are considered Filipino citizens under the Philippine Bill of 1902?
• How was it relevant to the case of Fernando Poe, Jr.?

6. Who is a foundling? What is the citizenship of a foundling?

• In the case of Grace Poe (Llamansares), what were the issues raised against her claim of being a
natural born Filipino? What were the legal bases of the objections?
• How did the Supreme Court decide the case? Do you agree with it?
• What rules or principles helped her case?

7. Who are considered naturalized citizens?

• How does one become a naturalized Filipino citizen?


• What is a derivative citizenship? How does it apply to the children and spouse of an alien
becoming a naturalized Filipino?

8. How does one lose one’s citizenship?

• Is mere possession of a foreign passport determinant in one’s citizenship? (Aznar case)

9. How does one re-acquire his/her Filipino citizenship? (check special laws)
10. Who are considered dual citizens? Can they run for public office?

• Why was Edu Manzano considered a dual citizen? (Mercado case)


• As a dual citizen, was he qualified to run for public office?
• What was the effect of his filing of a certificate of candidacy to his alien citizenship?

11. In the Jacot case, why was Mr. Nestor Jacot considered a dual citizen?

• How did he acquire dual citizenship as compared to Edu Manzano in the Mercado case (refer to
the Dual Citizenship law)?

• What is the legal significance of the difference on how each Mercado and Jacot acquired dual
citizenship insofar as its effect of their respective candidacies?

• Why was Mr. Jacot disqualified as a candidate? Is the mere filing of his certificate of candidacy
enough to renounce his alien citizenship?

12. What is the citizenship of Gabby Lopez? Was he qualified to own shares in ABS-CBN?

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