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Nestor Jacot, a natural born citizen of the Philippines who became a naturalized US citizen in 1989, sought to reacquire his Philippine citizenship under Republic Act No. 9225 to run for Vice-Mayor of Catarman, Camiguin. The COMELEC disqualified him for failing to personally renounce his US citizenship. The Supreme Court ruled that Jacot did not effectively renounce his US citizenship as required to qualify for elective office, since the oath of allegiance is a general requirement for all candidates while renouncing foreign citizenship is an additional requirement for those who have multiple citizenships under RA 9225.

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10 Jacot vs. Comelec

Nestor Jacot, a natural born citizen of the Philippines who became a naturalized US citizen in 1989, sought to reacquire his Philippine citizenship under Republic Act No. 9225 to run for Vice-Mayor of Catarman, Camiguin. The COMELEC disqualified him for failing to personally renounce his US citizenship. The Supreme Court ruled that Jacot did not effectively renounce his US citizenship as required to qualify for elective office, since the oath of allegiance is a general requirement for all candidates while renouncing foreign citizenship is an additional requirement for those who have multiple citizenships under RA 9225.

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Constitutional Law 1

Topic
Title
:
Citation :

:
Citizenship
Jacot vs. Comelec
G.R No. 179848, Nov. 27 2008

Facts:
Petitioner Nestor Jacot assails the Resolution of COMELEC
disqualifying him from running for the position of Vice-Mayor of
Catarman, Camiguin, in the 14 May 2007 National and Local
Elections, on the ground that he failed to make a personal
renouncement of US citizenship. He was a natural born citizen of
the Philippines, who became a naturalized citizen of the US on 13
December 1989. He sought to reacquire his Philippine citizenship
under
Republic
Act
No.
9225.
Issue:
Did Nestor Jacot effectively renounce his US citizenship so as to
qualify him to run as a vice-mayor?
Ruling:
No. It bears to emphasize that the oath of allegiance is a
general requirement for all those who wish to run as candidates in
Philippine elections; while the renunciation of foreign citizenship is
an additional requisite only for those who have retained or
reacquired Philippine citizenship under Republic Act No. 9225 and
who seek elective public posts, considering their special
circumstance of having more than one citizenship

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