Practice question
After a natural-born Filipino reacquires citizenship and executes an elective-candidacy renunciation, she deliberately resumes using her foreign passport. Explain Maquiling's treatment of the renunciation and whether the decision treats that conduct as automatically divesting reacquired Philippine citizenship.
Legal references
- Maquiling v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 195649, April 16, 2013, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/55820
- Republic Act No. 9225, Sections 3 and 5(2): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2003/ra_9225_2003.html
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