Practice question
Tomas was born an alien and first became Filipino through judicial naturalization. Vera was a natural-born Filipino who lost that citizenship and later validly regained it through statutory repatriation under the doctrine in Bengson. Both took oaths. Are their classifications necessarily the same? Explain.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IV Section 2: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Bengson III v. HRET, G.R. No. 142840, May 7, 2001, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/18/58613
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