Practice question
A child born in 1990 has a Filipino father and an alien mother. A registrar rejects proof of the child’s Philippine citizenship because the mother is not Filipino and demands an election upon majority under Section 1(3). The father’s citizenship at the child’s birth is established, and no later loss is alleged. Which analysis is correct?
- The registrar is correct because only maternal citizenship counts.
- The child is within Section 1(2); the older maternal-election category does not replace the Filipino-father basis in these facts.
- Election under Section 1(3) is required of every child born after 1987.
- The registrar can amend the constitutional parentage clause through office policy.
- Foreign maternal citizenship conclusively defeats Philippine paternal citizenship.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IV: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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