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Practice question: Who are Filipino Citizens

Essay Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

A registrar makes two assertions: a child born in 2001 to a Filipino father and alien mother must elect citizenship at majority; and any long-term alien resident becomes Filipino merely by residing here for twenty years. Assess both assertions using Article IV’s citizenship categories.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article IV: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353

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