Practice question
A proposed COA Member is thirty-eight, has been a CPA with fifteen years of auditing experience, and was not a candidate in the immediately preceding election. The person first became Filipino through adult naturalization and has no natural-born basis. Officials say professional excellence alone satisfies every constitutional requirement. Which response is best?
- Professional experience always replaces constitutional citizenship.
- A CPA becomes natural-born automatically after ten years of auditing.
- The natural-born citizenship requirement remains independently necessary and is not met by the stipulated adult naturalization.
- The Commission may remove constitutional qualifications by a majority vote.
- Every naturalized citizen is automatically a constitutional commissioner.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, Section 1; Article IX-C, Section 1; Article IX-D, Section 1: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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