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Facts:: Sobrejana-Condon V. Commission On Elections
Facts:: Sobrejana-Condon V. Commission On Elections
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS - The petitioner appealed to the COMELEC but the appeal
G.R. No. 198742 | August 10, 2012 was dismissed for failure to pay the docket fees within the
REYES, J.: prescribed period.
MR:
Failure to renounce foreign citizenship in accordance with the - The appeal was reinstated by the COMELEC en banc. The
exact tenor of Section 5(2) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9225 substantive merits of the appeal were given due course.
renders a dual citizen ineligible to run for and thus hold any The COMELEC en banc concurred with the findings and
elective public office. conclusions of the RTC.
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