David vs.

SET and Grace Poe

G.R. No. 221538, September 20, 2016
Name
FACTS:
David, a losing candidate in the 2013 Senatorial Elections, filed before the Senate Electoral
Tribunal a Petition for Quo Warranto on August 6, 2015. He contested the election of Senator
Poe for failing to "comply with the citizenship and residency requirements mandated by the
1987 Constitution."

ISSUE:
Did Senator Poe fail to comply with the citizenship and residency requirements mandated by the 1987
Constitution?

HELD:
Qualified. Respondent is a natural-born citizen under the 1935 Constitution and continue to be
a natural-born citizen as defined under the 1987 Constitution, as she is a citizen of the
Philippines from birth, without having to perform any act to acquire or perfect (her) Philippine
citizenship.

To repeat, Respondent never used her USA passport from the moment she renounced her
American citizenship on 20 October 2010. She remained solely a natural-born Filipino citizen
from that time on until today.