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Juan Cailles vs. Arsenio Bonifacio Case by Jes Culajara is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This case concerns whether Arsenio Bonifacio was eligible to hold the office of provincial governor of Laguna given that he was a captain in the Philippine Army reserve force. The court ruled that as a member of the reserve force, Bonifacio was not disqualified from voting or holding public office under the Election Law and Constitution. The court interpreted the constitutional prohibition on members of the armed forces engaging in politics as applying only to active duty forces, to avoid unduly restricting
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- Jes Culajara
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