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This case discusses the citizenship and eligibility of Rosalind Ybasco Lopez to run for governor of Davao Oriental. The Supreme Court ruled that: 1) Rosalind was born in Australia to a Filipino father, so she acquired Filipino citizenship under the principle of jus sanguinis. 2) Though she obtained an Australian passport and alien registration documents, this did not expressly renounce her Filipino citizenship as required by law. 3) Rosalind remained a Filipino citizen and was thus eligible to run for

Author

Phoebe Mascariñas

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