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Ramon Labo was elected mayor of Baguio City but his citizenship was questioned because he had naturalized as an Australian citizen in 1976 by obtaining an Australian passport. Under Philippine law at the time, naturalizing in a foreign country results in loss of Philippine citizenship. The court ruled that Labo was not a Philippine citizen and was therefore ineligible to be a candidate for mayor as only Philippine citizens can hold public office. Labo did not claim to have reacquired Philippine citizenship through any legal means prescribed by law after his Australian naturalization. Therefore, the court found he was not a Philippine citizen and could not serve as mayor.

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Labo Vs Comelec Digest

Ramon Labo was elected mayor of Baguio City but his citizenship was questioned because he had naturalized as an Australian citizen in 1976 by obtaining an Australian passport. Under Philippine law at the time, naturalizing in a foreign country results in loss of Philippine citizenship. The court ruled that Labo was not a Philippine citizen and was therefore ineligible to be a candidate for mayor as only Philippine citizens can hold public office. Labo did not claim to have reacquired Philippine citizenship through any legal means prescribed by law after his Australian naturalization. Therefore, the court found he was not a Philippine citizen and could not serve as mayor.

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Labor vs Comelec G.R. No.

86564, August 01, 1989

Topic: Naturalization by foreign Country

Facts:

Ramon Labo was elected as the Mayor of Baguio City but his citizenship was being questioned.

Ramon Labo married an Australian citizen, obtained an Australian passport, and registered as an
alien with the CID upon his return to the Philippines in 1980. The Australian Government dated August 12,
1984, through its Consul in the Philippines, stated that the petitioner was still an Australian by reason of
his naturalization in 1976.

The petitioner now claims that his naturalization in Australia made him at worst only a dual national
and did not divest him of his Philippine citizenship. Such a specious argument cannot stand against the
clear provisions of CA No. 63, which enumerates the modes by which Philippine citizenship may be lost.
Among these are: (1) naturalization in a foreign country; (2) express renunciation of citizenship; and (3)
subscribing to an oath of allegiance to support the Constitution or laws of a foreign country, all of which
are applicable to the petitioner.

Issue: Is Ramon Labo a citizen of the Philippines.

Ruling:

No. Under CA No. 63 as amended by PD No. 725, Philippine citizenship may be reacquired by
direct act of Congress, by naturalization, or by repatriation. It does not appear in the record, nor does the
petitioner claim, that he has reacquired Philippine citizenship by any of these methods. He does not point
to any judicial decree of naturalization as to any statute directly conferring Philippine citizenship upon him.
Neither has he shown that he has complied with PD No. 725, providing that: natural-born Filipinos who
have lost their Philippine citizenship may reacquire

Philippine citizenship through repatriation by applying with the Special Committee on Naturalization
created by Letter of Instruction No. 270, and, if their applications are approved, taking the necessary oath
of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines, afterwhich they shall be deemed to have reacquired
Philippine citizenship. The Commission on Immigration and Deportation shall thereupon cancel their
certificate of registration.

The petitioner is not now, nor was he on the day of the local elections on January 18, 1988, a citizen
of the Philippines. In fact, he was not even a qualified voter under the Constitution itself because of his
alienage. He was therefore ineligible as a candidate for mayor of Baguio City under Section 42 of the Local
Government Code.

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