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1987 Philippine Constitution Essay

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According to Article VII, Section II of 1987 Philippine Constitution, No person may be elected President unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, able to read and write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election. In this section, we can clearly see the qualifications to be a President. Every individual who wanted to be a President should meet these qualifications. We, people, made the Constitution for us to follow, to be the basis of the regulation in our country. How can ordinary people follow the regulation when those in power can’t implement and obey the Constitution properly? In the case of a presidential …show more content…

She claimed that she will be 10 years and 11 months residing in the Philippines proceeding on the day of the election. But according on the day she took an allegiance and said that she claimed her citizenship, it was July 18, 2006 so she will probably reside in the Philippines 9 years and 10 months on the day of the election. The day she said she started to live in the Philippines cannot be considered as the start of her residency in the country because she was still, on that day, a US citizen or a foreigner. It can be consider as a temporary because she would be stayed in the Philippines for only one year. Citing the case of Coquilla v Comelec, the Justice said the court “did not include the period of the candidate 's physical presence in the Philippines while he was still an alien." As early as 1966, jurisprudence unrelentingly and consistently applied the rule that the law does not include temporary visits in the determination of the length of legal residency or domicile in this country, so it can be said that the start of the residency of the petitioner will be on the day she became a Philippine citizen. And when she leave the Philippines and choose to live in abroad, she also lose his domicile her in the Philippines. The other evidence is her 2012 COC indicated that she stayed in the country for 6 years and six month before May 13, 2013—that will be only 9 years and 6 months on the coming election. It will clearly show that she is not qualified to run for President. In this evidences, it is hard to make an excuse especially she made that 2012 COC. I believe it will be enough to show that she not meet the qualification that is needed to be a

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