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This document outlines various legal citations and cases related to qualifications for elected office. It discusses laws that disqualify permanent residents of foreign countries from running for elected positions unless they waive their foreign resident status. The document also references repealed laws and cases related to determining qualifications of candidates.
This document outlines various legal citations and cases related to qualifications for elected office. It discusses laws that disqualify permanent residents of foreign countries from running for elected positions unless they waive their foreign resident status. The document also references repealed laws and cases related to determining qualifications of candidates.
This document outlines various legal citations and cases related to qualifications for elected office. It discusses laws that disqualify permanent residents of foreign countries from running for elected positions unless they waive their foreign resident status. The document also references repealed laws and cases related to determining qualifications of candidates.
[2] Rollo, p. 110. [3] Id. at 32. [4] Id. at 110. [5] Id. at 30. [6] Id. at 33. [7] Id. at 37. [8] Id. at 57. [9] Id. at 111. [10] Id. at 36-53. [11] Id. at 40. [12] Id. at 52-53. [13] Sec. 68 of the Omnibus Election Code provides in part: SEC. 68. Disqualifications. Any person who is a permanent resident of or an immigrant to a foreign country shall not be qualified to run for any elective office under this Code, unless said person has waived his status as a permanent resident or immigrant of a foreign country in accordance with the residence requirement provided for in the election laws. [14] Sec. 40 of the Local Government Code of 1991 provides: SECTION 40. Disqualifications. The following persons are disqualified from running for any elective local position: (f) Permanent residents in a foreign country or those who have acquired the right to reside abroad and continue to avail of the same right after the effectivity of this Code. [15] Rollo, p. 48. [16] Id. at 50. [17] Id. at 11. [18] Santiago v. Vasquez, 217 SCRA 633 (1993). [19] Malaluan v. Commission on Elections, 254 SCRA 397 (1996). [20] Albaa v. Commission on Elections, G.R. No. 163302, July 23, 2004. [21] 381 SCRA 133 (2002). [22] Id. at 146, citing the case of Romualdez vs. RTC, Br. 7, Tacloban City, 226 SCRA 408 (1993). [23] 385 SCRA 607 (2002). [24] Id. at 616. [25] 191 SCRA 229 (1990). [26] Papandayan, Jr. v. Commission on Elections, supra. [27] Id. at 147, citing the case of Romualdez v. RTC, Br. 7, Tacloban City, supra. [28] 317 SCRA 641 (1999). [29] Id. at 651, citing Gallego v. Vera, 73 Phil. 453 (1941). [30] Rollo, p. 120. [31] Id. at 119. [32] SECTION 534. Repealing Clause. (a) Batas Pambansa Blg. 337, otherwise known as the Local Government Code, Executive Order No. 112 (1987), and Executive Order No. 319 (1988) are hereby repealed. (b) Presidential Decree Nos. 684, 1191, 1508 and such other decrees, orders, instructions, memoranda and issuances related to or concerning the barangay are hereby repealed. (c) The provisions of Sections 2, 3 and 4 of Republic Act No. 1939 regarding hospital fund; Section 3, a(3) and b(2) of Republic Act No. 5447 regarding the Special Education Fund; Presidential Decree No. 144 as amended by Presidential Decree Nos. 559 and 1741; Presidential Decree No. 231 as amended; Presidential Decree No. 436 as amended by Presidential Decree No. 558; and Presidential Decree Nos. 381, 436, 464, 477, 526, 632, 752 and 1136 are hereby repealed and rendered of no force and effect. (d) Presidential Decree No. 1594 is hereby repealed insofar as it governs locally-funded projects. (e) The following provisions are hereby repealed or amended insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Code: Sections 2, 16 and 29 of Presidential Decree No. 704; Section 12 of Presidential Decree No. 87, as amended; Section 52, 53, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 and 74 of Presidential Decree No. 463, as amended; and Section 16 of Presidential Decree No. 972, as amended, and (f) All general and special laws, acts, city charters, decrees, executive orders, proclamations and administrative regulations, or part or parts thereof which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Code are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. [33] Commission on Audit of the Province of Cebu v. Province of Cebu, 371 SCRA 196 (2001). [34] Vda. de Urbano v. Government Service Insurance System, 367 SCRA 672 (2001). [35] Rollo, pp. 50-51. [36] 254 SCRA 514 (1996). [37] Id. at 529.