At Monday’s hearing, it was discovered that Sen. Grace Poe continued using her American passport even after she renounced her US citizenship on October 2010 as she was given the marching order by President Aquino to head MTRCB (Movies and television Review and Classification Board).
This was revealed on Monday during the oral arguments at the Senate Electoral Tribunal in the disqualification case filed by a losing senatorial candidate Rizalino David.
Senator Cynthia Villar should be hailed by now as the heroine in the camps of Poe’s opponents because she was the one who squeezed out the ‘damaging’ piece of information to Poe’s Presidential ambition from the lawyer of the petitioner when he offered that they have already submitted records from the US Department’s Consular Affairs showing Poe used her US passport in 2011, months after she renounced her citizenship.
The lawyer added that Poe could have used her passport beyond 2011 but did not further elaborate.
The lawyer of the petitioner reiterated that the documentary evidence they have submitted is a proof that shows the good Senator lack of total allegiance on her part to become a real Filipino citizen.
It can be recalled that the Supreme Court recently decided a case similar to that of the good Senator when the Mayor Rommel Arnado of Kauswagan Lanao del Norte, was stripped of his mayoralty position for continuing to use his passport after renouncing his US citizenship.
Anyway, as her cousin, Sherly Cruz said, she would be a good President come 2022. Even if Poe is able to prove that her parents are Filipino based on the DNA result, she still lacks 2 months as per requirement for the 10 year residency period for US citizens, renounced their citizenship and applied for Filipino citizenship and covet the Presidency.
What is your opinion on this?
Source – ABS-CBN
She lack in all respect like residency, experience, competency, honesty and loyalty and many more which is fair for the Filipino to disqualify her for the good of this nation.
hello to all,
papayag ba ang US na gamitin pa ang USA passport ng isang tao kung nag-renouced na siya ng kanyang US citizenship, ang bobo naman ng US embassy, isipin nyo nga?
think people,
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Senator Cynthia Villar should be hailed by now as the heroine in the camps of Poe’s opponents because she was the one who squeezed out the ‘damaging’ piece of information to Poe’s Presidential ambition from the lawyer of the petitioner when he offered that they have already submitted records from the US Department’s Consular Affairs showing Poe used her US passport in 2011, months after she renounced her citizenship.
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Senator Grace Poe should brace herself up because it is a part of a machinery to derail her Presidential bid. This is really comical in nature. She is being charged of this evidenciary document while the current thief VP Binay has numerous documentary evidence and yet not being fully charged. Ano bang kalokohan yan. Ito namang si Senator Villar grandstanding lang ang alam sa Senado.
Evidence was submitted coming from the US Department’s Consular Affairs itself. Anong kalokohan pinagsasabi mo?! LoL…
Do not vote for the 3 rotten eggs illegally doing the early campaigning. Wait for those who let the public know of their candidacy at the proper time prescribed by law.
Binay was already charged by the Ombudsman last March 2015.
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Pag naglabas ng ebidensya sa candidate nyo, grandstanding na agad agad, di ba puede nagiging objective lang.
If there was evidence that she indeed renounced her U.S. citizenship in 2010, that is just 5 years ago, I thought they said you have to have 10 years of tenure and citizenship to qualify for presidency. That is not political machinery, that’s following the rules and regulations. Binay have his own problem, he may land in jail, in this scenario with Poe, she will not be eligible for Presidency until she have the appropriate time, there is no criminal case against her. This hearing is to set the record straight. Someone had file a contest on her Senatorial bid.
All along that was my position that if u use ur american passporf even though u have d option of using ur phil passport in ur travel, then u think u are an american.
correct..bakit kailangan nyang gamitin ang US passport when she could have used her Philippine passport, the simple answer is “for convenience only”.
Yung pag convert nya sa American citizenship, that’s for convenience also. I couldn’t see any other reason aside from this
grace poe even we alllow to run she is not the winning candidate fentor presid
She should qualify first.
In my openion grace Poe is not prepared to be a President of this country, she never hold lowest servant of our country, she live mostly in USA
As a foreigner I really do not understand why the citizenship issue is being played so hard on Grace Poe. It should go about her plans for The Philippines and how she wants to achieve it. Comparing all candidates is not easy for me here in The Netherlands but that is what Filipinos should focus on. Which candidate is the best for the future of the country?
Do not focus on side issues like citizenship of Grace Poe.
Your country’s future is far beyond that level!
But what you should understand is that there is a law requiring that to run for the presidency, specifically, one has to be natural born citizen and one should have taken residence in the Philippines for 10 years following the election day.
Laws are laws and need to be implemented and followed. This being said, no matter how good is your plan for the Philippines, if the requirements are not met, then you’ll never be president.
You maybe right. But in your country do you follow laws? Of course yes,thats why yours is progressive because laws are being implemented and people obeys it. Laws needs to be obeyed.
I dont give a sh**. Im not even voting for her.
She’s not even an inch skilled as Duterte.
Yeahh right! Duterte ang presidente ko
I would not object for the citizenship of Sen. Grace Poe, but my concern is this, being a President to run the whole country without proper experience to run even an small town is a handicapped, okay you get many advisers but most advisers will advised what is his personal choice. The country will be like Cory Aquino, Noynoy Aquino, Joseph Estrada governments who cannot give good judgement especially important issues related to the goodwill of the country. The problem with us Pinoy, we voted for the popular ones even though they are not qualified to run the country!! We will not grow with this type of mentality and before we are one of the front runner in Asia but with this type of mentalities, we will be at the back or will be left behind!!! Honest President is little bit good but will have wrong decisions if he/she don’t have brains!!!
Well, even she is qualified. She still not to win. Of course now adays most voters are considered wise voters. What are those things that have done to the country…. na nga ngarap ata nang gising yan c poe…..
Grace Poe is a good person, yes! But this country needs more than a good person. We need a president who can execute a consistent disciplinary action to maintain peace and order in this crime-laden society. “Kamay na Bakal”, that’s what we exactly need . As a mom to my precious daughters, I will vote for Rody Duterte so that time will come when I no longer worry for my daughters’ safety when they come home late from school. Rapists, drug addicts, human traffickers , kidnappers of innocent children for their vital organs are at loose everywhere that make us worry all the time for the safety of our children. Grace Poe is a good person, yes! But she’s inexperienced in ruling even a small barangay , then how can she manage to rule the Philippines with all these corruptions, criminalities, poverty etc.. etc..?