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By William B. Depasupil, Reporter
A lawmaker from Negros Oriental
has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petitions seeking
her disqualification from office for not being a natural-born
Filipino citizen.
In a 40-page memorandum, Rep.
Jocelyn Limkaichong of Negros Oriental, through lawyer Pete Quirino-Quadra,
asked the High Tribunal to reverse and set aside a resolution of the
Commission of Elections’ (Comelec) Second Division handed down on
May 17, 2007, disqualifying her from running for the position of
representatives of the First District of Negros Oriental on the
ground that she is allegedly a Chinese national because her father
Julio Ong Sy did not acquire Filipino citizenship through
naturalization proceedings before a court.
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