A would-be candidate in the May 2016 polls is required to state in his/her Certificate of Candidacy (COC) that he/she has renounced his/her foreign citizenship.

This, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) revised the COC form, which provides an oath stating that the applicant has executed a sworn renunciation of foreign citizenship.

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