Poor Grace, no longer natural-born, but American still?

BY raising some questions about the citizenship of Senator Grace Poe last Wednesday, I unintentionally dragged myself into the irrelevancy of Ms Poe wanting to run for President in 2016. I said it does not appear that she is a “natural-born” Filipino, which is a constitutional requirement for anyone running for President, Vice President, or member of Congress. Therefore, she is not only not qualified to run for president or vice president, she is above all not qualified to be sitting in the Senate or in the House of Representatives.

She has not replied to this observation. Yet on the same day my column appeared, Rep. Toby Tiangco of UNA was quoted as saying that if she had come back to the country from the United States in 2006, she would be six months short of the 10-year continuous residency required of presidential candidates before the 2016 elections. She was quick to respond to the UNA statement.