The Supreme Court should take into account the welfare of thousands of Filipino foundlings in deciding if Senator Grace Poe is qualified to run for president in next year’s elections.
“We don’t have yet a precedent on a foundling running for a public office. The basic issue is whether they are citizens of the Philippines. We have about 250,000 foundlings and if you say Senator Poe is not natural-born, then you are saying that these thousands of foundlings are not natural-born citizens,” Legarda said a forum in Quezon City yesterday.
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