Poe seeks junking of disqualification case

Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, September 1, sought the dismissal of a disqualification case filed against her before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) questioning her Filipino citizenship. The Senator’s lawyers submitted a reply to a complaint filed by Rizalito David, who claimed Poe is not a Filipino citizen and should not have been proclaimed senator in 2013. David also ran in the 2013 elections but lost. Lawyers for Poe argued that the prescribed period to question the Senator’s qualifications to assume office has lapsed. They added that Poe did not change her citizenship after assuming office or hide the fact that she acquired US citizenship and renounced the same before she ran in 2013. Poe also faces a disqualification case before the Commission on Elections.

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