1. ARTICLE IV
CITIZENSHIP

2. Section 1
• The following are citizens of the
philippines :
1. Those who are citizens of the Philippines
at the time of adoptive of this constitution
2. Those whose fathers or mothers are
citizens of the philippines
3. Those born before jan 17, 1973, of filipino
mothers, who elect philippine citizenship
upon reaching the age of majority; and
4. Those who are naturalized in accordance
with law

3. Section 2
• Natural-born citizens are those who are
citizens of the philippines from birth
without having to perform any act to
acquire or perfect their philippine
citizenship in accordance with
paragraph(3). Section 1 hereof shall be
deemed natural-born citizens.

4. Section 3
• Philippine citizenship may be lost or re-
acquired in the manner provided by law.

5. Section 4
• Citizens of the philippines who marry
aliens shall retain their citizenship, unless
by their act or omission, they are deemed ,
under law, to have renounced it.

6. Section 5
• Dual allegiance of citizens is inimical to the
national interest and shall be dealt with by
law.

7. Citizenship
– is a term denoting membership of a citizen in a
political implies reciprocally a duty allegiance on the
part of the member and duty of protection on the
parts of the state

8. Citizen
– a person having the title of citizenship. He is a
member of a democratic community who enjoys full
civil political rights and is accorded protection inside
and outside the territory of the state.

9. Theories of Citizenship
• Jus Sanguinis - blood relationship is the basic for the
acquisition of citizenship. The children follow the
citizenship of the parents or one of them.
• Jus soli or Loci – The place of birth is the basic for
acquiring citizenship. A person became a citizen of the
state where he is born irrespective of the citizenship of
the parents.

10. Kinds of citizens
1. Natural-born citizens – is a filipinp from birth without
being required to perform any further act to acquire or
perfect hid filipino citizenship.
2. Naturalized Citizen - a formerly alien who is admitted
to the filipino community after meeting the minimum
requirements imposed by the naturalization law.
3. Naturalization – a process by which a foreigner is
adopted and clothed with the privileges of a citizen. It
implies renunciation of former nationality.

11. Privileges of Citizens
• Right of suffrage
• Right to hold public office (natural born citizens)
• Right to hold land of public domain
• Right to exploit natural resources
• Right to operate public utilities

12. A Filipino may lose his citizenship:
I. Voluntary
a) by naturalization in a foreign country
b) By express renunciation of citizenship
c) By subscribing to an oath of allegiance to support the
constitution and laws of a foreign country
d) By rendering service to or accepting commission in
Armed Forces in time of war
EXPATRIATION - THE VOLUNTARY LOSS OR
RENUNCIATION OF ONE’S NATIONALITY(NOT IN
TIME OF WAR)

13. Reacquisition of last
Philippines Citizenship
1. By naturalization
2. By repatriation of deserters of the
Philippines armed forces and women
who lost their citizenship by reason of
marriage
3. By direct act of the congress
Repatrtiation – is affected by merely taking
the necessary oath of allegiance to the
republic of the Philippines

14. ARTICLE V
SUFFRAGE

15. SECTION 1
• Suffrage may be exercised by all citizens of the
Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law, who
are at least eighteen years of age, and who shall
have reside in the Philippines for at least one year,
and in the place wherein they propose to vote, for
at least six months immediately preceding the
election. No literacy, property, or other substantive
requirement shall be imposed on the exercise of
suffrage

16. Section 2
The Congress shall provide a system for securing the
secrecy and sanctity of the ballot as well as a system
for absentee voting by qualified Filipinos abroad.
The Congress shall also design a procedure for the
disable and the illiterates to vote without the
assistance of other persons. Until then, they shall be
allowed to vote under existing laws and such rules as
the Commission on Elections may promulgate to
protect the secrecy of the ballot.

17. Notes
Suffrage
is the right and obligation to vote of qualified
citizen in the election of certain national and local
officers of the government and in the decision of
public question submitted to the people.

18. Suffrage includes
Election
the means by which the people choose their
official for definite and fixed periods and to whom
they entrust, for the time being as their
representatives.

19. Plebiscite
a vote of the people expressing their choice for or
against a proposed law or enactment submitted to
them.
-an election at which any proposed amendment to,
or revision of the constitution is submitted to the
people for their ratification.

20. Referendum
is the submission of a law or part thereof
passed by the national or local legislative body to
the voting citizens of a country for their ratification
or rejection

21. RECALL
A method by which a public officer may be removed
from the office during his tenure or before the
expiration of his term by a vote of the people after
registration of petition signed by a required
percentage of the qualified voters.

22. Initiative
the process whereby the people directly propose
enact laws.

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