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    The HRET declared Jose Ong, Jr. a natural born Filipino citizen and resident of Laoang, Northern Samar for voting purposes. Ong and two others ran for congressional representative, with Ong being proclaimed the winner. The losing candidates protested, arguing Ong was not a citizen or resident. However, the court found that Ong's grandfather arrived in the Philippines in 1895 and his father, born in China, naturalized as a Filipino citizen. As the son of a naturalized Filipino father, Ong was considered a natural born citizen under the 1973 Constitution. The court also determined Ong met residency requirements through having lived and voted in Laoang, so the protest was denied.

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    The HRET declared Jose Ong, Jr. a natural born Filipino citizen and resident of Laoang, Northern Samar for voting purposes. Ong and two others ran for congressional representative, with Ong being proclaimed the winner. The losing candidates protested, arguing Ong was not a citizen or resident. However, the court found that Ong's grandfather arrived in the Philippines in 1895 and his father, born in China, naturalized as a Filipino citizen. As the son of a naturalized Filipino father, Ong was considered a natural born citizen under the 1973 Constitution. The court also determined Ong met residency requirements through having lived and voted in Laoang, so the protest was denied.

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    The HRET declared Jose Ong, Jr. a natural born Filipino citizen and resident of Laoang, Northern Samar for voting purposes. Ong and two others ran for congressional representative, with Ong being proclaimed the winner. The losing candidates protested, arguing Ong was not a citizen or resident. However, the court found that Ong's grandfather arrived in the Philippines in 1895 and his father, born in China, naturalized as a Filipino citizen. As the son of a naturalized Filipino father, Ong was considered a natural born citizen under the 1973 Constitution. The court also determined Ong met residency requirements through having lived and voted in Laoang, so the protest was denied.

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    The HRET declared Jose Ong, Jr. a natural born Filipino citizen and resident of Laoang, Northern Samar for voting purposes. Ong and two others ran for congressional representative, with Ong being proclaimed the winner. The losing candidates protested, arguing Ong was not a citizen or resident. However, the court found that Ong's grandfather arrived in the Philippines in 1895 and his father, born in China, naturalized as a Filipino citizen. As the son of a naturalized Filipino father, Ong was considered a natural born citizen under the 1973 Constitution. The court also determined Ong met residency requirements through having lived and voted in Laoang, so the protest was denied.

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    CO vs.

    HRET

    Facts:

    The HRET declared that respondent Jose Ong, Jr. is a natural born Filipino citizen and a
    resident of Laoang, Northern Samar for voting purposes. The congressional election for the second
    district of Northern Samar was held. Among the candidates who vied for the position of
    representative in the second legislative district are the petitioners, Sixto Balinquit and Antonio Co
    and the private respondent, Jose Ong, Jr. Respondent Ong was proclaimed the duly elected
    representative of the second district of Northern Samar.

    The petitioners filed election protests on the grounds that Jose Ong, Jr. is not a natural born citizen
    of the Philippines and not a resident of the second district of Northern Samar.

    Issue: Whether or not Jose Ong, Jr. is a citizen of the Philippines.

    Held:

    Yes. In the year 1895, the private respondent’s grandfather, Ong Te, arrived in the
    Philippines from China and established his residence in the municipality of Laoang, Samar. The father
    of the private respondent, Jose Ong Chuan was born in China in 1905 but was brought by Ong Te to
    Samar in the year 1915, he filed with the court an application for naturalization and was declared a
    Filipino citizen.

    In 1984, the private respondent married a Filipina named Desiree Lim.  For the elections of
    1984 and 1986, Jose Ong, Jr. registered himself as a voter of Laoang, Samar, and voted there during
    those elections.

    Under the 1973 Constitution, those born of Filipino fathers and those born of Filipino
    mothers with an alien father were placed on equal footing. They were both considered as natural
    born citizens. Besides, private respondent did more than merely exercise his right of suffrage. He has
    established his life here in the Philippines.

    On the issue of residence, it is not required that a person should have a house in order to
    establish his residence and domicile. It is enough that he should live in the municipality or in a
    rented house or in that of a friend or relative. To require him to own property in order to be eligible
    to run for Congress would be tantamount to a property qualification. The Constitution only requires
    that the candidate meet the age, citizenship, voting and residence requirements.

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