{"id":61908,"date":"2015-09-23T17:15:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T09:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=61908"},"modified":"2015-09-23T17:15:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T09:15:29","slug":"drilon-sc-has-final-say-on-poes-disqualification-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/09\/23\/drilon-sc-has-final-say-on-poes-disqualification-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Drilon: SC has final say on Poe\u2019s disqualification case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Franklin Drilon (Photo by Joseph Vidal\/PRIB via Drilon’s Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Senate President Franklin Drilon yesterday clarified that the Supreme Court (SC) has the final decision on the disqualification case filed by former senatorial candidate Rizalito David against presidential aspirant Senator Grace Poe.<\/p>\n

Drilon asserted that the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) would only interpret and apply the Citizenship Retention and Re-acquisition Act of 2003 (RA 9225), commonly known as the Dual Citizenship Act, and other related laws to Poe\u2019s case but the challenge on her citizenship \u2018can only be resolved with finality by the Supreme Court.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cAny decision to be handed down by the [SET], whether for or against Senator Poe, will eventually be brought up to the Supreme Court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The senator then called on the SET to speed up its hearings and hand down its decision to the SC as soon as possible so that the final resolution may be rendered before the campaign period starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, it is very crucial for the SET to be able to come out with a decision at the earliest time possible, in order to give the High Court sufficient time to hear the case and render a verdict before the election period kicks off,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Drilon also pointed out that David\u2019s question on Poe\u2019s citizenship unavoidably affected the neophyte senator\u2019s presidential bid in next year\u2019s national elections. And with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) already preparing for the elections, the SET should treat the case with urgency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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