Sol-Gen comment on Grace Poe’s disqualification

The Office of the Solicitor General will be defending the Senate Electoral Tribunal's decision upholding Senator Grace Poe's status as a natural-born Filipino instead of the Commission on Elections rulings disqualifying her from the presidential elections next year.

In a three-page manifestation filed on Monday, the OSG informed the Supreme Court that it would be unable to submit the comment the high court had required in connection with Poe's two petitions against the Comelec en banc's cancellation of her certificate of candidacy for the May 2016 polls. 

But in its comment on Rizalito David's plea vs. the SET decision, the OSG said the SET did not commit grave abuse of discretion when it declared Poe a natural-born Filipino. The SET did not also err when it ruled that Poe re-acquired her natural-born citizenship when she executed an oath of allegiance to the Philippines on July 7, 2006.

Below is the full text of the OSG's comment:

   OSG Comment

—With Mark Merueñas/TJD/KG, GMA News