4/9/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly simultaneous to the filing of their certificates of candidacy, to qualify as candidates in Philippine elections.[36] The rule applies to all those who have re-acquired their Filipino citizenship, like petitioner, without regard as to whether they are still dual citizens or not. It is a pre-requisite imposed for the exercise of the right to run for public office. Stated differently, it is an additional qualification for elective office specific only to Filipino citizens who re-acquire their citizenship under Section 3 of R.A. No. 9225. It is the operative act that restores their right to run for public office. The petitioner's failure to comply therewith in accordance with the exact tenor of the law, rendered ineffectual the Declaration of Renunciation of Australian Citizenship she executed on September 18, 2006. As such, she is yet to regain her political right to seek elective office. Unless she executes a sworn renunciation of her Australian citizenship, she is ineligible to run for and hold any elective office in the Philippines. WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, the petition is hereby DISMISSED. The Resolution dated September 6, 2011 of the Commission on Elections en banc in EAC (AE) No. A-44-201 0 is AFFIRMED in toto. SO ORDERED. Carpio, Velasco, Jr., Leonardo-De Castro, Brion, Peralta, Bersamin, Del Castillo, Abad, Villarama, Jr., Perez, Mendoza, and Reyes, JJ., concur. Sereno, and Perlas-Bernabe, JJ., on official Leave. [1] Rollo, pp. 3-54. [2] Id. at 59-72. [3] Id. at 74-75. [4] Under the sala of Judge Rose Mary R. Molina-Alim; id. at 76-86. [5] AN ACT MAKING THE CITIZENSHIP OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENS WHO ACQUIRE FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP PERMANENT. AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 63, AS AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Enacted August 29, 2003. [6] Rollo, p. 79. [7] Docketed as SPL. CV. ACTION CASE No. 78-BG. [8] Docketed as SPL. CV. ACTION CASE No. 76-BG. [9] Rollo, p. 86. [10] Id. at 74-75. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/55170 16/18