4/29/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Thus, the respondent in that case, Jaime Ty - a natural born Filipino citizen who subsequently became a naturalized American citizen - became a “pure” Philippine citizen again after taking the Oath of Allegiance and executing an Oath of Renunciation of his American citizenship. To quote our Decision: He was born and raised in the Municipality of General Macarthur, Eastern Samar, Philippines. However, he left to work in the USA and eventually became an American citizen. On 2 October 2005, Ty reacquired his Philippine citizenship by taking his Oath of Allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines before Noemi T. Diaz, Vice Consul of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, California, USA, in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 9225. At this point, Ty still held dual citizenship, i.e., American and Philippine. It was only on 19 March 2007 that Ty renounced his American citizenship before a notary public and, resultantly, became a pure Philippine citizen.[33] In the present case, Arnado indisputably complied with the second requirement of Section 5(2) of RA 9225. On April 3, 2009, he personally executed an Affidavit of Renunciation an Oath of Allegiance before notary public Thomas Dean M. Quijano. Therefore, when he filed his CoC for the position of Mayor of the Municipality of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte on November 30, 2009, he had already effectively renounced his American citizenship, solely retaining his Philippine citizenship as the law requires. In this way, Arnado qualified for the position of Mayor of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte and filed a valid CoC. The evidence on record shows that Arnado’s use of his US passport after his compliance with the terms of RA 9225, was an isolated act that was sufficiently explained and justified. The records bear out that Arnado used his US passport in two trips to and from the US after he had executed his Affidavit of Renunciation on April 3, 2009. He travelled on the following dates: Date April 14, 2009 June 25, 2009 July 29, 2009 November 24, 2009 Destination to the U.S. to the Philippines to the U.S. to the Philippines Arnado’s Philippine passport was issued on June 18, 2009, but he was not immediately notified of the issuance so that and he only received his passport three months after or sometime in September 2009.[34] Clearly, when Arnado travelled on April 14, 2009, June 25, 2009 and July 29, 2009, he had no Philippine passport that he elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/55820 42/49