4/14/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Disqualifications: a. He must not be opposed to organized government or affiliated with any association or group of persons who uphold and teach doctrines opposing all organized governments; b. He must not defend or teach the necessity or propriety of violence, personal assault, or assassination for the success and predominance of his ideas; c. He must not be a polygamist or a believer in the practice of polygamy; d. He must not have been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude; e. He is not suffering from mental alienation or any incurable contagious disease. Cases of aliens born of Filipino mothers: If, however, the applicant was born of a Filipino mother before the effectivity of the new Constitution and has resided continuously in the Philippines since birth, he shall be considered qualified hereunder without need of any further qualification, provided he does not suffer from the disqualifications above enumerated. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 836 GRANTING CITIZENSHIP TO DESERVING ALIENS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES WHEREAS, in order that aliens residing in this country and deserving of Philippine citizenship may, through a less expensive and more expeditious procedure, become Philippine citizens, Letter of Instructions No. 270 constituted a Special Committee on Naturalization to receive and process applications for naturalization by decree from aliens with the qualifications and none of the disqualifications specified therein and submit recommendations thereon to the President of the Philippines; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said Letter of Instructions, the aforesaid Special Committee has recommended to the President of the Philippines the grant of Philippine citizenship by decree to certain applicants; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby grant Philippine citizenship to the individuals of foreign nationality whose names appear in Annex "A" of this Decree, with all the rights, privileges, duties, and https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66236 12/20