4/29/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [18] Id. [19] Id. at 46-47, Resolution dated 5 October 2010. [20] Id at 48. [21] Id. at 214, Amended Motion for Reconsideration. [22] Id. at 193-211, Verified Motion for Reconsideration; id. at 212-246, Amended Motion for Reconsideration; id. at 247-254, Rejoinder to Petitioner’s Comment/Opposition to Respondent’s Amended Motion for Reconsideration. [23] Id. at 224, Amended Motion for Reconsideration. [24] A verified petition to disqualify a candidate pursuant to Sec. 68 of the OEC and the verified petition to disqualify a candidate for lack of qualifications or possessing some grounds for disqualification may be filed on any day after the last day for filing of certificates of candidacy but not later than the date of proclamation. (Sec. 4.B.1. COMELEC Resolution No. 8696). [25] Rollo, pp. 64-66, COMELEC En Banc Resolution dated 2 February 2011. [26] Id. at 69, Separate Concurring Opinion. [27] Id. at 72-73, Dissenting Opinion of Commissioner Rene V. Sarmiento, citing the cases of Torayno, Sr. v. COMELEC, 337 SCRA 574 [2000]; Santos v. COMELEC, 103 SCRA 628 [1981]; Sanchez v. Del Rosario, 1 SCRA 1102 [1961]; and Reyes v. COMELEC, 97 SCRA 500 [1980]. [28] 367 Phil. 132 (1999). [29] Id. at 142-143. [30] G.R. No. 105919, 6 August 1992, 212 SCRA 309. [31] Section 5(2) of R.A. No. 9225. [32] See excerpts of deliberations of Congress reproduced in AASJS v. Datumanong, G.R. No. 160869, 11 May 2007, 523 SCRA 108. In resolving the aforecited issues in this case, resort to the deliberations of Congress is necessary to determine the intent of the legislative branch in drafting the assailed law. During the deliberations, the issue of whether Rep. Act No. 9225 would allow dual allegiance had in fact been the subject of debate. The record of the legislative deliberations reveals the following: elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/55820 22/49