City hall worker petitions Comelec over candidate's citizenship
A job-order employee of Zamboanga City Hall filed a petition with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify congressional candidate Kaiser Adan Olaso for allegedly misrepresenting his citizenship.
Efren Inclan, who works under the city's Barangay Affairs Section, submitted the case on Tuesday, April 15, claiming that Olaso is not a natural-born Filipino and therefore ineligible to run for Congress.
Inclan cited public records showing that Olaso was born to Lorraine Por Tang, a Cambodian national, emphasizing Article 6, Section 6 of the 1987 Constitution which requires candidates to be natural-born citizens.
Olaso dismissed the petition as having no legal basis and suggested it is an attempt by rival political camps to distract him from his campaign.
Kaiser Olaso is the brother of incumbent Congressman Khymer Adan Olaso, who is running for mayor in the 2025 May elections.
The case highlights concerns over election integrity and adherence to constitutional eligibility requirements.
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