Article VII, Section 2 of the Philippine Constitution requires a presidential

candidate to be a natural born citizen and a resident of the Philippines for at

least ten years immediately preceding such election. These two issues have
been the manacle of Senator Grace Poe's Presidential bid for the coming 2016
Elections.

First I will tackle her issue of citizenship. Poe being a foundling who was left in
the Jaro Church in Iloilo City before later being adopted makes room for the
likelihood that she was born to a Filipino Parents and so she is a natural-born
citizen.
The recognition of foundlings as citizens not only flows from practical reasons of
the near-certainty that their parents are Filipinos but also the necessity to
promote justice and equity for those abandoned children.
The lack of the explicit recognition of the political status of the foundlings in the
Constitution proves that there was in fact no need for it because those
foundlings are already considered citizens.
The Constitution being silent should be interpreted with the intention of uplifting
the disadvantaged class in their tragedy simply by reason of addressing the
fundamental question of justice.
This contention is further supported by the adherence to applicable treaties and
generally accepted principles of international law that she is entitled to a
nationality and as a consequence to be considered a natural-born citizen.
Also, RA 225 permits her to regain her status as a natural-born citizen as she was
previously a naturalized American citizen. And that through various official acts
and the decree of adoption confirms her status and position as natural-born
citizen.

Second, is her issue on residency.

Senator Poe, abandoned her residency in the USA since the first quarter of 2005
and re-establised her domicile in the Philippines.
The Supreme Court has resolved the meaning of resident for the purpose of
complying with the Constitutional requirement.
When the Constitution requires "residence of at least 10 years," then what is
required is physical presence for at least 10 years with intention to remain in the
Philippines, or in that congressional district or locality, for 10 years. And Senator
Grace Poe came home to the Philippines in 2005 with the intention of remaining
together with her children who began studying in the Philippines. The family
initially lived with the mother of Poe and later on purchased a condo unit in San
Juan.
Given the facts, then Poe resided in the Philippines for at least 10 years.
The honest mistake on her COC is an excusable error arising from complex legal
principles that a layman is not expected to fully know, much less understand and
she was not accompanied by a legal counsel when she filled out the form.
The Supreme Court was faced with precisely this problem in Romualdez-Marcos
vs. COMELEC. However, instead of making the candidate pay for her mistake by
 disqualifying her, the Supreme Court stressed that the 'residency requirement' is
ultimately a question of fact. The statement in the COC is not 'decisive.

IN conclusion, Senator Grace Poe has undoubtedly complied the citizenship and
residency requirement to run for President this 2016 Election.

Do you agree with me when i say that the unknown parents of Poe could be a
foreigner or could be a Filipino? Yes
And you cannot eliminate for certainty the possibility that Senator Poe's parents
maybe are Filipinos? Yes
o So are you saying you have a substantial and conclusive evidence of her
parents being foreigners that even in the previous ruling of the SET and
COMELEC failed to tackle? NO/YES
So in the end there's always a possibility that one or both parents were actually
Filipinos. Yes