L15 PPG-CITIZENSHIP RECLASS DEMO 2025.pptx

citizenship lesson in polgov lesson 15

1. WHAT IS A CITIZEN? A citizen is a member of a democratic community who enjoys full civil and political rights and is accorded protection inside and outside the territory of the State. Citizens may be regarded by all nations either born in their territories or born of their citizens, or it could be both.

2. What is citizenship? It denotes membership of a citizen in a political society which membership implies, reciprocally, a duty of allegiance on the part of the members and duty of protection on the part of the state.

3. How to acquire citizenship?

4. There are two methods in order to acquire citizenship: Involuntary method: ➢ By birth because of blood relationship (jus sanguinis ) or place of birth (jus soli) Membership in a nation is largely involuntary, that is, most people initially become citizens of nation and subject to its rules without any deliberate choice. ( Ranney , 1995) Voluntary method: ➢ By naturalization is the act of formally adopting a foreigner into the political body of the state and clothing him with the rights and privileges of citizenship. It is a voluntary method of acquiring citizenship by renouncing his former citizenship and embracing a new one.

5. What are the obligations of Citizens? The obligations of the citizens are: 1. Loyalty and have a sense of patriotism in his/her country. 2. Obey the laws of the land. 3. Participate in political processes

6. Who are the citizens of the Philippines? The citizens of the Philippines are the following: 1. Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of this Constitution. 2. Those whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the Philippines. 3. Those born on January 17, 1973, of Filipino mothers, who elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority; and 4. Those who are naturalized in accordance with law.

7. Who are Natural - born Citizens? Natural – born citizens are those who are citizens of the Philippines from birth without having to perform any act to acquire or perfect their Philippine citizenship.

8. How to lose citizenship? Ways to lose citizenship: 1. Voluntary a. By naturalization in a foreign country b. By express renunciation of citizenship c. By supporting the constitution and laws of a foreign country d. By rendering service to the armed forces of a foreign country

9. 2. Involuntary a. By the cancelation of his certificate of naturalization by the court b. By having been declared as a deserter in the Philippine armed forces in time of war.

10. How to reacquire citizenship? Ways of reacquiring citizenship: a. By the repatriation of deserters of the Philippine armed forces b. By a direct act of the Congress c. By naturalization

11. What is Dual citizenship? Dual citizenship is a situation in which a person simultaneously owes, by some positive act, loyalty to two or more states. It arises because our laws cannot control laws of other countries or citizenship.

12. Republic Act no.: 9225 “Natural – born citizens of the Philippines who have lost their Philippine citizenship because of their naturalization as citizens of a foreign country are at this moment deemed to have re-acquired Philippine citizenship upon taking the oath of allegiance to the Republic.