Defence chief renounced Maltese citizenship prior to office

DefenCe Secretary Gil­ber­to Teo­doro Jr (pic) had renoun­ced his Maltese citizenship and disclosed it to Fili­pino authorities before taking office, the Def­ence Dep­art­ment said.

Philippine law generally disqualifies candidates for high public office who have dual citizenship, especially those with foreign citizenship acquired through naturalisation, unless they renounce their foreign citizenship.