Running for political office in Philippines and UK?

To start with, let's not get carried away with this woman being a Brexit Party candidate.

This delightful lady has been chosen as a candidate in Stroud.
Fair play to the woman. She seems to have done well in her profession and has rubbed shoulders with some proper bigwigs



However, not long ago, she was standing for election in Makati. Now, I can't say that I'm too happy that a guy who was (until very recently) a dual national Yank is British PM but at least he only campaigned in one country.

How happy should the residents of Stroud and Makati be knowing that this woman cannot decide which country she should represent?

Filipinos with dual citizenship must first give up their foreign citizenship under oath before they can run for any elective post in the R.P.
Was she a dual citizen at that time of that election?

More info about this obviously talented person.


Energy Island Ltd.

LourDesiree Latimer:
Director, Energy Island Bell Pirie Ltd.
CEO, Bell Pirie Power Corp. (Philippines)

Lourdesiree has overall project development responsibility for the company’s first OTEC pilot plant in the Philippines. In this capacity, she liaises with and assists the host government in developing the country’s renewable portfolio standard and feed in tariff mechanisms to promote investment and the development of the Philippine’s nascent marine energy industry.

She is the founder of Bell Pirie Power Corp. – a Philippine registered company engaged in services to explore, develop, operate, maintain and sell electricity generated from renewable energy to electric utilities. She has had prime responsibility for identification of suitable sites, contract negotiation, regulatory negotiations, raising finance, and local development of the business as well as liaison with technology providers worldwide.

Previously, she was the director and co-founder of Cyberia – an internet startup in Manchester acquired by Easynet plc in 1996. She has over 15 years of experience working for corporate development for Ford Motor Company and has also worked for Ernst & Young and UK consultancy firms in management and IT consultancies.

Lourdesiree sits on the Advisory Board of Oxford University – Females in Engineering, Science and Technology (OxFEST) in Entrepreneurship and has served as trustee for East London Advanced Technology Training. She received her MSc degree from London School of Economics and studied at the University of the Philippines Los Banos and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

http://www.energyisland.com/team.html

I would have thought that someone with her brainpower and work ethic would be welcome to stand for election anywhere.

Even if they have to break the law to do it ?

As with the suffragettes, do you mean ?

Where were they standing for Parliment?

What law did she break??
I`m all ears!

Yes! Constance Markievitz was a suffragist and, in December 1918, was the first woman to be elected to Westminster as a Sinn Fein MP having previously been a TD in Eire. The following year the American-born Nancy Astor was also elected to the Commons.

That is the question if she was a filipino citizen/resident in the Fils in 2016 how did she aquire British Citizenship since?

Are you suggesting graham69 is suggesting she was breaking the law in that election?

So what are the legal requirements in the UK,plus any supporting documents required in order to stand as a political candidate?
Are you saying that she could have stood without submitting any?

Well she would have to be a Brit and if she is then that would bring up potentially fraud in the Fils

I dont think the point I have raised via the OP is difficult to arrive at??

If she was "qualified" in the Fils then couldnt be a Brit in 2016

Well I don`t know BUT it`s possible that her application for Brit nationality was being processed at the time or just after she ran as an independent candidate in the R.P... Who knows?
The important thing is that she satisfied the UK requirements to run, otherwise she would not have been able to!
It`s done and dusted now..Forget about it! lol

No.

No she wouldn't.

Ah you think she was also citizen of a Commonwealth country or the Republic of Ireland

The Plot thickens

Oh dear! This is something you'd definitely do if you had broken no laws and had nothing to hide!

Nothing to add then in 48 hours what a suprise

Well spotted in this and your opening post

I thought Richard H summed it up well in the twitter feed

"Richard H‏@ProbablyADick 2h2 hours ago


Replying to @Otto_English


Brexiteers fall apart like wet cake when put under even the slightest of actual scrutiny."

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