Sen. Cayetano was elected to the Philippine Congress in May of 1998 and became a member of the Philippine bar that same year. In his defense, Sen. Cayetano cited the Comelec’s decision in Capco’s disqualification case against him. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/41450/news/nation/comelec-rules-with-finality-that-cayetano-is-filipinoIs Sen. Cayetano a “natural born Filipino citizen”? To answer your headline:No I am not an American Citizen; I never chose to be an American Citizen. I am not stateless because unlike others who were Filipino then gave up Filipino citizenship for foreign citizenship therefore losing their Filipino citizenship, I always had both, BUT gave up the foreign citizenship.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2017 17:37 UTC