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NBI, Comelec chiefs discuss looming case vs Guo
NBI, Comelec chiefs discuss looming case vs Guo
Published Jul 03, 2024 11:05 AM PHT
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Updated Jul 03, 2024 12:39 PM PHT
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA – The heads of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) met Wednesday to discuss a looming election offense case against suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo.
MANILA – The heads of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) met Wednesday to discuss a looming election offense case against suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo.
The NBI recently confirmed that the mayor’s fingerprints matched that of Guo Hua Ping, who came into the Philippines as a teen while using a Chinese passport.
The NBI recently confirmed that the mayor’s fingerprints matched that of Guo Hua Ping, who came into the Philippines as a teen while using a Chinese passport.
Following the development, NBI Director Jaime Santiago visited Chairman George Erwin Garcia’s office upon the latter’s request.
Following the development, NBI Director Jaime Santiago visited Chairman George Erwin Garcia’s office upon the latter’s request.
Garcia earlier said that the Comelec was preparing a case against Guo for allegedly misrepresenting herself as a Filipino citizen when she filed her certificate of candidacy for the 2022 mayoralty race.
Garcia earlier said that the Comelec was preparing a case against Guo for allegedly misrepresenting herself as a Filipino citizen when she filed her certificate of candidacy for the 2022 mayoralty race.
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Comelec Commissioner Ernesto Ferdinand Maceda, Jr. joined the closed door meeting.
Comelec Commissioner Ernesto Ferdinand Maceda, Jr. joined the closed door meeting.
Guo has insisted that she is a Filipino. She denied that she is a Chinese spy or that she had alleged links to illegal POGOs.
Guo has insisted that she is a Filipino. She denied that she is a Chinese spy or that she had alleged links to illegal POGOs.
Guo's lawyer Stephen David said that despite NBI's findings on the mayor, only the courts could try the facts and evidence and not the public.
Guo's lawyer Stephen David said that despite NBI's findings on the mayor, only the courts could try the facts and evidence and not the public.
"Right now, these things are not yet verified. In fact, we have not even seen these documents. There is a process for this so that we can say that these are really authentic documents," David said.
"Right now, these things are not yet verified. In fact, we have not even seen these documents. There is a process for this so that we can say that these are really authentic documents," David said.
He said the NBI is expected to present its findings before a court and that "it is only by then that we will be able to comment on this because by then we will be able to identify them, examine them."
He said the NBI is expected to present its findings before a court and that "it is only by then that we will be able to comment on this because by then we will be able to identify them, examine them."
David said Guo's camp was expecting separate legal actions from the Solicitor General, to which they would respond in the proper forum.
David said Guo's camp was expecting separate legal actions from the Solicitor General, to which they would respond in the proper forum.
"Nowadays, we just cannot rely on documents, we have to scrutinize and verify them, and only the court will tell us" whether the documents are authentic or not, he said.
"Nowadays, we just cannot rely on documents, we have to scrutinize and verify them, and only the court will tell us" whether the documents are authentic or not, he said.
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