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Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Sherrie Ann Torres

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1722584246378172250400596820240522-guo-alice-senate-MD-11.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align:left">Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></p><div></div><p style="text-align:left">MANILA — The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) decision on the recommended “misrepresentation” complaint against suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo will be out next week, chairman George Erwin Garcia said Friday.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/1/comelec-panel-recommends-misrepresentation-complaint-against-guo-1648">• Comelec panel recommends misrepresentation complaint against Guo</a></div><p>The Comelec Law Department&#x27;s report on Guo recommended <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">the filing of a material misrepresentation complaint against the embattled official.</span></p><p>Garcia said the en banc would decide on how to proceed with the case by next week.</p><p>“Ako po magagarantiya ko sa sambayanan, para po hindi na tayo bulabugin ng mga ganitong isyu ay hopefully po hanggang isang linggo ay mapag-usapan po ng inyong Comelec at magkaroon na po ng kaliwanagan, ano talaga ang ating direksyon na gagawin,” Garcia said.</p><p>The preliminary investigation will commence once the en banc approves the report, to be followed by the filing of a complaint before the Tarlac Regional Trial Court if Guo fails to counter the charges, Garcia said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/1/comelec-finds-basis-to-file-complaint-vs-alice-guo-2104">• Comelec finds basis to file complaint vs Alice Guo</a></div><p>The Comelec Law Department found that the fingerprints of Guo and of Chinese national Guo Hua Ping were the same.</p><p>According to the department, Guo allegedly violated section 74 of the Omnibus Election Code when she declared in her documents that she is a Filipino citizen.</p><p>Garcia insisted that they were not ganging up on Guo as claimed by her camp.</p><p>“Parang pinagtutulung-tulungan, hindi naman po ganun. Ang Comelec po ay may sarili pong jurisdiction, may sarili po kaming kapangyarihan... Wala po kaming pakialam sa ginagawa ng ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan,&quot; he said.</p><p>Meanwhile, Guo&#x27;s lawyer Stephen David appealed to the public not to be swayed by what they see on social media regarding the suspended mayor.</p><p>“Sana huwag tayong ano, kasi masama yun eh. Be not a judge. Kasi masama yun, nagja-judge ka ng ibang tao,” he said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IWLK6i0x3-k?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Comelec chair George Garcia said the en banc would decide on how to proceed with the complaint by next week.</p>

Comelec chair George Garcia said the en banc would decide on how to proceed with the complaint by next week.

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Published Aug 02, 2024 03:48 PM PHT

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