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Lawyer Stephen David and the rest of Alice Guo's legal team file a Motion for Reconsideration and Urgent Motion to Lift Preventive Suspension before the Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City on Thursday, June 6, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File


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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/1725251663995172498802315820240606-alice-guo-ombudsman-reconsideration-MT-6.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Lawyer Stephen David and the rest of Alice Guo&#x27;s legal team file a Motion for Reconsideration and Urgent Motion to Lift Preventive Suspension before the Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City on Thursday, June 6, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align:left">MANILA — The Commission on Elections&#x27; Law Department might proceed with the election complaint against dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Alice Guo for alleged misrepresentation <span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(65, 65, 65);color:rgb(65, 65, 65)">on her certificate of candidacy for the 2022 elections after her lawyer said they will no longer file a counter-affidavit to answer the complaint.</span></p><div><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">In a text message to ABS-CBN News,  Guo&#x27;s lawyer Stephen David said they are not going to file a counter-affidavit but no longer responded when asked why.</span></div><p>Guo, whom the National Bureau of Investigation said is <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/27/fingerprints-of-alice-guo-guo-hua-ping-match-hontiveros-says-1726">actually Chinese national Guo Hua Ping</a>, is also the subject of a quo warranto petition in part because of questions on her identity and citizenship.</p><p>According to immigration authorities, she slipped out of the country in July and is believed to be in Jakarta in Indonesia. </p><p>Comelec on Monday extended the deadline for Guo to file her counter-affidavit after work in government offices was suspended because of bad weather. She has until Tuesday, September 3, to file her counter-affidavit.</p><div><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/30/alice-guo-s-lawyer-denies-lying-about-her-whereabouts-i-trusted-her-1110">• Alice Guo&#x27;s lawyer denies &#x27;lying&#x27; about her whereabouts: &#x27;I trusted her&#x27;</a></span></div><p>Guo was initially given until August 27, 2024 to submit her counter affidavit, which was extended to September 1 as appealed by the ex-mayor&#x27;s legal team</p><p>If Guo does not file a counter-affidavit, the Comelec Law Department can proceed with the case without the respondent&#x27;s side.</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/vvc2cXk0A2s?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>In a text message, Alice Guo's lawyer Stephen David told ABS-CBN News that they are not going to file a counter-affidavit.</p>

In a text message, Alice Guo's lawyer Stephen David told ABS-CBN News that they are not going to file a counter-affidavit.

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Alice Guo's lawyer says no longer filing counter-affidavit to Comelec case

Sherrie Ann Torres,

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Published Sep 02, 2024 01:29 PM PHT

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