Philippine gov't seeks to unseat Alice Guo as mayor 'because she is Chinese'

  • 3 months ago
The Office of the Solicitor General files a quo warranto petition with a local court to unseat Alice Guo or Guo Ha Ping’s proclamation as mayor of Bamban, Tarlac.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/office-solicitor-general-quo-warranto-petition-alice-guo-bamban-tarlac-mayor/

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00:00The Office of the Solicitor General files a co-warrantor petition with a local court
00:06to unseat Alice Guo, or Guo Huaping's proclamation as mayor of Mambantarlac.
00:11The OSG petition cites evidence that Guo is the Chinese Guo Huaping, who holds a Chinese
00:16passport and appears in the government's visa application records as the daughter of two
00:21Chinese citizens.
00:23Philippine immigration records show Guo Huaping arrived in the Philippines in 1999 as a nine-year-old.
00:29The National Bureau of Investigation also confirmed fingerprints on Guo Huaping's records
00:33match Alice Guo's.
00:35The OSG adds, Guo Huaping is not a Filipino citizen by birth or by naturalization.
00:40In the Philippines, the citizenship of the child follows the citizenship of the parents.
00:45Co-warrantor is a unique proceeding to unseat someone from public office.

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