00:00The Office of the Ombudsman appointed Alice Guo as the mayor of Bambang.
00:06The COMELEC also approved the sentence for Guo because she did not comply with the truth in her Certificate of Candidacy.
00:15Sandra Aguinaldo has the story.
00:21In a 25-page decision, Mayor Alice Guo was dismissed from the Office of the Ombudsman.
00:28She will not receive all of her retirement benefits and she will be disqualified from any government office.
00:37The decision was based on a complaint filed by the Department of Interior and Local Government for grave misconduct,
00:45conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service, gross neglect of duty, and serious dishonesty,
00:52in accordance with Guo's role in the illegal operation of POGO or Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators in the Bawfu Compound in Bambang, Tarlac.
01:02Guo insisted that she showed a willful intent to violate the law and disown the Ombudsmen.
01:10The following actions are connected and there is no other conclusion,
01:15but Guo deliberately did it with an ulterior motive and self-interest.
01:21It is clear that this is a conflict of interest, said the Ombudsman.
01:25That's why Guo should be punished.
01:28The GMA Integrated News is trying to find out the whereabouts of Guo's company.
01:33The Cominec filed the sentence for Guo for preliminary investigation in accordance with the complaint of misrepresentation against Guo.
01:43This is in accordance with the fact that Guo did not accept the truth in her Certificate of Candidacy when she ran for mayor
01:49when she declared to her COC that she is a Filipino.
01:53We are informing her that there is a complaint against her for material misrepresentation.
01:58That's why this process is very important because it is the right of every citizen to be informed of the nature and cause of the charge against him or her.
02:11Guo's farm in Bamban, Tarlac was the first to be confiscated.
02:15Good morning. How are you?
02:20After a few more knocks at the gate, they were opened by a trustee.
02:25We are representatives of Cominec Region 3.
02:29We came from the office of Atty. Albert Rodriguez,
02:33who was appointed by the Cominec Central Office to serve as summons to Mayor Alice Guo.
02:41What is your position here?
02:44I am just a taker here, sir.
02:46I am just a cleaner here.
02:48But he said that he was not authorized to accept the sentence,
02:52so Cominec left a copy of the sentence to the trustee.
02:57Next, they went to the municipality of Bamban.
03:00They met with some locals appointed by Cominec and they went straight to the mayor's office.
03:05Acting Mayor Leonardo Anunzacion was not there,
03:09but a staff of the office accepted the sentence.
03:13But he said that they did not receive any communication from the mayor.
03:17He will hand over to Mayor Guo.
03:21He will hand over, if ever, to Mayor Guo.
03:24Maybe we will see him.
03:27After the sentence was served here at Mayor Alice Guo's farm and in the municipality,
03:32they waited for Mayor Guo's answer or explanation.
03:36If he did not answer, the Cominec Legal Department can now decide on the preliminary investigation.
03:43Guo has 10 days to file a counter affidavit with Cominec.
03:47Remember, Guo did not file a counter affidavit on the complaint of human trafficking in the Justice Department.
03:53The Senate also issued a warrant of arrest against him.
03:57But until now, he has not been pointed out by the authorities.
04:00We tried to ask his lawyer, Attorney Stephen David, but he still has no answer.
04:07For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo, for Tutok 24 Horas.
04:17Transcription by ESO. Translation by —
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