00:00Some senators and members of the Justice Department are questioning why the court in Tarlac filed a complaint against Alice Guo.
00:09This is why she decided where the former mayor will be jailed.
00:14The ombudsman's answer to Mark Salazar's question.
00:21The Senate should not release the custody of Alice Guo until their investigation is not over.
00:27If Senator Francis Tolentino is the next one.
00:30He believes that the warrant of arrest that Tarlac RTC initiated is invalid.
00:35He also decided to jail Guo at the PNP Custodial Center.
00:40Related to 10660 should be filed in the nearest RTC of the next judicial region.
00:52Is it correct in the case file?
00:54Your Honor, on paper, there seems to be a slight violation of the law.
01:00But it's better if we hear it from the ombudsman. Maybe they can explain it here.
01:04Tolentino also said that the nearest judicial region in Tarlac is Ordaneta, Pangasinan or Valenzuela.
01:11Only there can the case be filed against Guo.
01:14Since the name of a Pangasinan mayor was likewise implicated here, there might be an influence.
01:22So it cannot be filed in Region 1.
01:25My second location, here are the maps of the judges.
01:29My second location that is near is Region 2 in Santa Fe.
01:40It's far, Nueva Vizcaya.
01:42The nearest location is Valenzuela City.
01:47The Justice Secretary also condemned the filing of the Graft case against Guo in Tarlac, but for other reasons.
01:54I think the prosecutors of the ombudsman made a mistake.
01:58Because Guo's salary is Grade 30.
02:03And 26 and above should go to the ombudsman and the local court.
02:09That's why the Justice Department will write to the ombudsman to clarify the issue of case jurisdiction and venue.
02:16We will ask for a clarification on this matter.
02:18Because it might be just an oversight.
02:21Before the hearing was over, Tolentino repeated his motion to get the custody of Guo from the Senate.
02:27Is it right for the court, if there is no jurisdiction, to issue a warrant of arrest?
02:32There is no visa, Your Honor.
02:34The warrant of arrest is invalid.
02:36There is only one warrant of arrest that is valid.
02:39The warrant of arrest coming from the Senate.
02:42But the ruling of Senator Rizal Ontiveros as chairman of the committee.
02:46Alice Guo is to remain in the custody of the Senate until the conclusion of this committee's inquiry.
02:53And this committee will coordinate with any court ordering your detention.
02:58The chair is clarifying that while Alice Guo is in contempt of the Senate,
03:03she will remain in PNP custody.
03:06But if she posts bail, she will be taken to the Senate.
03:10KAPAS RTC Branch 109 refused to give a statement on the issue.
03:15Ombudsman Samuel Martirez explained why the case was filed in Tarlac.
03:20At the time we filed the information, Alice Guo was no longer a public official.
03:28Because Alice Guo was dismissed by the Ombudsman, she will remain in Tarlac.
03:34She will remain because there is a jurisdiction in Bamban.
03:38The Senate cannot fight for Alice Guo's custody because she is in the custody of the court.
03:44The warrant of arrest issued by the Senate cannot be superior to the warrant of arrest issued by the RTC.
03:53So my advice to the Senate is to request the Senate of KAPAS RTC
04:02to produce Alice Guo in the Senate if there is a hearing.
04:10This hearing is suspended.
04:12The hearing was suspended before 3 p.m. and Guo was returned to the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Krame.
04:19For GMA Integrated News, Mark Salazar.
04:23The hearing was suspended for 24 hours.
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