Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Sunday, September 15 said he is open to accepting dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo’s appeal for the Senate to grant her request for an executive session.
Ejercito said this is because he believes Guo can divulge more relevant information about the illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and who are the bigger bosses behind the construction of these infrastructures in the country in a closed-door meeting.
“Tingin ko siya ay isang pawn lamang sa isang bigger work of a criminal international syndicate na sana maturo na niya yun (I think she is just a pawn in a bigger work of a criminal international syndicate, which I hope she would be able to pinpoint to us soon),” Ejercito said in an interview on Radio DZBB.
“Kung sakali sa isang executive session niya masabi, ibigay na natin para malaman natin para maituro talaga ung mga big bosses sa likuran nitong mga illegal na POGO at nagdudulot ng krimen dito sa ating bansa, (If possible, let’s accept her request to an executive session, where she may divulge more information. Let’s give it to her, so we would know, and she can point to the real big bosses behind these illegal POGOs that are the source of different crimes here in our country),” the senator further said.
It's also imperative to know who helped her enter into Philippine politics: “Paano kung pinapainan na pala tayo ng China (What if China is already putting a bait in the country)?” he pointed out.
“Paano kung ang China, dahan-dahan nagpapasok na pala sila ng ganito, sa political system natin. Yan din ang gusto kong malaman, paano siya nakapasok, pano ang kanyang simulain sa kanyang politika sa Tarlac (What if China is slowly putting in some people like her in our political system? That’s also what I want to find out, how she was able to enter Philippine politics? How did she start in politics in Tarlac),” he pointed out.
Several senators have already rejected to proposals to accede to Guo’s request for an executive session when she appeared and testified before the Senate last Monday, September 9.
Guo had just returned from the country after being repatriated by Indonesian authorities back to Manila.
Senators Risa Hontiveros, Sherwin Gatchalian, Joel Villanueva, and even Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada have rejected the former mayor’s appeal for an executive session.
“Alice Guo, who at one point was a public servant, owes the public the truth behind her flight, the truth behind her alleged misdeeds,” Estrada had said.