Dismissed mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac could face perjury charges should she file a certificate of candidacy (COC) "and the facts stated under oath are proven to be false," Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra said on Sunday, Oct. 6.
Guevarra reacted to the reported plan of Guo to file a COC and run for the position of mayor of Bamban.
“Go may file her certificate of candidacy, but the Commission on Elections (Comelec) may disqualify her for misrepresentation and not include her name in the ballot for the May 2025 elections, unless the Comelec is restrained by the court),” he said.
At the same time, Guevarra lauded the move of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to cancel the passport of Guo who face multiple charges that include qualified human trafficking, falsification, money laundering, and tax evasion.
“The cancellation of Guo’s passport affirms and reinforces the factual and legal basis for the petition for quo warranto,” he said.
The OSG has filed a quo warranto petition before the Manila Regional Trial (RTC) that sought to nullify the proclamation of Guo as mayor for being a Chinese national after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) examined her fingerprints and found she is also Chinese national Guo Hua Ping.
The OSG, on behalf of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), also filed before the Tarlac City Regional Trial Court (RTC) a case to cancel the Philippine birth certificate of Guo due to findings of the NBI.