The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) will finalize next week the cases the government will file against suspended Mayor Alice L. Guo of Bamban, Tarlac, Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra said on Friday, June 28.
Among the legal actions being considered by the OSG against Guo are a quo warranto case and the cancellation of her birth certificate as recommended by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
A quo warranto case is a special civil action against a person who usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises a public office without lawful authority to act.
A favorable ruling on the quo warranto case would strip Guo of her mayoralty post. It may even lead to the filing of other cases.
“The OSG team will meet next week to finalize the intended legal action based on all the available evidence,” Guevarra said.
On the cancellation of the birth certificate, Guevarra cited the finding of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) that Guo's fingerprints matched those of Chinese national Guo Hua Ping.
“This evidence will be extremely useful,” he said.
Guo has been ordered preventively suspended for six months by the Office of the Ombudsman which found strong evidence on the administrative complaints filed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The mayor is also facing a non-bailable qualified human trafficking complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the operation of Zun Yuan Technology Center, a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) that was raided by government authorities in Bamban town.