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00:00 In the midst of the controversy regarding the appointment of Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo,
00:05 some say that the attack has become personal and not about POGO.
00:11 Senator Arisa Ontiveros defended that the issue with Guo is important
00:15 because it has a connection to the security of the country.
00:18 Now, we have the news from Ma'am Gonzalez.
00:20 In the midst of the questions regarding the appointment of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo,
00:28 the Office of the Solicitor General is now looking for documents
00:32 to determine if there is a sufficient basis for the Co-Organizational Proceedings
00:36 to determine if the Mayor should hold a position in the government.
00:40 Under the Local Government Code,
00:42 Filipino citizens should be the ones who are allowed to hold local government positions.
00:47 Mayor Guo said that according to the Senate,
00:50 her father is Chinese but her mother is Filipino.
00:53 That is why her mother is blamed for her Filipino origin.
00:56 According to retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Vicente Mendoza,
01:00 Under the current law, the 87th Constitution,
01:04 it is enough that a person was born of a Filipino mother.
01:14 She doesn't need to be elected by the Philippine citizenship.
01:18 First, Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel,
01:21 why did Guo's hearing about returning to POGO become a priority?
01:25 Talking about wealth and poverty,
01:28 she can pass through Sol-Gen.
01:30 The same goes for her citizenship.
01:32 If possible, she should ask for a trust from an ombudsman.
01:36 According to Philippine-Chinese Civic Leader Teresita Angsi,
01:40 it seems that the Senate's investigation into POGO has been scrapped and it became a sarsuela.
01:44 She said that it is not good
01:46 that the Senate's image is called a witch hunt and personal attack.
01:50 Senator Riza Hontiveros said
01:52 it is not an attack on Filipinos with Chinese heritage
01:55 and that she has Chinese blood.
01:57 It is not a witch hunt or about politics,
02:00 but about national security, accountability,
02:03 and about the effort to regulate POGO.
02:06 Although not yet sure,
02:07 Guo is likely to face an executive session of the Senate,
02:11 also invited by some law enforcement agencies
02:14 including the Justice Department, PNP, and National Security Agency.
02:18 Guo's camp, which is a Filipino, is supporting the mayor's mother.
02:22 She's looking for a job.
02:23 I told her that she will release all her albums next year.
02:26 But she has some albums.
02:28 We will answer her when we reach Sol-Gen.
02:31 They called Guo's mother.
02:33 She said that she didn't see any problems.
02:36 So we hope that she will release her albums so we can have DNA.
02:39 This is the first news.
02:41 Mav Gonzales for GMA Integrated News.
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02:57 [music]