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00:00We will continue the investigation on the death of Mayor Alice Go. Our guest this morning is her lawyer, Atty. Stephen David.
00:09Atty. David, good morning.
00:11Good morning to you. I'm so excited to be here.
00:13Yes. Atty., what is the takeaway from yesterday's hearing, the allegedly possible case of stolen identity of Alice Leal Go?
00:25That's what Senator Rizal Tiveros said. What is your comment on this?
00:29You know Ivan, all the allegations against Mayor Go, we will face them in a proper forum.
00:36What we are trying to avoid now is a trial by publicity so that he will not be condemned before a formal hearing.
00:45So we will wait. They will file that. We are ready to answer all of that.
00:50Okay. Preliminarily, Atty., what can you say about the allegation that this is a possible case of stolen identity?
00:57If they will file that, we will face it in a proper forum.
01:02It's hard because it's a public trial. There's no evidence to present and my client will be condemned.
01:13Yes. But can you at least tell us Atty., initially, your thoughts on this allegation?
01:20I don't believe in that. I'm not saying it's true. I'm not saying it's wrong.
01:28But in our case, we have a process of validating the documents.
01:32If you present that to the court, we will examine it thoroughly if it's valid, if it's due execution and if the documents are genuine.
01:40You know now, you can't avoid photoshop. It's too early for us to comment on such documents.
01:50So basically, we haven't established the legitimacy of the documents that were presented.
01:57You're correct Ivan. Now, there are many documents that are genuine. I'm not saying it's true, but we have to go through the process.
02:06Understood Atty. One more thing. The anti-money laundering council discovered that Mayor Go's name was different from his bank accounts.
02:18I don't know if that's a fake declaration. It's better if they will stamp it. Maybe we can answer that.
02:27Maybe there's something like that. We don't know. It's better if we clarify it to the court.
02:33But you haven't talked to Mayor Alice about why his name was different from his bank accounts.
02:42Actually, I just heard it from the EU.
02:45I forgot about it yesterday in the hearing.
02:48I don't know what happened yesterday.
02:51All right. How is Mayor Alice? You mentioned that she wasn't feeling well yesterday, that's why she couldn't go to the hearing. Is that right?
03:00Actually, she had an accident yesterday. It's been three days since the accident.
03:03I know that when we saw each other, she wasn't feeling well and she was stressed.
03:07I don't know. There are many actions that depend on her. Maybe she couldn't express herself in that situation.
03:16The committee is asking for Mayor Go to be subpoenaed. There are many things that he needs to clarify.
03:23Will he be able to attend the next hearing?
03:26That's the process. When he arrives, he will be subpoenaed.
03:33Under pain of contempt. That's what Senator Riza said. Will he be able to attend the next hearing?
03:39That's a subpoena. That's under pain of contempt.
03:44Subpoena is under pain of contempt.
03:46Do you think that Mayor Go will be able to attend the next hearing?
03:51I hope that he will be able to attend the next hearing because it's temporary, not permanent.
03:57Okay. This is your appeal to his preventive suspension. Ombudsman denied it. What's your next step attorney?
04:05You know, honestly, the Ombudsman's office has its own opinion about that.
04:10But me, as a lawyer of Mayor Alice, I don't believe in that.
04:16Although I respect the decision of the Ombudsman, I will bring it to the Court of Appeals
04:20so that they can give a review and a chance to study if the Ombudsman's decision is right.
04:30Using the same arguments attorney? What is your primary argument in your appeal?
04:36Yes. Of course. That's the truth.
04:39But what is your primary argument in your appeal to the suspension order attorney?
04:45Basically, they are asking why he issued the Merge Permit.
04:48The applicant is compliant and they are saying that the power of law and development is in his decision.
04:59The first time, before FOGO started, he was the president of the power of law.
05:05So who will he appoint as the power of law when construction starts? Him.
05:10Right. Attorney David, thank you for your time.
05:14Thank you. Thank you very much.
05:16We will talk to Attorney Stephen David, lawyer of Mayor Alice Guo.