Suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, pina-cite in contempt ng Senado dahil hindi sumipot sa pagdinig
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00:00Sighted in contempt now is suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo because she did not attend the hearing in the Senate again.
00:08This is Daniel Vandalastas' report.
00:12The reason why suspended Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo did not attend the hearing in the Senate was not beyond the senators' imagination.
00:20As you can remember, yesterday she wrote an excuse letter to the senators and Guo blamed her for her physical and mental health.
00:27But the senators approved it, so the senators moved Guo to be contempted.
00:32For me, it's like they're disregarding the Supreme Court.
00:36It's like disregarding and disrespecting our institution.
00:41I suggest that she be attended by a government doctor so we can know the whole truth.
00:50And I think this letter of explanation is totally unacceptable.
00:55Therefore, I would like to move that we issue a warrant of arrest against Mayor Guo for her to attend the next hearing, if there is one.
01:06I so move, Madam Chair.
01:08For me, it's embarrassing in terms of real mental health conditions.
01:15I would just like to reiterate, Madam Chair, that mental health is a serious issue and it should not be used as a reason to lie.
01:25Aside from Guo, some of her relatives and some of the people who visit Pogo are also being contempted.
01:31That's why Hon. Veros passed an arrest order against them.
01:36But it will only be effective if it is signed by Senate President Francis Escudero.
01:41While some of them were told by the committee.
01:43Senator Sherwin Gatchalian was issued a document not to visit Guo's school records.
01:49The mayor said that he is home-schooled.
01:52He studied in the same school, Grace Christian High School, for grades 1, 2, and 3, year 2000 to 2003.
02:05So he did not go to Rubilid's school. He really studied there.
02:11And as far as I remember, our school does not have a park or a school building.
02:16Meanwhile, the name of the former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque was forgotten when Senator Hon. Veros asked
02:23if Guo is not the former cabinet secretary who pleaded for Pogo to be illegal.
02:28But Guo said that Roque is not dead.
02:31On July 3, 2023, I received a phone call from our former secretary, Harry Roque.
02:46He did not force it. He was just talking.
02:50And our conversations were very light.
02:53In my case, he called me five times, plus one follow-up.
03:00So all of them, he was the one who followed up on Roque.
03:08According to Hon. Veros, Roque was connected to Lucky South 99.
03:13Raid Gamacaylan was involved.
03:16So it is clear that Attorney Harry Roque is legally connected to Lucky South 99.
03:24Yes, ma'am. I confirm that he read that. Thank you.
03:27Because if it is true, it is clear from what he said in the media by the World Wind Corporation.
03:35First of all, he went there and asked me for help.
03:38So I assume it was a client of the lawyer relationship.
03:43In the document they submitted, it says Harry Roque, legal group.
03:48Roque went through the allegations against him on Facebook.
03:52According to the former secretary, he did not become a lawyer for Lucky South.
03:56I did not lobby for illegal Pogo.
03:59Because of the times I went there, I did not apply for a rescheduling of payment
04:04on behalf of a company that is being serviced by the company I know, World Wind.
04:11I am not Lucky South's lawyer when it comes to his licenses.
04:15And I never became a lawyer for Lucky South.
04:18In the midst of controversies regarding Pogo and criminality,
04:22Pagcor asked what they will do about it.
04:25We will do everything we can.
04:28It is a waste of money that Pagcor and the European Government will earn.
04:37That is our position on the matter.
04:41But if the decision of the Senate, the Congress, and the President of the Philippines is totally unilateral,
04:49we will not do anything against it.
04:53Aside from Roque, there is another name that was mentioned in the former administration.
04:58Michael Young and Allan Lim are close to the previous administration.
05:04We don't have sufficient knowledge.
05:06And it seems that Gerald Cruz is also close to the previous president.
05:14I think, ma'am, during this time, this was already seen.
05:17And Sean Waite...
05:18What we are connecting, or what we will connect,
05:22is the former farmally investigation against Pogo.
05:30It's not necessarily a new matter about the farmally scam.
05:35But it seems that this is a farmally group.
05:37Same cast of characters.
05:40The Bureau of Immigration confirmed that based on their latest record,
05:43Mayor Alice Guho is still in the Philippines.
05:46They are alerted in case the country goes out of control.
05:50Daniel Manalastas for Pangmansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.