Dahilan ni Bamban Mayor Guo para hindi sumipot sa hearing sa Senado, hindi umubra sa mga senador; Guo at ilang kaanak, "cited in contempt" na
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00:00The Senate is now arresting Suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and her seven children
00:05for not responding to the Senate's hearing on the operation of illegal shooting at Bamban.
00:11Daniel Manalasta has the details.
00:17The Senators did not react to the reason of Suspended Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo
00:22after she did not respond to the hearing.
00:24She wrote an excuse letter to the Senators
00:27and Guo blamed her for her physical and mental health.
00:30But the Senators proved it, so the Senators moved for Guo to be condemned.
00:35For me, they are disregarding the subpoena.
00:38It's like disregarding and disrespecting our institution.
00:44I suggest that she be attended by a government doctor
00:50so that we can know the whole truth.
00:53And I think this letter of explanation is totally unacceptable.
00:58Therefore, I would like to move that we issue a warrant of arrest
01:02against Mayor Guo for her to attend the next hearing, if there is one.
01:09I so move, Madam Chair.
01:11For me, it's shameful for people with mental health conditions.
01:18I would just like to reiterate, Madam Chair,
01:20that mental health is a serious issue
01:23and it should not be used as an excuse to lie.
01:28Aside from Guo, some of her relatives and some of her personalities
01:32were also condemned for attending the hearing.
01:34That's why Hon. Veros passed an arrest order against them.
01:38But it will only be effective if it is signed by Senate President Francis Escudero.
01:43While some of them were condemned by the committee.
01:47Senator Sherwin Gatchalian was issued a document
01:50that states that Guo did not comply with the school record.
01:53The mayor initially denied that she was homeschooled.
01:56She studied in the same school, Grace Christian High School,
02:01for grades 1, 2, and 3.
02:05Year 2000 to 2003.
02:09She was not homeschooled by Rubilin.
02:12She really studied.
02:14As far as I remember, there was no farm in our school.
02:18It was all buildings.
02:19Meanwhile, the name of the former presidential spokesperson, Harry Roque,
02:23was forgotten during the hearing.
02:25Senator Hon. Veros asked for Guo,
02:27as well as the former cabinet secretary,
02:29who pleaded for an illegal arrest.
02:31But Guo said that Roque is not a corpse.
02:34On July 3, 2023,
02:39I received a call from the former secretary, Harry Roque.
02:50He did not die.
02:52He was talking.
02:54Our conversations were very light.
02:57I traced him.
02:59He called five times.
03:02Plus one follow-up.
03:04Roque followed up on all of them.
03:11According to Hon. Veros,
03:14Roque was connected to Lucky South 99.
03:17Raid Gamacaylan was involved.
03:19It is clear that Attorney Harry Roque is legally involved with Lucky South 99.
03:27Yes, ma'am. I confirm that they confirmed it.
03:30Thank you.
03:31Because if it is true,
03:33it is clear from what he said in the media that it is just a whirlwind corporation.
03:39First of all, he went there and asked me for help.
03:42So I assume it was a client-lawyer relationship.
03:47In the document they submitted,
03:49it was stated that it was Harry Roque's legal group.
03:52Roque, on the other hand,
03:53went through the allegations against him on Facebook.
03:56According to the former secretary,
03:58he did not become a lawyer for Lucky South.
04:00I did not lobby for the illegal Pogo.
04:02Because of the times I went there,
04:04I did not apply for a rescheduling of payment
04:07on behalf of a company that I know as Whirlwind.
04:14I am not Lucky South's lawyer when it comes to his licenses.
04:19And I never became a lawyer for Lucky South.
04:22In the midst of controversies regarding Pogo and criminality,
04:25PAG-COR was asked what they will do about it.
04:29We will do everything we can.
04:32It is a waste of money that PAG-COR and the Bureau of Internal Revenue will earn.
04:41That is our position at the moment.
04:45But if the Senate, Congress, and the President of the Philippines
04:50will decide to close it,
04:52we will not do anything against it.
04:57Aside from Roque,
04:58there is another person named Lumutang
05:00who is a former member of the administration.
05:02Michael Young and Alan Lim are close to the previous administration.
05:08We don't have sufficient knowledge.
05:10And Gerald Cruz is also close to the previous president.
05:17I think, ma'am, during this time,
05:19we have already seen this.
05:20And Sean Wait...
05:22We will connect the former farmally investigation
05:28to the current investigation against Pogo.
05:33It's not necessarily a new matter about the farmally scam.
05:38But it looks like it's a farmally group.
05:41Same cast of characters.
05:43The Bureau of Immigration confirmed that based on their latest record,
05:47Mayor Alice Guo is still in the Philippines.
05:50They say they are ready if the country will close down.
05:53Daniel Maranastas for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.