Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said the concerns regarding the citizenship of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo will finally be dealt with once she files her certificate of candidacy (COC).
According to her legal counsel Stephen David, Guo is set to file her COC to once again run for mayor.
READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/10/7/alice-guo-s-coc-could-spell-trouble-for-her-citizenship-status-says-pimentel
According to her legal counsel Stephen David, Guo is set to file her COC to once again run for mayor.
READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/10/7/alice-guo-s-coc-could-spell-trouble-for-her-citizenship-status-says-pimentel
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00:00Let us understand that the person has a theory.
00:05So his actions are consistent with his theory.
00:09His theory is that she is a Filipino.
00:12He wants to show that his actions are consistent.
00:16So it's just us, or whoever is interested and has proof,
00:20who can prove that she is not a Filipino.
00:23This is, I think, the best time to raise it.
00:29Because if the COC files a declaration that we are Filipino citizens,
00:34then the theory of the other party, whoever will challenge,
00:38she is not Filipino.
00:40Therefore, denied due course to the certificate of candidacy.
00:44And then this is the categorical case which will now say if she is a Filipino or not.
00:52The cancellation of passports, that's not it.
00:55Because many Filipinos do not have passports.
00:58She is a true Filipino.
01:00There must be one exact case where that is the issue.
01:06That is the ruling.
01:08Citizenship is the ruling.
01:09Political issue.
01:11Political issue against Alice Guo.
01:17All the cases that she is facing.
01:20Plus the fact that even her citizenship is under question.
01:24So her opponent,
01:28it's painful if no one fights her, right?
01:31But if someone fights her,
01:33that's the issue with her constituents in Bamban, Tarlac.
01:39All of these are political issues.
01:42It should be presented in the campaign.
01:44And then she should beat Alice Guo in the election.
01:49And then on the part of Alice Guo,
01:51she knows that there are many questions in her candidacy.
01:55That even if she wins,
01:57it's possible that her victory will be in vain.
02:01Because in the end, she may be declared as a non-Filipino,
02:05therefore not qualified.
02:06So all these risks are on her.
02:09And then all the issues,
02:11held by her opponent,
02:14can also be raised against her.
02:17It's legitimate to raise it against her.
02:20These are not personal attacks.
02:22These are legitimate political issues.
02:26Yes.
02:27But it's not just the conviction.
02:29There must be a direct issue with her citizenship.
02:37So if she just files,
02:39her opponent's lawyer knows
02:43how to question the certificate of candidacy.
02:50Because they might appeal.
02:52Sorry, I don't know the case there.
02:54The lawyers might appeal.
02:59Of course, to be fair to everybody.
03:02Actually, she's not the only one with a ruling like that.
03:05So we have to be fair to the others,
03:07the real Filipinos,
03:09who also have perpetual disqualification,
03:11but are still under appeal.