{"id":777019727,"date":"2024-10-09T09:31:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777019727"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:20:52","slug":"philippine-senate-hearing-alice-guo-rules-out-running-in-next-years-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senate-hearing-alice-guo-rules-out-running-in-next-years-elections","title":{"rendered":"Philippine senate hearing: Alice Guo rules out running in next year\u2019s elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guo said she will first deal with the accusations against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Alice Guo,\u00a0the suspended mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, stated on Tuesday (October 8) that she will not be a candidate in next year’s mayoral elections. Guo clarified her decision in response to a question from Senate president pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada<\/strong> during the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality hearing on offshore gaming operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guo said: “I will deal with the accusations against me first. I will clear myself first to be fair to my constituents.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alice Guo’s attorney<\/a> Stephen David<\/strong> had suggested last Friday (October 4) that Guo would run. However, Senator Joel Villanueva said Guo would not be able to run due to a resolution by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualifying her from running for any public office. Senator\u00a0Sherwin Gatchalian\u00a0<\/strong>issued a statement saying such a move would be \u201canother brazen attempt to undermine the country\u2019s laws.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) itself approved the recommendation of its Law Department to take action against Guo for violating the Omnibus Election Code through blatant misrepresentation. One of the key findings is the matching fingerprints between Alice Guo and Chinese passport holder Guo Hua Ping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlso, she falsely claimed to be a Filipino born in Tarlac, while official records show that she is a Chinese national, born in Fujian to her Chinese mother, Lin Wenyi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jinggoy Estrada noted that candidates must be Filipino and must provide accurate information about themselves. Estrada said: \u201cThis privilege stated in our Constitution is only for our fellow citizens and can never be given to fake Filipinos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement issued shortly after announcing her withdrawal from next year’s elections, Guo said: “Even if I do have Chinese blood and there are questions on my nationality, and if you ask me, in front of the whole Philippines I am saying that I choose to be a Filipino. My heart and soul is Filipino.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guo said she will first deal with the accusations against her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777019728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Alice Guo, the suspended mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, has withdrawn her candidacy for next year's mayoral elections amidst accusations regarding her nationality and alleged ties to offshore gaming operators. This decision follows a resolution by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify her, citing misrepresentation of her Filipino citizenship and matching fingerprints with a Chinese national.","focusai_entities":"Alice Guo, Jinggoy Estrada, Stephen David, Joel Villanueva, Sherwin Gatchalian, Commission on Elections (Comelec), Guo Hua Ping, Lin Wenyi","focusai_location":"Philippines, Bamban, Tarlac, Fujian","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Regulatory Impact?","query":"What are the potential long-term implications of this political scandal for the regulatory stability and governance frameworks governing POGOs in the Philippines?"},{"label":"Comelec Scrutiny Shift?","query":"How might this incident influence the Commission on Elections' future scrutiny of public officials' backgrounds, particularly those with alleged ties to regulated industries?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777019727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777019727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777019759,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019727\/revisions\/777019759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777019728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777019727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777019727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777019727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}