Senators question the counter-affidavit of Alice Guo
Senators questioned how Alice Guo was able to sign a counter-affidavit dated August 14, 2024, despite leaving the Philippines in July.
Alice Guo stated that she signed the last page of the document before leaving the country.
Alice Guo stated that she signed the last page of the document before leaving the country.
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00:00Where did that document come from?
00:08Your Honor, I signed the last page of the document.
00:12Where did you sign it?
00:14I signed it before I left.
00:16You signed it before you left?
00:19Did you make the affidavit?
00:23Yes, partially. I finished something.
00:26But the case has not been filed yet?
00:29Yes, it has not been filed yet.
00:31Oh, it has been filed, but...
00:33Has it been filed or not yet?
00:36It has not been filed yet.
00:38When did you sign the document before you left?
00:42I signed the last page before I left.
00:44When did you leave? First week of July?
00:47July first week, yes.
00:49But the case has not been filed yet?
00:52I signed the last page before I left, Your Honor.
00:56Did you make the counter affidavit?
00:59Regarding the question, I invoke my right.
01:09Who prepared your counter affidavit?
01:15A lawyer.
01:17Yes, I know. Who was it?
01:19Law firm?
01:20Yes, law firm.
01:21What law firm?
01:28What's your name?
01:30Ghana.
01:32Atienza Avisado.
01:34Ghana Atienza Avisado Law Offices.
01:37So, when your lawyers prepared your law firm,
01:41did your lawyers know that you are not here anymore?
01:44No.
01:46What do you mean by no?
01:50Did they know that you are here?
01:52While you are really not here anymore?
01:56How did you sign that you are not here anymore?
01:59I signed the last page before I left.
02:03No, the date here is August 14, right?
02:06Yes, August 14.
02:08When did you sign the counter affidavit?
02:11I don't remember the exact date before I left.
02:14You always don't remember.
02:16It's been a long time since you don't remember.
02:20When?
02:22Your Honor, I really don't remember the exact date.
02:24What is written here in your counter affidavit, August 14?
02:27When did you leave?
02:31Your Honor, I still have a case in immigration.
02:34When did you leave?
02:36I still have a case in immigration.
02:38When did you sign the counter affidavit before you left?
02:46Before I left, it was the first week of July.
02:48I don't remember the exact date.
02:50First week of July.
02:52Your Honor, I still have a case in immigration.
02:54He said he left on the first week of July.
02:56He signed the last page.
02:58It is written here,
03:00In witness whereof,
03:02I have here to affix my signature this August 14, 2024,
03:06in the city of San Jose, Del Monte.
03:16The foregoing allegations are true and correct to my knowledge and available.
03:20How did you sign this?
03:22You said you signed the last page.
03:24You are no longer here in the country.
03:26You left in July.
03:28You were arrested in September.
03:30When was he arrested in Indonesia?
03:32September?
03:34September 5.
03:36How did you sign this August 14?
03:38Knowing fully well that your lawyers know that you are no longer here.
03:44So it means that in July,
03:46when you left,
03:48you prepared the last page that you signed
03:50so that Ms. Kath would just attach it
03:52to your counter affidavit
03:54that was later composed.
03:58Madam Chair,
04:00there is a case that the DOJ gave me.
04:02I invoked to...
04:04Your right against self-incrimination.
04:06But isn't it common sense?
04:08If you leave in July,
04:10you will prepare a signature page
04:12to attach it to the counter affidavit
04:14that you instructed Ms. Kath to attach.
04:16Even by August,
04:18that counter affidavit will be attached.
04:20Isn't it common sense?
04:22For example,
04:24the person we are talking about.
04:26That's how it is.
04:28You are no longer here in August.
04:30That person is no longer here in August.