Court rules Alice Guo ‘undoubtedly Chinese,’ erases mayorship

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A Manila court rules that Alice Guo is ‘undoubtedly Chinese’ and erased her mayorship from the records, judging she was never qualified to begin with, in a quo warranto petition filed by the Office of the Solicitor General.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/court-rules-alice-guo-undoubtedly-chinese-erases-mayorship/

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00:00A Manila court rules that Alice Guo is undoubtedly Chinese and erased her

00:05mayorship from the records, judging she was never qualified to begin with.

00:09This in a quo war until petition filed by the Office of the Solicitor General.

00:13Guo ran and won as mayor of the small town of Mambantarlac in 2022.

00:17However, under the 1987 constitution, only natural-born Filipino citizens can run for office.

00:23A quo war until petition is meant to oust a public official and declare the person never

00:28having held office in the first place due to ineligibility.

00:31It gave way to two main pieces of evidence from the Philippine government.

00:34That there exists no birth, death, and even marriage records for Alice Guo's alleged parents,

00:39and a signature expert testifying that Alice Guo's fingerprint

00:43matches that of Chinese national Guo Huaping.

00:45The court adds, Guo and her Chinese parents, Guo Jianzhong and Lin Weiyi, hold Chinese passports.

00:52Guo has been detained for nearly 10 months on the non-bailable charge of qualified human trafficking.

00:57She is separately charged with money laundering and graft.

01:01All are related to her role in the scam hub in Bambantarlac.

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