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Some senators cautioned Alice Guo that she could encounter further legal issues if she continues to claim Filipino citizenship and violates election laws by attempting to run for mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, in the May 2025 elections.
Guo, who is suspected to be a Chinese citizen named Guo Hua Ping, intends to seek the same position she was removed from in August by the Office of the Ombudsman due to serious misconduct, resulting in a permanent ban from holding public office.
“Guo Hua Ping would be committing an act of material misrepresentation (again) if she fills out her certificate of candidacy (COC) and falsely declares herself to be a Filipino citizen,” Sen. Risa Hontiveros said in a statement.
“The COC is an important document executed under oath. If Guo Hua Ping insists on her lies, a case of perjury may be added to the string of crimes she’s involved in,” Hontiveros said.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian supported her position, adding that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) had already determined that Guo, who is now detained at the Pasig City Jail on charges of qualified human trafficking, was ineligible to seek public office for being a foreigner.
That was the reason, he pointed out, the poll body brought a case for material misrepresentation against Guo, whose alleged link to an illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) in her town had led to her swift political downfall.
“The Comelec should promptly disqualify her because it already approved a resolution to file charges against Guo because she’s not a Filipino,” Gatchalian told radio dwIZ’s “Usapang Senado” program.
