Comelec will ask Tarlac court to move Guo’s case to Metro Manila

Chairman of the Electoral Commission George Erwoin Garcia (INQUIRY FILE PHOTO / NINO JESUS ​​ORBETA)

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will ask the Tarlac Regional Trial Court (RTC) to transfer the case Bamban dismisses mayor Alice Guo To the Metro Manila court.

Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said the ballot box committee will file a petition with the Tarlac court “early next week” to transfer venue in the case.

“The reasons we stated are concerns for the safety of our lawyers who will attend the hearings, including the witnesses who will testify at the hearings,” Garcia said at a press conference on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the Comelec filed criminal charges against Guo. material misrepresentation claim After it was determined that the fingerprints on the voting records matched those of a Chinese woman named Guo Hua Ping at the National Bureau of Investigation.

Only Filipino citizens are allowed to run for public office.

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The filing of the charges was delayed due to the Comelec’s failure to receive a motion for reconsideration of its decision to submit information against Guo for violation of Section 74 of the Omnibus Elections Act relating to Section 262.

Guo was detained in Pasay City Jail following his arrest in Indonesia early last month.