OSG files quo warranto petition vs suspended Bamban mayor Alice Guo over citizenship, eligibility

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) filed a quo warranto petition against suspended Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo on Monday, questioning her eligibility to hold public office.

In the 46-page petition, the OSG requested the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 34 to declare Guo's proclamation as mayor null and void due to her alleged ineligibility as a Chinese national and acts of serious dishonesty.

The National Bureau of Investigation confirmed earlier this year that Alice Guo and Chinese passport holder Guo Hua Ping have matching fingerprints, raising questions about Guo's true identity and citizenship.

Guo is implicated in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) scandal as co-owner of real estate firm Baofu, which leased its compound to a POGO involved in trafficking and torturing workers.

The OSG's petition cites evidence that Guo arrived in the Philippines in 1999 as a nine-year-old Chinese citizen, contradicting her earlier testimony claiming Filipino birth and upbringing.

There is currently a qualified trafficking complaint against Guo filed at the Department of Justice (DOJ), though no court-issued warrant of arrest has been issued yet.