The legal counsel of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo said Guo will attend court hearings if she is “ordered to do so.
Guo’s lawyer, Stephen David, quoted by ABS-CBN News, said: “That’s what she told me. Of course she can’t be at large. Our defense will go to waste.”
David noted that Guo would need to appear when she is arraigned or when the prosecutor calls on her to take an oath on her affidavit
“As much as possible, when it is still just an exchange between lawyers, she does not need to attend. She can use an authorized representative,” the lawyer said.
David said Guo was still in the Philippines based on their last phone conversation on Tuesday night
The mayor is saddened by the continuation of Senate hearings on her, the next of which is scheduled on July 29, he said.
“She is traumatized. She said every time a Senate hearing ends, she receives a lot of cyberbullying. So she expects that when a Senate hearing happens, the bullying might even triple,” David said.
The lawyer meanwhile said Guo had no reaction to the ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), as she is not connected to the gambling hubs.
“I am here at the Vatican, I’m not lying. She does not have any connection to POGO. She was just a lessor,” David said.
The lawyer further said that while he was not calling for the end of POGO hearings, he wanted Guo to be spared from the probe since cases were already filed against her and she cannot freely answer questions for fear that she would incriminate herself.
