The Commission on Election (Comelec) formally filed a material misrepresentation complaint against dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo also known as Guo Hua Ping before the Tarlac Regional Trial.
Guo, now detained due to various cases filed against her, will face charges for misrepresenting her certificate of candidacy (COC) in the 2022 local elections, according to Comelec chairperson George Garcia.
The poll body in its previous investigation found out that the fingerprints of Guo in their voting records and the fingerprints of a Chinese woman named Guo Hua Ping in the National Bureau of Investigation matched.
The Comelec law department noted that Guo declared in her COC “that she is a Filipino citizen and a resident of Bamban, Tarlac, when in truth and in fact, she is not.”
The Comelec is accusing Guo of violating Section 74 of the Omnibus Election Code in relation to Section 262, or Material Misrepresentation.
Comelec formally files misrepresentation charges vs ex-mayor Alice Guo
