Mug photographs of Alice Guo, often known as Guo Hua Ping, launched on September 6, 2024. | PHOTO: Official Fb web page of Benhur Abalos
MANILA, Philippines — Not solely Atty. Elmer Galicia, but additionally all legal professionals from ex-mayor Alice Guo’s (actual identify: Guo Hua Ping) camp may face sanctions from the Division of Justice (DOJ) attributable to discrepancies within the counter affidavit signed by Guo earlier than her departure from the Philippines, in accordance with Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Ty.
Galicia notarized Guo’s counter affidavit for her human trafficking criticism and claimed to have seen her on the evening of August 14.
READ: Alice Guo admits signing counter-affidavit earlier than fleeing PH
However in a Senate listening to on Tuesday, Guo admitted to already signing the final web page of her counter-affidavit even earlier than she fled the nation in July.
In an ambush interview additionally on Tuesday, Ty mentioned Galicia and all of Guo’s legal professionals will probably be held accountable for the questionable doc.
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“‘Yung mga abogado sa mga authorized group ni Alice Guo ay papasagutin namin. Hindi lang ito ‘yung notaryo, kasama rito ‘yung mga abogado na humarap dito sa preliminary investigation at ‘yung tagapagsalita niya,” mentioned Ty.
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(We are going to maintain accountable the legal professionals on Alice Guo’s authorized group. It’s not simply the notary; this consists of the legal professionals who appeared on the preliminary investigation and her spokesperson.)
Ty mentioned Guo’s legal professionals “benefitted” from the counter affidavit because it prompted a delay within the case.
“Para sa amin, wala namang duda eh na peke ‘yung counter affidavit. Hindi dapat tinutularan ‘yung mga ganyang mga galawan ng mga abogado,” he added.
(For us, there isn’t any doubt that the counter affidavit is pretend. Such actions by legal professionals shouldn’t be emulated.)
Requested what the DOJ is definitely planning on doing, Ty mentioned, “Pinaparesearch na ‘yan ngayon sa group natin sa Bamban. For positive, mayroon kaming kasong ihahain sa Korte Suprema na disciplinary case para doon sa mga attainable misbehavior ng mga abogado.”
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(That’s presently being researched by our group in Bamban. We’re sure that we’ll file a disciplinary case with the Supreme Court docket for any attainable misconduct by the legal professionals.)
