The Commission on Elections (Comelec) investigative panel has recommended filing a charge of electoral malpractice against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, for allegedly making false representations in her Certificate of Candidacy (COC) when she ran in the May 2022 elections.
Mayor Alice Guo, Chair of the 2022 COC Party – COMELEC
Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said this is based on the report submitted by the panel on Thursday.
“The (Legal) Division finds sufficient factual basis to proceed with the preliminary investigation and therefore respectfully recommends that this Division be directed to file a motu proprio complaint and conduct a preliminary investigation against Mayor Alice Guo/Guo Hua Ping for material misrepresentation in violation of Section 74 with respect to Section 262 of the Omnibus Election Code,” he said in an interview.
Garcia said the recommendation would be immediately studied by the Comelec en banc.
