Speaker Romualdez believes it’s best to cancel PH passport of dismissed Bamban Mayor Guo to limit her mobility
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00:00The leader of the lower house is asking the Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA for a prompt action against Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo
00:08that would help in limiting the former local chief executive's mobility abroad.
00:12What that plan is, Melales Modest reveals in this report.
00:18House Speaker Martin Romaldes believes it is best to cancel outright the Philippine passport of Dismissed Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo
00:26so she can no longer freely move around abroad.
00:29According to House Deputy Majority Leader for Communications Erwin Tulfo,
00:33the House Speaker is asking the Foreign Affairs Department to take action on this issue forthwith.
00:53Earlier, several House Solans expressed dismay over reports Guo had left the Philippines last month.
00:58According to House Deputy Majority Leader Jude Acidre,
01:01this issue may possibly be included in the agenda in the next hearing of the House Quad Committee,
01:07especially since Guo has been implicated on the issue of illegal pogos.
01:29We will see. This is what Cong Jai said.
01:31This will not happen if there is no cooperation of some in the government or if there is a mistake in the government.
01:59But the lower house asserted...
02:02I think it's wrong for statesmen to say, don't work there because this is politically motivated.
02:09No, we have to look into the institutional safeguards.
02:12Why did we end up having these problems with pogos?
02:16Was there abuse of authority in the highest level?
02:20We need to identify the problems so we can find the solution.
02:23That's the job of Congress.
02:26Vice President Sara Duterte also criticized earlier the House's Quad Committee hearing,
02:30although one lawmaker had this to say.
02:33It doesn't mean that because VP Sara's wife and brother are the ones who are implicated in this investigation,
02:41the Congress will just keep quiet. I think that's wrong.
02:44They're not hiding anything.
02:45I don't think they should be afraid to face Congress.
02:50Melales Moras from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.