MARCOS ON ALICE GUO’S ESCAPE: ‘HEADS WILL ROLL’

GOVERNMENT personnel who aided the departure of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo will be held accountable, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday.

“The departure of Alice Guo has laid bare the corruption that undermines our justice system and erodes public trust,” said the President.

“Let me be clear: Heads will roll,” he stressed.

President Marcos said the administration will be compelled to “expose the culprits who have betrayed the people’s trust and aided” in Guo’s departure.

He added that a full-scale investigation “is already underway, and those responsible will be suspended and will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

“There is no room in this government for anyone who places personal interest above serving the Filipino people with honor, integrity and justice,” President Marcos said.

The Office of the President (OP) has directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to cancel the Philippine passports issued to Guo, her family, and a woman tied to a Philippine Online Gaming Operator (POGO).

Guo reportedly left the Philippines on July 18 using her Philippine passport. She flew to Singapore and then traveled to Indonesia.