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Ni LOUIE LEGARDA
MATAPOS patawan ng Office of the Ombudsman ng anim na buwang preventive suspension ang kontrobersyal na Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, tiniyak ng Office of the Solicitor General na tuloy ang imbestigasyon sa hangaring sampahan pa ng karagdagang asunto ang alkaldeng dawit sa mahabang talaan ng bulilyaso.
Ayon kay Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra, iba ang sinisilip na anggulo ng OSG.
“No, the Ombudsman suspension has no effect on the ongoing investigation by the OSG, we’re looking at a different angle, other than the administrative or criminal complaint that might have been filed against Mayor Guo before the Ombudsman. So, walang effect, except probably, mawawalan si Mayor Guo ng control over the evidence that may be available in her office because she’ll be suspended preventively,” wika ni Guevarra sa isang panayam.
“And that’s the purpose of preventive suspension. Para maiwasan ang pagtago niya ng ebidensya kung meron man siyang intention to do it,” dugtong ng Guevarra.
Paglilinaw ng Solicitor General, hindi limitado sa paghahain ng quo warranto petition ang target ng isinasagawang OSG investigation.
Gayunpaman, inamin ng opisyal na target ng OSG sa likod ng quo warranto case na kalkalin ang legalidad ng pag-upo ni Guo sa puwesto.
“We’re not looking only at a quo warranto petition with the objective of ousting her. Kasi, there may be some other complaints that we need to file first before going into a quo warranto petition,” aniya.
Aminado rin si Guevarra bagamat may mga impormasyon na ang OSG, kailangan pa rin hintayin at kumpletuhin ang iba pang ebidensya galing sa iba’t ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan.
“So, we’ll put them together as we are doing now, partly consolidating, and then we’ll evaluate which of these pieces of evidence can be sustained in a court of law.”
