The graft case of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is transferred from Capas, Tarlac Regional Trial Court to the Valenzuela City RTC.
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00:00The graft case of dismissed Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is transferred from Capas
00:05Tarlac Regional Trial Court to the Valenzuela City RTC.
00:09Supreme Court Spokesperson Camille Su Mei Ting says, there is a circular from the Office
00:13of the Court Administrator that states, when the accused is a public official, the case
00:17shall be forwarded to the nearest RTC of the nearest judicial region from the judicial
00:22region where the official holds public office.
00:25In Guo's case, the nearest RTC of the judicial region from Capas is in Valenzuela.
00:30Senator Francis Tolentino explains the implications of the case transfer.
00:34He says, if the jurisdiction and court venue are wrong, everything else will be wrong.
00:39He says the warrant of arrest issued is also invalid.