Tightening visa requirements will not solve the problem unless the corrupt officials are rooted out and sent to jail
The unfolding case of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo of Tarlac is truly one for the books and, as they say, can only happen in the Philippines.
She appears to have no prior record of existence in the country until a late reporting of her birth.
She has no school records of any kind because she claimed to have been home schooled from elementary to high school and also cannot present any documentary proof of this schooling.
It has also been alleged her father is a current member of the Chinese Communist Party fueling a lot of conspiracy theories of the family being Chinese sleeper spies.
How Guo acquired official documentation is actually not unusual.
This is because with the right connection and money, it is not hard for anyone to acquire official documentation like passports or birth certificates.
Even our supposedly ultra-secure national ID has been breached.
As I once wrote in another article, one Filipino-Chinese tycoon once said “Mga Filipino walang problema, pera-pera lang yan.”
Thru that process, there are maybe thousands of Chinese and other foreign nationals who cannot speak a word of English or Pilipino who are holding authentic documentation as Filipino citizens or legal residents.
The shocking thing is only when the President questioned Guo’s identity did government agencies sprung to life.
Now, the DILG wants the Office of the Ombudsman to suspend Guo pending investigation but apparently has not written the Office of the Ombudsman to make that request official.
Not much is being heard either from the Bureau of Immigration, the principal government agency handling illegal aliens or the PAGCOR that has the authority to grant POGO permits.
This is shameful to say the least.
I do not really blame those foreign nationals like the family of Guo for being able to obtain legal documentations if that is what they did because this is happening in many countries.
What is disgraceful is those greedy and corrupt Filipino public officials who are doing the country grievous harm instead of being sent to jail are apparently flourishing in their trade.
I feel sorry for those “Atin ito” coalition who are braving the might of the Chinese militia ships and Coast Guard to sail in small boats to deliver needed supplies to the Ayungin Shoal while greedy and corrupt public officials are very busy selling the country out.
Tightening visa requirements will not solve the problem unless the corrupt officials are rooted out and sent to jail.
I wonder if our political leaders realize the irony of this dreadful situation and start getting serious because if they will not, our own corruption will be responsible in sinking the country.
No wonder, the Chinese government treat us with utter contempt and who can blame them when we ourselves are causing our own country’s demise.
It is well known in government circles the Chinese community in the country is well organized.
I found this out myself during my days as a law enforcement officer.
We once intercepted a group of illegal Chinese one early morning and before noon, they already had a lawyer with representatives from the Chinese community taking care of their needs.
We were then directed to turn them over to the competent authority i.e. the Immigration and that was the end of the story.
Guo’s case should be easy to clear up.
Since she is claiming that her mother is or was Filipino, a simple DNA examination should be able to tell whether she is lying or not.
A more thorough document search should also be done to determine the family’s travel history and when the father originally entered the country.
Moreover, Guo must provide satisfactory answers how an illegal POGO operation sprouted so easily in Bamban with her as a business partner of a wanted criminal from China employing about 170 illegal Chinese nationals who have since been deported.
This case should scare every Filipino because if Guo will be proven to be fake, it demonstrates how easy it is for us to be infiltrated and taken over without firing a single shot and it’s all because of insatiable corruption.