President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expects dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo to explain the illicit Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) operations in her home turf, how she got elected, and how she accumulated a significant amount of money.

“What I want to hear from her is for her to lay out exactly how these POGOs became so such a large…basically, a criminal enterprise. And as mayor, for her to say she did not know this was going on is very difficult to believe,” Marcos Jr. said on Friday when asked about his expectations now that Guo is in the custody of Philippine authorities.

“Because as a former local government executive, it seems impossible that an operation that is what… a few hundred meters away from my own office na hindi ko alam ‘yung nangyayari doon, illegal na ganitong kalaki na operation. Sana maipaliwanag niya (Guo) kung bakit hindi niya alam,” he said.

Guo has to answer questions about how she accumulated wealth and how she got elected despite her hazy background, the President said, noting these questions have been asked to Guo by lawmakers.

“I just hope she answers it better than her cohorts. Sina Cassandra (Li) Ong at saka sina Sheila [Guo], very evasive makasagot,” the President noted.

“Sana naman mabuti-buti ang sagot ni Alice Guo, as compared doon sa mga kasamahan niya because it will not help her at all to be evasive. Mas bibigat ang magiging problema niya kung hindi siya magsabi nang totoo,” he said.