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‘We switched ERs for Gloria Arroyo’

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PNP team admits breaking into Batasan building

By Nancy C. Carvajal
Philippine Daily Inquirer

A police officer and his “boys” have come forward saying they stole original election returns (ERs) then kept at the Batasang Pambansa building and replaced these with fake ones to make sure Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would still emerge the winner of the 2004 presidential election in the event of a recount.

Senior Supt. Rafael Santiago, now assigned at the Philippine National Police Directorate for Operations in Camp Crame, presented to the Inquirer envelopes bearing the seal of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and containing what he said were original ERs from various areas in Mindanao.

Prior to his appointment in Camp Crame, Santiago was relieved as police director of Zambales province.

At a meeting on Tuesday evening attended by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Inquirer editors and reporters, Santiago described their coming out as “providential.”

“After I was relieved as Zambales police director, I realized now is the time to come out and tell the truth. I expect there would be mudslinging [against] me, I would be accused of sour graping, and there would be threats because we are going against a powerful man. But I am ready to face it and tell what we know,” he said.

Acting on orders

Santiago said the documents presented to De Lima were among the original ERs stuffed in more than 100 Marlboro cigarette boxes taken by his team from the Batasan main building.

He said he and his boys acted on the orders of then PNP Director General and now Zambales Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., which were coursed through the then Special Action Force (SAF) director, Chief Supt. Marcelino Franco.

Santiago also implicated Roque Bello, a former Comelec supervisor, his son El Bello, and 10 other men who purportedly took part in producing the fake ERs.

He tagged as an accomplice Chief Insp. Ferdinand Ortega, then chief of the SAF unit in charge of security at the Batasan complex.

According to Santiago, the operation was prompted by the election protest filed by Susan Roces, widow of the late actor Fernando Poe Jr., who was Arroyo’s closest opponent in the 2004 election.

At the time of the operation, Santiago headed the Intelligence Division of the National Capital Region (NCR) command of the SAF unit based in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City.

Santiago said he and his boys had mustered the courage to go public after hearing De Lima and Sen. Francis Escudero call on those who had knowledge of past election fraud to come out.

Speaking on behalf of the other policemen involved in the operation, PO2 Rudy Gahar said: “We are tired of being used and ridiculed by our colleagues for what we have done, and we also believe that now is the right time to come out because according to Justice Secretary De Lima, we could be admitted as state witnesses.

“We also want the truth to come out.”

Highly confidential

Santiago said he planned and implemented the “special operation” which was based on orders issued by Franco and originating from Ebdane, and carried out between January and February 2005.

“It was the first week of January 2005 when I was called to Franco’s office and ordered to choose my most trusted men for a highly confidential operation in the Batasan Pambansa building based on instructions from PNP chief Ebdane at that time,” he told the Inquirer.

He identified the men he later selected aside from Gahar, Senior Inspectors Raffy Lero (now assigned at the NCR’s Northern Police District), Samson Kimmayong (now posted in Central Mindanao) and Warly Bitog; Insp. Ramon Garcia (retired); Special Police Officers 2 Rommel Pahang (retired) and Paterno Gamba; Police Officers 2 Alan Layugan, Rodel Tabangin and Trifon Laxamana; and PO1 Norman Duco.

“The objective of the operation was to get the original ERs and replace them with manufactured ones prepared by El Bello and his people to ensure that the ERs reflect the same number of votes indicated in the certificates of canvass that greatly favored Arroyo,” Santiago said.

But this piece of information was not disclosed to his men before the operation.

“They found out [that the operation was all] about switching ERs when it was already ongoing,” he said.

Meeting in coffee shop

Santiago said he met with Ebdane, Franco and El Bello at a coffee shop on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City in the same week he was ordered by Franco to form his team for the operation.

He said the meeting was held “to discuss the project and familiarize ourselves with the personalities involved.”

Santiago said the operation was scheduled to be carried out on Jan. 23 and 29 and Feb. 5 and 27, 2005, starting at around 11 p.m. up to around 2:30 a.m. the next day.

To ensure that no one else would be at the Batasan main building when his team moved in, a bogus bomb threat was announced, he said.

Ortega, being in charge of Batasan security, was tasked to make sure that Santiago’s team as well as El Bello’s civilian group would have unhampered access to the lobby where the boxes were kept in an area enclosed by screen dividers.

Santiago said that on each of the four nights they worked, “not less than 20 Marlboro cigarette boxes were transported, first filled with manufactured forms collected from a house in Brookside Subdivision in Cainta, Rizal province, and then with the original ERs taken from inside the complex.”


Assigned tasks

Santiago said 15 men were tapped for the operation and divided into four groups.

One group was assigned to guard the perimeter of the building to prevent anyone from getting near the area while Bello’s men were inside “opening ballot boxes, taking out the original [ERs] and replacing them with fakes.”

A second group ensured that all lights and closed circuit TV cameras were turned off during the operation. This group under Garcia also included some of El Bello’s men who took positions in the dark corridors of the building.

Santiago said Garcia had a camera in his bag and recorded the switching of the ERs: “It was Garcia who took the video of Bello’s men while they were in the restricted area, for insurance.”

The third group, composed of a van driver and a number of security escorts, was in charge of transport.

The fourth group was made up of Santiago’s team.

Santiago said two vans with SAF markings were used in the operation “to avoid being flagged down or inspected at checkpoints.”

He reiterated that his men had no knowledge of the nature of the operation: “My only instruction [to them] was to secure and transport the boxes. They did not know at first what were inside the boxes.”

First night

Gahar recounted that at around 9 p.m. of Jan. 23, 2005, the first night of the operation, he received an order to go to Ortega’s office.

On getting there, he said, he saw Franco, El Bello, Ortega, Lero, Kimmayong, Garcia and some members of the PNP’s explosive and ordnance disposal (EOD) unit.

He said his team was told to go to Bello’s house in Brookside “to load some important boxes [in the van] and bring these to the Batasan complex.”

Gahar said a civilian accompanied them to Bello’s house: “There was no talking, no [mention of] names. [The civilian] just spoke to Duco, our driver.”

This was how Gahar recounted the turn of events:

The team members went to Brookside in a three-vehicle convoy composed of a closed SAF van, a Nissan Frontier pickup, and a private car owned by Pahang.

They stopped in front of a house from which emerged five men carrying 20 Marlboro cigarette boxes that were loaded into the van.

They proceeded to the Batasan complex.

Gahar noticed that while they were in transit, the civilian kept turning his head to look at them, apparently to check if they were looking into the boxes.

At the Batasan complex, Gahar, Duco and Layugan were ordered to stay in the van to guard the boxes.

Another five civilians together with Garcia, Santiago, Ortega and some EOD members then entered the building.

In less than an hour, the boxes were brought back to the van and the team returned to Brookside where the first set of five civilians took the 20 boxes and brought them inside the house.

From Brookside, the team went back to base at Camp Bagong Diwa.

Curiosity

This sequence was repeated on Jan. 29, 2005, Gahar said.

But by the third night, Feb. 5, the team members had become curious about the contents of the boxes.

“It was so hot inside the van. There was no ventilation because all the windows and doors must be closed at all times. We were instructed to avoid being seen while in transit so as not to arouse suspicion,” Gahar said.

“But we got more and more curious about our cargo,” he said.

At one point, Gahar said, they noticed that one of the boxes had been left open.

He recalled: “I reached inside and took out some envelopes that we could use to fan ourselves. We were shocked to see that they were [envelopes] for original ERs.

“We later took some of the envelopes we brought from Cainta and compared these [with those taken from the Batasan].

“The manufactured forms looked clean, while the originals were a bit crumpled. The marks on the fake appeared to include [prints] from the smallest finger, while the original bore only the thumb print.

“More than 100 boxes of original ERs were taken out of the Batasan complex. Most of them were from Mindanao.”

P10K ‘bonus’

Gahar said he and his team were able to pilfer more than 50 original ERs from the boxes that were turned over to Santiago for safekeeping.

There was to have been a fifth operation, Gahar said, but it was aborted because members of the team had to respond to an attempted jailbreak by Abu Sayyaf terror suspects at Camp Bagong Diwa on March 14.

In the end, the team members received P10,000 each from Garcia.

“This is our bonus. Just keep your mouths shut,” Gahar quoted Garcia as telling them.

Second of a series


2 SAF cops recount grilling, bribe offers

By Nancy C. Carvajal

Two members of the core group of an elite police team who were involved in the alleged switching of election returns (ERs) at the Batasang Pambansa building in 2005 claimed to have been subjected to “harsh questioning” by their superiors in the Special Action Force (SAF) and later offered bribes and monetary rewards by personalities identified with the administration of then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

“The Batasan operation became an open secret in the SAF, and because of this we were subjected to ridicule and harsh interrogation by other officers of the unit. For this reason we wanted to leave and requested a transfer,” said PO2 Rudy Gahar and PO1 Norman Duco.

They said they also met with Sen. Loren Legarda, the running mate of actor Fernando Poe Jr. in the 2004 presidential election, and who, at the time of the meeting, was petitioning for a recount.

Gahar and Duco named their “interrogator” as Senior Supt. Rommel Marbil, now a member of President Aquino’s Presidential Security Group.

“Colonel Marbil interrogated us on what we knew about the operation and pressed us to give the names of those who were involved,” they said.

By then, Senior Supt. Rafael Santiago, the leader of the purported ER-switching operation, and eight members of the core group had been transferred to the Northern Police District (NPD) of which Chief Supt. Marcelino Franco was the then director.

It was Franco who allegedly ordered Santiago and his men to carry out the operation in four weekends in January-February 2005.

Under surveillance

Gahar and Duco said their colleagues in the SAF became aloof and kept a distance from them.

“We were treated like we had the plague, and we always felt we were under surveillance. We received calls and text messages from people we did not know, asking for a meeting,” they said.

The policemen said they made known their desire to leave the SAF to Insp. Ramon Garcia, who supposedly took part in the Batasan operation and who remained in the unit.

Gahar said that in 2008, he and Duco were introduced by Garcia to Joel Pinawen, a close friend of Garcia’s who has been variously described as “glib” and “an influence-peddler.”

“Pinawen told us he could help us get a transfer order and could provide us P20,000 a month if he will be posted in a juicy position using our information as leverage,” Gahar said.

He and Duco said the personalities they subsequently met with were all selected by Pinawen, who became their patron.

“We met with both sides,” Gahar said, naming Senator Legarda and lawyer Harry Roque from the opposition, and Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) Chair Antonio “Bebot” Villar, then Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and Chief Supt. Mariano Ele from the administration.

Meeting confirmed

Contacted by the Inquirer, Legarda confirmed having had a meeting with Pinawen and Duco. She also said the meeting was about evidence on the switching of ERs at the Batasang Pambansa building.

“I confirm that I met with Pinawen and the policemen, but I declined their offer. They were selling video footage to show evidence of cheating,” Legarda said, adding:

“I refused to buy the evidence of the cheating. I don’t want to taint my electoral fight by bought evidence. I told them that if they have evidence of cheating, they should bring it to the Supreme Court.”

Gahar also said that while he and Duco had no face-to-face meeting with then Surigao Rep. Prospero Pichay, the latter made an offer to them through Pinawen.

“Pichay supposedly promised us a vehicle and a house and lot,” Duco said.

After their release from the SAF, the two policemen briefly worked for the PASG and reported to Villar’s office in Malacañang.

Gahar said Villar asked him and Duco several times “to narrate our story,” and “treated us like royalty, [so much so] that we became the envy of other PASG operatives.”

He said they left the PASG because of an incident involving Pinawen and other operatives of the unit.

Arrogance

After their stint at the PASG, Gahar and Duco worked as Pinawen’s personal body guards.

“But we left because he became arrogant when we were with him, and we realized he was using us for his personal interest,” Gahar said. “It was at that point that we decided to contact our former CO (commanding officer, Santiago) and asked to be taken in.”

Gahar said their requests were granted, and they reported to Santiago at the NPD headquarters.

Santiago was detailed at the NPD until late in 2008, and then assigned as director for intelligence of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) under Chief Supt. Leopoldo Bataoil for a few months.

He was relieved when the new NCRPO head was assigned.

In January 2010, Santiago was pulled out of his “floating status” and assigned as police director of Zambales province, where Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., a former director general of the Philippine National Police, among other posts, ran and won as governor.

Santiago said that based on the order, he was relieved on July 7 but that he found out about it only on July 18.

“I was having a command conference when I received a call from the regional office saying that I had been relieved. No explanation was provided.” Santiago said.

He said he asked Ebdane about his sacking by text message, and that the latter replied with “a short and vague message.”

No comment

Santiago told the Inquirer that the order to switch ERs in 2005 was issued by then PNP Director General Ebdane through then SAF chief Franco.

Repeated attempts on Thursday by the Inquirer Northern Luzon to contact Governor Ebdane were futile. No staffer of Ebdane wanted to talk to the Inquirer, except to say that the governor was not around.

But in an interview in 2008 with then Public Works Secretary Ebdane in one of his visits to Valenzuela City to inspect the repair of the Tullahan Bridge, he denied having ordered Franco and Santiago to mount the ER-switching operation in 2005.

“No, it’s not true. Pinagtagpi-tagping kwento lang yan (It’s just a made-up story),” Ebdane told the Inquirer.

Franco also denied involvement in the ER-switching operation in in a phone interview in April 2008. By then he had retired from the service

“I do not know anything about it and I do not think about it, he told the Inquirer.

Asked to explain his statement, he said: “I do not think about it because I did not do it.”

As the SAF chief, Franco was among those mentioned in reports as having supported the failed mutiny on Feb. 23, 2007.

While the other officers involved, including then Brig. Gen. Danny Lim, were arrested, Franco was not taken in custody and was able to retire from the service in the same year with all his benefits intact.

Father and son

Santiago had also implicated Roque Bello, a former election supervisor, and the latter’s son, El Bello, in the switching of ERs.

Bello agreed also in 2008 to be interviewed by phone, and vehemently denied that Ebdane had tapped his and his son’s services in the 2005 operation.

“No one approached us,” Bello said, adding with a laugh that they could not be so influential as to be thus approached “when we could not even make myself win when I ran for mayor in the 2007 elections.”

Bello said his son represented and helped him in all election-related cases that he handled after he retired from the Commission on Elections in 1986.

“He is my administrative officer and he talks to clients and makes the follow-up in all the election cases I handled after I retired,” the father said.

“How can we do that (be involved in ER-switching at Batasang Pambansa) when the place is being guarded by the military?” he said.

In a brief interview with reporters at the Comelec main office in Manila on Thursday, Bello again denied Santiago’s claim that the fake ERs were manufactured at his residence in Cainta, Rizal province.

“I don’t know anything about it. You want to verify it? If you go to the front of my house, you’d already see what’s inside. If I will do something bad, will I do it there? I don’t think so,” he said.

Bello said he and his son El were “ready to face any investigation” into Santiago’s allegations of cheating. With a report from Jerome Aning

Published in2004 electionsGloria Arroyo and familyHello Garci scandal

62 Comments

  1. Sorry for not having updated this blog with a number of breaking news. I am in Kuala Lumpur attending a conference on “Media Legal Defence: Empowering Media Defence in Southeast Asia”

    I’m doing this while enjoying a debate on the topic: “This House Believes that Public Figures Should Give Up Part of their Private Lives.”

    The Proposition team is composed of Harry Roque of the Philippines and George Hwang of Singapore.

    The Opposition team is composed of Jennifer Robinson of the United Kingdom and Malik Imtiaz of Malaysia.

    Robinson is one of the lawyers of Julian Assange of the WikiLeaks fame.

    Update: the Opposition team won. Galing ni Robinson.

  2. I’m happy that Police Supt Rafael Santiago and other members of his team have decided to tell the truth. He refused to talk with me when I contacted him in 2008.

    May I refer you again to this article: SAF confirms role in poll fraud

    http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=16949

  3. Statement of Sen. Francis Pangilinan:

    “In the interest of the truth and of justice, I welcome the latest developments wherein new witnesses are now surfacing to tell us what they know about the 2004 elections,” said Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan of the unfolding developments in the case of the alleged massive fraud during the 2004 polls that prompted the Department of Justice and the Commission on Elections to conduct a joint inquiry. “I too am interested in the whole truth because it will be a chance for those involved in cheating to be unmasked.”

    Pangilinan, who sat on the National Board of Canvassers in 2004 as then Majority Leader in the Senate, said that the public is closer now more than ever to the truth behind the controversies of the 2004 elections.

    “Our role in the canvassing committee in 2004 mandated us to decide on the basis of the evidence available, the rules and the law. All the evidence now surfacing seven years later was not available then. In 2004 we did not know about ‘hello garci’, but when we learned about the taped conversations in 2005, out of principle, we did not hesitate to condemn the acts of PGMA then and called for her immediate resignation. In keeping with this principled position, we refused a slot in the admin ticket in 2007 and opted to run as an independent.”

    Pangilinan hopes that the joint inquiry would educate the voters better and make them become more vigilant during elections. “Voting is a fundamental right of every citizen and a crucial aspect of a democratic process. It is considered sacred, and any violation against it should be met with severe and appropriate sanction.”

  4. OFW Taxpayer OFW Taxpayer

    Just one word for Mr. Pangilinan and some questions:

    NOTED

    When would he resign and spare the Filipino taxpayers the burden of keeping him in the Senate?
    How can he be trusted to follow the will of the citizens when he was an (according to him) “unwitting” or “witless” partner in cheating the electorate?
    Who is his acting coach that trained him to mouth off “principled stand” effortlessly?

  5. parasabayan parasabayan

    Kaso mo puro “FG” lang ang sinasabi ng mga witnesses. Kailangan natin yung mga direct link sa mag-asawa katulad ni Ebdame,Garcilliano,Ampatuan,Abalaos atbp. Napakadaling lusutan ni pandak kung wala talagang makaka-identify na directly linked siya sa dayaan. We need the big players otherwise wala na namang mangyayari sa mga ito. Tatawanan lang kayo ni pandak, paglabas niya sa hospital.

  6. Mike Mike

    #1

    Whether they (public figure) like it or not, once they become one part if not all of their private life is already for public consumption.

  7. Mike Mike

    To Senator Noted:

    In the interest of the truth and of justice, just keep your mouth shut! You have no business talking about truth and justice since whether you admit it or not, you were part of the 2004 election fraud.

    *NOTED*

  8. Mike Mike

    I pray and sincerely hope for the fast recovery of Gloria Arroyo, so that she can have her day in court…. and finally be convicted and put behind bars.

  9. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    “Our role in the canvassing committee in 2004 mandated us to decide on the basis of the evidence available, the rules and the law.

    It was available then. All you had to do was open it, but you merely NOTED it.

    That is why there was a need to switch with the fake returns, because the genuine ones were already there, with evidence of who won.

    My bigger question is, will Noy merely note this party-wise, or deal with it (him) appropriately?

  10. andres andres

    Mr. Noted! Ang kapal mo rin to talk about 2004 electoral fraud after you and your co Liberals protected GMA!

    Eto lang masasbi ko sa iyo: ” Noted!”

  11. chi chi

    Two letters Noted Pangilinana: PI!!!

  12. chi chi

    Ekkkkk! Pangilinan Noted yan! You have no right to even talk of your interest to unmask the poll cheaters in 2004! Talking of a quatro cantos este multi face…. that is Kiko Pangilinan kamukha ng tunay nyang amo na si Gloria Arroyo! Huh, sumisiklab ako sa hypocrite na ito!

  13. i hope this puts the final nail in arroyo and pidal’s coffin.

  14. chi chi

    psb, kahit hindi nila maisangkot ng direkta si Gloria dahilm puro supot ang Garci Generals, makulong si Mike Arroyo sa munti in the company of hardcore criminals pwede na sa akin. Deprensya lang si Boygee Pangilinan yata ang Bucor chief at kung ito pa ang directtor duon kung makulong man ang asawang baboy ni putot ay buhay langit din ang ungas!

  15. chi chi

    15. Mike, pwede na rin asa akin na mamatay si putot sa ospital kasi sabi ni psb ay baka makalusot pa. 🙂

  16. chi chi

    My bigger question is, will Noy merely note this party-wise, or deal with it (him) appropriately? – atty sax

    An exact question!

    Ano kaya Noy ang dapat gawin sa party-mate mo na si Kiko?!

  17. chi chi

    At kay Drilon!

  18. Mike Mike

    @Chi, #15,

    Makalusot siya sa pagitan ng dalawang rehas dahil sa sobrang liit? pwes ikulong siya sa bird cage. 😛

  19. @Mike, #18

    Talagang makakalusot yan sa dalawang rehas dahil bulinggit! At kahit sa bird cage, baka makawala rin. Hehehe… dapat sa kaha de yero ikulong…

    Yung pagno-NOTED nina Kiko Pangilinan at Sir Raul o G, kitang kita sa TV na nagkakatuwaan sila at talagang minamadali para maiproklama agad ang kanilang munting bossing na lumalabas ngayon, ex-depacto or impakto prisidint pala.

  20. Mike Mike

    Joeseg, baka DEPEKTO president and hindi dePAKto. Hehehe

  21. Update on #1: The Opposition won in the Debate.

    Robinson, who is one of the lawyers of Julian Assange of the WikiLeaks fame, is very good.

  22. ocayvalle ocayvalle

    nag uumpisa na ang kalbaryo ng mag asawang FG the pig ay GMA pandak, si pandak ooperahan na sa leeg, kasi nga sa buong buhay niya, puro matangkad ang ka usap niya, kaya hayun..kaka tingala..!!! sa likod na ng rehas mag pahinga iyang mag asawa..

  23. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Magaling na maganda pa. And damn you gotta love that clipped British accent.

    Now back to the topic. Here is the brilliant dilemma for Brilliantes and De Lima.

    An election offense prescribes (the right to prosecute expires) in five years. Since this happened in 2005, the right to prosecute has already lapsed.

    Brillantes opines that the counting of the expiry period commences “upon discovery”. But when was it discovered? Certainly not this year, because the PNP met with Loren Legarda and Harry Roque in 2005.

    There is also the other opinion of Brillantes, that the period commences only when the immunity from suit ends. But that only covers the Glue. It does not cover the Pig and Ebdane – they had no immunity from suit. So counting commenced in 2005, so they can no longer be prosecuted on the basis of election offenses.

    Your mission then, should you decide to accept it, is to look for a suitable offense in the Revised Penal Code, or other penal law.

    Yung nakawan pa rin ang pinakamabuting paraan para ipasok sa coral ang baboy. Better to dig up the World Bank mess again.

    By the way, lahat ng dinismiss ni Merci puwedeng ipaulit ni Carpio-Morales. Double jeopardy does not attach if the dismissal is done by the prosecution office. Similarly, in the case of Mendoza, puwedeng ma-reinstate, so that the family gets his retirement benefits. I am not saying it is wise to do so, but it would be legal to recall Merci’s unmerciful orders (all of them).

  24. Jojo Jojo

    Just what I have said in my past blog, I don’t care kung nagkaron man ng deal ang Pnoy Admin sa mga naglabasang testigo. Ang mahalaga sa akin ay lumitaw ang katotohanan. Maligaya na ako sampu ng aking familya. Ang alam ko sa plunder ay walang piyansa. Kapag ito ay umakyat na sa kinauukulan tiyak na darakpin si aling Gloria. Lalagyan ng posas at diretso sa kulungan. Ito na siguro ang pinakamagandang mangyayari sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas at tiyak na magsisilbing aral at babala sa magnanais na umabuso sa kapangyarihan. Take note: I did not address Aling Gloria as President nor ex-President. Because she was a bogus or fake president. Tama ang panukala na tangalin sa history ng Pilipinas ang kanyang pangalan at larawan sa Malacanang at ipalit ang picture ni FPJ.

  25. florry florry

    Para akong nagbasa ng thriller/fiction written by Robert Ludlum and john Le Carre.

  26. Jojo Jojo

    Florry no. 25 ,,,,,talagang very trilling. Lahat ay nag-aabang nang kalalabasan ng mga gagawing imbistigation. Alam mo ba na lahat ng website ay aking nagala at sinala ang mga opinion ng mga mambabasa like you. At ako ay nakakabasa pa ng mga blog na iisang tao pero marami siyang user ID. Dahil iisa ang tinutumbok ng kanyang blog. Ang ipagtanggol si aling Gloria at siraan si Pnoy. At sa aking palagay ay tila nag-iisa ang website ni ate Ellen na nagsasabi ng katotohanan.
    More power ate Ellen.

  27. vonjovi2 vonjovi2

    Teka muna bakit si Noli “KABAYAG” De Castro ay di rin tinatanong. Siguradong may alam din siya at kailangan na rin pigain siya sa mga nakawan at dayaan noon.

    Lintek naka ligtas sa operasyon si Pu&** ang haba talaga ng buhay.

  28. florry florry

    There’s nothing new in these revelations. It’s all over the news before, even discussed in this blog. The reason why investigations did not prosper and justice was not carried out, almost all those crying for the head of Gloria now, shall I say were all her own brand of KKKs before, Drilon and Mr. Noted included who sat for Gloria in the canvassing.

    Mr. Noted and Drilon were not that naïve, or mga bobo or mga tanga to believe that Gloria has a chance and won the election fair and square against the FPJ unless they were really are. Drilon even advised Gloria to move Malacanang to Iloilo. Wow, that’s what I call the ultimate “ass-licker.”

    Whatever Mr. Noted Pangilinan and Drilon are saying today about truth and justice is pure BS.The truth was right there in their faces, they only have to check and scrutinize all the questioned ERs, but they didn’t and just “Noted”. Now they want the head of Gloria whom they crowned by bulldozing their will against all complaints and oppositions by proclaiming her as president in the ungodly hour of the night.

    What’s now a little “kiliti’ to Noynoy was his role during his stint in Congress. He voted “No” to the playing of the Garci tapes because he and mother Cory were at that time a KKK of Gloria.

  29. acibig acibig

    what is the point of this revelation? as i always maintained, honesty is NEVER the strongest virtue of pinoys, this should be revealed BEFORE not after,so ngayon mag mamalinis na honest when they knew during that time na mali ang ginawa nila?? ano ang use nito??? crying over spilled milk?? justice for whom?? itong ,mga whistleblower, they should have just brought their secrets to their grave, ano ang use ng rev ealing this at this point in time?? paulit ulit na cycle yan , iba ibang issue but always the same scenario, guess what, pag tapos na ang aquino admi, me ganyan din sila na bintang

  30. Huli man daw at magaling, naihahabol din.
    Meaning: It is never too late to offer anything that is good.

    Habang may buhay, may pag-asa.
    Meaning: As long as there is still life, there still lies hope.

  31. Rudolfo Rudolfo

    Sana,the Philippine Politics, ” Karma-geddon ” or final battle na itong pag-tutuwid ng landas ni Pangulong Pnoy sa Pilipinas. Pagbigyan ang “hustisya”, ang mag-husga, bilang kasaysayan-history ng bansa, para sa mga aralin ng mga susunod na lahi, ang mga “maka-saysayang ” 2004 & 2007 eleksyon sa panahon ni GMA-9-na-taon… Ano man ang katutunguhan nito, may mali man o tama, sana ito na ang Final battle for Hope and Change sa bansang Pilipinas. Ilabas na ang mga ” basura ” sa gobyerno, at palitan na nang pawang “kabutihan”, sa pamamagitan ng pag-tuwid ng landas. Minsan lang mabuhay sa mundo, ang mahalaga, ay “footprints” na iiwanan, at hayaang maging kasaysayan, baramitro sa bagong ka-anyuan ng Politika sa Pilipinas !..enough is enough !..What matters, the Country and the future Filipinos. Nasa henerasyon na natin, bilang “matatanda na”, huling stasyon sa pagkabuhay sa mundo, ang gumawa ng mabuting landas para sa susunod. Alisin na ang “self-serving” mga ganid na pag-uugali, nag-uugat ng mga kasamaan-katiwalian sa gobyerno at kumonidad ng bansa..A comment for the future of the country and for a change !.

  32. The 12 Little Things We Can Do For Our Country
    are Small Acts of Patriotism

    1st : Follow traffic rules. Follow the law

    Traffic rules are the most basic of our country’s laws. If we learn to follow them, it could be the lowest form of national discipline we can develop as a people. A culture of discipline is crucial to our destiny as a nation.

    Whenever we follow traffic rules, we show our love for our neighbor, our love for the Filipino.

    2nd : Always ask for an official receipt

    Asking for ORs leads to higher tax collections, which means more funds for our government, which could strengthen our economy and lead us to progress.

    Whenever we help our government in helping our people, we show our love for our neighbor.

    3rd : Don’t buy smuggled goods. Buy Local. Buy Filipino

    Our money should support our economy, not the economy of other countries. Buying Pilipino means supporting the Filipino.

    Whenever we support one another as Filipinos, we show our love for our neighbors.

    4th : Speak positively about us and our country

    Every Filipino is an ambassador of our country. Each one of us, wherever we maybe, is a salesman of our country.

    Whenever we speak positively of our people, we show our love for our neighbors.

    5th : Respect your traffic officer, policeman & other public servants

    Respect honors and dignifies a man. It compels him to do his job right.

    There is love of neighbor whenever we respect those in authority.

    6th : Throw your garbage properly. Segregate. Recycle. Conserve

    Philippines is the country given to us as a people. It is the birthplace of our race. It is the home of the Filipino. We should keep it beautiful.

    When we keep our environment and our country clean, we show our love for our people.

    7th : Support your Church

    When we help our church, we help our Creator in His works on earth.

    Whenever we help our church, we show love for our neighbor.

    8th : During elections, do your solemn duty

    When we fight for our votes, we fight for our right to make our own destiny, as a people and as a nation.

    There is love of neighbor when we elect good leaders for our country and people.

    9th : Pay your employees well

    A company must bring prosperity not only to its owners but also to its employees. Blessings must be shared. It builds families. It builds our nation.

    There is love of neighbor when we value and pay our employees appropriately.

    10th : Pay your taxes

    Taxes are the lifeblood of our government. It is what builds our public schools, hospitals and roads. It is what pays our teachers, soldiers and other public servants.

    There is love of neighbor whenever we pay our taxes properly so our government can help more people.

    11th : Adopt a scholar or a poor child

    Investing on our youth is investing on our country’s future. Every family who can afford, should adopt one poor child as a scholar.

    There is love of neighbor whenever we help a child get an education.

    12th : Be a good parent. Teach your kids to love our country

    If we start planting seeds of patriotism in the hearts and minds of our youth today, they would become giant patriots of our country someday.

    There is love of neighbor whenever we teach and raise our children as patriots, by loving our country through loving our people.

    « Love of neighbor, God’s Second Highest Commandment, is contained in each of these 12 Little Things. »

    Based on the Book 12 Little Things Filipinos Can Do To Help Our Country
    by Alexander Lacson

  33. Masyado talagang sakim sa politika. Hindi nakuntento na naging Pangulo dahil sa pagpapatalsik kay Erap. Naniguro na makakaupo uli dahil ang kalaban na si FPJ ay malakas na kandidato. Ewan ko lang kung bakit may mga tao na sakim sa posisyon o pera. Gayong ang posisyon o pera na nahawakan o nakamit ay hindi naman madadala sa kanilang kamatayan. Sa nangyayari sa ngayon baka hindi na sila nakakatulog ng mahimbing. Nagsisilabasan na ang mga kabulukan na ginawa nila o ng administrasyon nila. Nakakasawa na ngang magbasa ng diaryo kasi puro na lang sila ang laman. Kapag hindi nakayanan ay tiyak magbabaril sa sarili.

  34. Panalo naman talaga si FPJ kaso ang mga kaalyado sa panahon ni GMA hindi pinagpatuloy ang mga imbestigasyon tungkol sa dayaan kasi sila din na mga kaalyado ay mga sakim din. Tapos ngayon na iba na ang presidente ay doon naman sila didikit sa bagong pangulo. Ang ibang mga politiko talaga kapit tuko. Kung sino ang maimpluwensya ay doon sila. Masyado ng nakakahiya ang bansang pilipinas. Puro na lang masamang balita ang laman lalo na pagdating sa politika.

  35. arvin,
    ang masama pa nito “persecution” daw at “political harrassment” ang ginagawa sa kanila. ayaw pa ring umamin.

  36. Pag upo ni GMA ng maging presidente dahil napatalsik si Erap ay madaming anomalya ang nangyari at madami ang hindi nagkagusto sa kanyang administrasyon. Tapos sa pag eleksyon 2004 ay siya pa ang mananalo. Imposible.

  37. Ang nag sorry na tao sa pag switch ng balota ay hindi sapat iyon. Dahil niloko niya ang buong bansa. Wala siyang konsensya. Walang puso. Kung nakaupo na pangulo si FPJ ay tiyak hindi pa iyon mamamatay. Madami pa sanang idolo ang mga pinoy na kung saan naroon si FPJ marami ang sumusubaybay. Kung nasaan si FPJ ay dinudumog ng mga tao.

  38. Hindi sapat ang pag sorry. Dapat noon ginawa ang pag amin na pag switch sa balota ng buhay pa si FPJ. Ano pa ang mapapala na inamin na. Wala naman. Hindi na magiging pangulo si FPJ dahil wala na.

  39. phil phil

    #32 – jug, thanks for the post; all suggested ‘small acts of patriotism’ seem reasonable. But personally I have reservation on “7th: Support your Church. When we help our church, we help our Creator in His works on earth. Whenever we help our church, we show love for our neighbor.”

    I support charitable organizations I perceived as honest, and directly help other people, including our neighbors. I don’t see the point why help should be coursed thru a church, particularly our Catholic Church. I don’t think an all-powerful, compassionate Creator needs any help in his works on earth anyway. Looking at the situation of our country and the world today, I can only ask how all the accumulated wealth of the Catholic Church and other religious churches has helped our country in particular, and to the world in general.

    Only a personal opinion; no offense meant to believers and church supporters.

  40. Tedanz Tedanz

    Baka may alam din ang mga Arroyo kung papano namatay si FPJ. Gagawin nila lahat para lang manalo itong si Glorya at matuloy ang pagnanakaw ng mga tangnang Arroyo Gang of Thieves.

  41. parasabayan parasabayan

    The gall of Garcillano to call a media conference to say that there was no cheating in 2004 is so appalling! Why does he not say this under oath? So he will be put in jail for telling a BIG LIE!

  42. parasabayan parasabayan

    I agree with 39. The Catholic church because of more money and power condoned the acts of the liar and cheat pandak for 9 long years! I hope they do not pull this one on Pnoy. I hope Pnoy will not cater more to the Iglesia ni Cristo who supported his candidacy. Otherwise wala silang pinagkaiba ni pandak!

  43. parasabayan parasabayan

    Santiago and his men have a very bad timing. Nawala na yug 5 years bbago sila lumabas. Whether legally their expose will even mean anything because of the atatute of 5 years, sayang lang ang mga nalalaman nila. SA bagay during pandak’s time, they would have lost their jobs and positions. But again, di ba ito ang ginawa ng mga Tanay Boys? They protested and got jailed?

  44. parasabayan parasabayan

    Sorry, mali mali yung post ko sa # 43. Nagmadali akong mag enter without editing.

  45. florry florry

    #26 @ Jojo,
    “At sa aking palagay ay tila nag-iisa ang website ni ate Ellen na nagsasabi ng katotohanan.”

    You’re right, she’s the one and only!

  46. The gall of Garcillano to call a media conference to say that there was no cheating in 2004 is so appalling! Why does he not say this under oath? So he will be put in jail for telling a BIG LIE!

    It would have been better if the press snubbed his press conference. It would also be better not to ask him to speak unless he speaks in defense of himself under oath.

    This “interest” has gone to his head – he now thinks that the world would stop turning without him.

  47. parasabayan parasabayan

    For the right price and perks, this hard core liar Garci will probably sing. Pare pareho sila nitong si Ampatuan. They are the ones who can link the big players to the election cheating. Kaya nga lang they may be demanding outrageous concessions and Pnoy wont budge. These cheats are shielding pandak and fatso. Magkano kaya ang ibinayad ng fake president to Garci to keep lying?

  48. parasabayan parasabayan

    As Sax put it, maybe we should look at other crimes to put pandak,fatso,garci,bedol and all the other liars who participated in the 2004 behind bars. The saying, aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo is so apt. What will de Lima do to all the testimonies in the 2004 elections when the 2004 election crimes are already kaput? Wala ng bisa ang kaso! Kuha ninyo?

  49. Where has Garci been hiding? Where is he now? Where did he have his latest press appearance? Binibigyan pa kasi na mileage ng iba dyan eh.
    What a strange coincidence – Bukidnon? Kaninong teritoryo yan? hmmmmmmm….

  50. Tilamsik Tilamsik

    I remember what GMA says right after the Nonynoy won. “don’t get too excited its only politics”. Parang yan nga ang nakikita ko ang tagal ng masyado GMA at Noynoy magkakampi naman yan eh! I don’t see any bold changes at all.

  51. Where has Garci been hiding? Where is he now? Where did he have his latest press appearance? Binibigyan pa kasi na mileage ng iba dyan eh.
    What a strange coincidence – Bukidnon? Kaninong teritoryo yan? hmmmmmmm….

    Yun na nga, e. Garci is making it appear like he’s dealing with the media, even with Malacanang, in his own terms. Sino ba siya?

  52. We can thank these people for exposing the truth today but under no circumstances should they be considered heroes.

    The bad deed was done, lives lost for the unadulterated act of complicity in depriving many people the one act where everybody was deemed equal, eg., the right to one vote. Good of them to come forward but to me they can never be heroes.

    They are doing it to redeem their sins for having betrayed the nation, for having violated their duty and obligations not only as paid members or agents of the Republic but also as citizens of the Philippines.

  53. olan olan

    If our government is really sincere to serve justice..they can problem is too many excuses!! Pinahihirap ang madali just to get mileage. More likely, to get back the peoples trust again. Karamihan sa mga participants ng election cheating laya pa rin alang mga kaso. Tapos inggay lang to satisfy mga tao. Biggest bullshit ever! If i remember it correctly, they found ways to jail Magdalo’s for whatever reason. You can really count who among in our government is sincere! Road block after road block of their own doing…Lokohin ninyo lelong ninyo..hahahaha

  54. olan olan

    At the end of the day, mistakes happen..granted! (instead of noted) then file cases against them. At least give those election cheaters and their accomplices some sleepless nights! Matapos bastusin ang taong bayan, this is the least you in government can do! o mamaya baka yung mga witness na nag volunteer ang kasuhan ninyo..shame on you!

  55. parasabayan parasabayan

    Kung nagkataon, swerte si fatso kasi pumaso na yung 2004 election crime niya samantalang si pandak eh baka makulong kung totoong yung kanyang kaso eh nagumpisa pa lang sa pagbababa niya sa ninakaw niyang upuan. Heh,heh,heh ang karma nga naman.

  56. parasabayan parasabayan

    Sana isama na rin sa kulungan ang mga generals ni pandak na nandaya para sa kanya, Ebdame,Kyamko, de Leon,asspweron atbp. Isama rin si Mayuga sa pag-white wash niya sa Mayuga report para mapawalng sala ang kanyang mga mistah.

  57. Where has Garci been hiding? Where is he now? Where did he have his latest press appearance? Binibigyan pa kasi na mileage ng iba dyan eh.
    What a strange coincidence – Bukidnon? Kaninong teritoryo yan? hmmmmmmm….
    – jug

    Bukidnon? E di sa mga Zubiri.

    Remember that when he appeared in Batasan, the despicable admin congressmen rushed over to give him high fives like he had just scored a last inning homerun. When Garci first surfaced in the news after hiding, he appeared to media getting off a boat guarded by heavily armed men and one of these men is a close-in bodyguard of deny-to-death jueteng lord and Gloria’s kababayan-kumpadre Bong Pineda.

    Dismantle the jueteng mafia and you cut the lifeline supporting these criminals off of their needed logistic funds.

  58. E ano namn yung epal na hinahanap daw si Garci to “tell-all”.

    Eto ba yung resulta niyang mga pagpapel na yun – Deny all?

  59. tru blue tru blue

    “Dismantle the jueteng mafia and you cut the lifeline supporting these criminals off of their needed logistic funds” – tt

    Will never happen. Those millions of jueteng players need to stop their craziness on this numbers game. Turn to sabong or horseracing (if you can’t cold turkey your vice), at least your chances are much better. Bingo is also fixed.

    Until then, Jueteng lords and their protectors will continue to thrive.

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