Category: 2004 elections

The assurance that Poe gave Aquino

Published by Ellen on July 22, 2015

Pres. Aquino and Sen. Grace Poe. File photo.

“ The President and I talked for about five hours. I could sense the very difficult position PNoy is in right now. I understand and sympathize with his predicament and situation. I consider him a true and sincere friend and he has my utmost respect. He reiterated his desire for all of us to continue working together and that he believes that, like him, we can and will do what is best for our country. In the end, we both agreed to continue, in whatever capacity, striving and working for our countrymen and for the betterment of our children’s future.”

That’s the statement of Sen. Grace Poe on her one-on-one meeting with President Aquino last Monday.

I agree with this playful remark in Facebook by Bryan E. Torculas: “Me reading between the lines: iindorso man kita o hindi, friends tayo ha pag nanalo kang Presidente. wag mo ko ipakulong, let’s break the tradition of imprisoning Phil. Presidents after their terms.. ha ha…”

With that assurance from the popular senator, it is hoped that Aquino would stop convincing Poe to be the running mate of the Liberal Party standard bearer. It’s getting tiresome.

Woman in ‘Hello Garci’ was Gloria,Senate told

Published by Ellen on November 29, 2011

By Antonio de los Reyes and Victor Reyes
Malaya

LT. Col. Pedro Sumayo, former commander of the Military Intelligence Group 21 (MIG-21) which specializes in communications and surveillance, yesterday told a Senate investigating panel that he heard the voice of former president Gloria Arroyo in the raw copy of the “Hello Garci” wiretapped tapes, which he burned on orders of his superior.

Sumayo also told the Senate committees on blue ribbon and electoral reforms which are jointly investigating the alleged fraud during the 2004 and 2007 elections that he was given P900,000 several weeks before his testimony.

Sumayo said former T/Sgt. Vidal Doble Jr. presented to him the audio recordings after the 2004 elections.

He said he listened to a portion of a tape and heard a voice which he recognized as Arroyo’s.

Ang P1 milyon na service fee ni Moner

Published by Ellen on October 18, 2011

Moner at the Senate hearing. Oct. 18, 2011

Pwede na nating pagtawanan na ngayon ang mga kinukwento ni dating Lanao del Sur Sharia Court Judge Nagamura Moner dahil wala na sa kapangyarihan si Gloria Arroyo at hindi nakaka-inggit ang kanyang kalagayan ngayon.

Ngunit malaking perwisyo sa sambayanang Pilipino ang kanilang ginawa. Dahil sa pandaraya na kanilang isinagawa sa eleksyun noong 2004, patuloy na kumapit si Arroyo sa kapangyarihan ng anim na taon.

At nabastos ang batas. At nanganak yun ng marami pang krimen. Sabi nga ni Sen. Alan Cayetano, dahil kailangan bayaran ni Arroyo ang mga nandaya sa kanya, kailangan niya magnakaw ng pera ng bayan para mabusog sila at hindi na kumanta. At kapag mabuking, magsinungaling.

Minsan lumalabas ang katotohanan sa bibig ng sinungaling

Published by Ellen on September 18, 2011

Hindi natuwa si Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile at Sen, Jinggoy Estrada sa pasirko-sirko ni Judge Nagamura Moner ng Shariah Court tungkol sa kanyang papel sa dayaan noong 2004 eleksyun.

Noong 2005 kasi, na-interview ng Probe TV ni Cheche Lazaro si Moner at marami siyang kuwento tungkol sa ginawa niyang pandaraya sa 2004 na eleksyun sa utos ni Mike Arroyo, asawa ni Gloria Arroyo. May mga papeles pa siyang pinakita at ang isa nga doon ay sulat ng pagpapasalamat galing sa chief –of-staff ni Mike na si Juris Soliman.

Nang mag-imbistigasyun na sa Senado, aba, ay sinabi ni Moner na nagsinungaling daw siya sa Probe. Bola lang daw ang sinabi niya sa media. Wala naman daw talagang dayaan.

Strange movements at the Comelec

Published by Ellen on August 25, 2011

rafanan2 — Uncompromising stand makes his bosses uncomfortable

A number of recent movements at the Commission on Elections don’t make sense.

Update: Rafanan also removed from DOJ-COMELEC probe team. Brillantes says he is “uncontrollable”
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/08/26/11/rafanan-removed-poll-fraud-fact-finding-team

The person who has always been known to be uncompromising in matters of electoral crimes and graft and corruption has been dismissed from his department level position while those who were involved in graft and corruption continue to enjoy the trust and confidence of top officials.

Ferdinand Rafanan, director of the Comelec’s Law Department since June 2008, who investigated the overpriced P690-million ballot secrecy folder contract purchased for the May 2010 elections with OTC paper supply, is now on a floating status.

Where did Habacon get all those money he distributed during 2004 elections?

Published by Ellen on August 21, 2011

One of the libel suits filed by Mike Arroyo against Malaya publisher Jake Macasaet and editors was over a May 19, 2004 article by Senate reporter JP Lopez quoting former senator Francisco “Kit” Tatad identifying the husband of Gloria Arroyo as the “chief operator” in manipulating the results of the 2004 elections.

Tatad, in that article, said uniformed personnel were seen altering elections results in Mindanao precincts.

Please click here (VERA Files) to read the 65-page summary of interviews.

There were also reports of Arroyo and then National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales in Mindanao. Their visits usually preceded distribution of money to election operators.

These things came to mind while reading the summary of the interviews done by the Mayuga Fact-Finding board headed by then Vice Admiral Mateo Mayuga on the alleged involvement of the military in the 2004 electoral fraud.

Mayuga report: not yet the truth

Published by Ellen on August 18, 2011

Sen. Antonio Trillanes was not exactly surprised that the “Mayuga Report” was a dud.

It actually did not add much more to the one page press statement that the Arroyo government released in April 2006, at the start of the Lenten week when everybody was either in a holy retreat or holiday mood, that cleared all the generals mentioned in the “Hello Garci” tapes of any complicity in the election cheating that allowed Arroyo to keep the presidential powers she grabbed in 2001 from elected President Joseph Estrada.

Trillanes, a former navy officer and imprisoned for more almost seven years for standing up to Arroyo, said the 15-page report, “ per see, as expected, was sanitized.”

But, he said, “the attachments which contain the testimonies of the resource persons and witnesses are loaded with revelations about some officers’ involvement in the election cheating in 2004.”

The Mayuga Report: The story is in the transcripts

Published by Ellen on August 17, 2011

By VERA Files

Retired Vice Admiral Mateo M. Mayuga once said he would bring the results of his factfinding mission on the purported involvement of the military in the cheating in the 2004 presidential elections that enabled Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to stay in power to his grave.

But Mayuga isn’t getting his way. Recently, President Benigno S. Aquino III declassified his “secret” report, popularly known as the Mayuga Report, and the 15-page executive summary has made its way to the news media.

The document, however, does not contain the sensitive revelations offered by resource persons invited by the commission—70 in all, including 68 officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces, a AFP civilian employee and Commission on Elections Region 9 director Helen Flores.

The revelations are instead buried in the voluminous transcripts of the investigation that measure a meter.

One of the most important revelations excluded from the 15-page report was the testimony of then AFP Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Rodolfo Garcia, commander of the 2004 Task Force HOPE (Honest, Orderly, Peaceful Elections), who urged the Mayuga Commission to have the funds allotted to his task force audited.

Ebdane denies ordering Batasan break-in; turns emotional in presscon

Published by Ellen on August 5, 2011

ebdane Aug 5, 2011 — Thanks to GMA News online for photo

Zambales Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. turned emotional during a press conference Friday as he denied masterminding the switching of the genuine 2004 elections returns with manufactured ERs by a team composed of members of the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police.

Speaking at a news conference held in Iba, Zambales which started with his tribute to former Zambales Rep. Antonio Diaz who passed away Wednesday, Ebdane said his main concern now is his province. “I never thought of my family. Nag-retire ako, pumunta ako rito sa probinsiya with nothing less but the interest of my province.” He choked and quickly left the press con.

Ebdane tried to turn the table against his accuser, Senior Supt. Rafael Santiago by mentioning the electronic bikes and explosives that are allegedly in the position of the former Zambales provincial police director.

Kiko vs Tito

Published by Ellen on August 2, 2011

I’m enjoying the Kiko-Tito exchanges.

Following the coming out of Police Senior Superintendent Rafael Santiago of his primary role in the switching of genuine 2004 election returns stored at the Batasan Pambansa with manufactured ERs, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan called on the Commission on Elections and the Department of Justice to ferret out the truth no matter who gets hurt.

Pangilinan, who earned the pejorative tag “Mr. Noted” for dismissing protestations of the Minority in the canvassing every time questionable returns would be canvassed with “Noted,” is on the defensive because many accuse him of being instrumental in allowing Arroyo to get away with her electoral cheating.