FINAL REPORT - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

JUSTICE CAPULONG: Mayroon po ba kayong karanasan bilang
questioned document examiner sa mga dokumento ng COMELEC
o related documents sa halalan?
MR. TABAYOYONG: Opo. Ako ay nagkapalad humawak ng ilang
humigit-kumulang 25 kaso sa election protests and, on my own, I
have participated in other 300 cases handled by other examiners
of the Questioned Documents Division because the Questioned
Documents Division of the NBI functions as a collegial… collegial
body.
JUSTICE CAPULONG: Anu-ano pong mga dokumento sa karanasan
ninyong napag-aralan ang may kinalaman sa halalan?
MR. TABAYOYONG: Bago po dumating ang halalan ng May 2001,
karamihan po ng mga nasasangkot na dokumento sa kalokohan
sa halalan, ito po nasa kinabibilangan ng tinaguriang “first
generation of electoral fraud”. Ito ay may kinalaman sa pamemeke
sa mga balota. It was a long, tedious, risky process.” (tsn, CCTA
session of November 9, 2005, pp. 24-25)
We set forth the pertinent portions in Tabayoyong’s affidavit as follows --
Affidavit of Segundo Tabayoyong dated November 9, 2005 submitted to the CCTA
– wherein, as questioned documents expert, he attested that 3,000 out of the 5,000
election returns that he has so far examined and analyzed (out of the 10,000
submitted to him by the opposition party Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino coming
mostly from the areas of Pampanga, Cebu, Iloilo and Bohol) were fraudulently
tampered documents, with voting results in favor of President Arroyo.
“11. On May 26, 2004, Horacio ‘Boy’ Morales, representing the
Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) party, engaged my services to
examine election returns involving the candidacies of Fernando Poe, Jr.
for president and Loren Legarda for vice-president. Immediately
thereafter, I undertook the examination and analysis of election returns,
numbering about 10,000 which were copies furnished to KNP as the
dominant minority party that were presented to me for examinations.
These were mostly from the areas of Cebu, Bohol, Iloilo and Pampanga,
and later, including Ilocos Sur and other places. Specifically, I examined
the genuineness of the questioned election returns coming from the
areas mentioned.
12. Out of the 10,000 election returns, I had evaluated the
genuineness and authenticity of 5,000 thereof. I found out that
3,000 out of 5,000 I had examined so far, did not comply with the
due execution requirements of the law in clear violation of
COMELEC Resolution No. 6667 promulgated on March 15, 2004.
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