FINAL REPORT - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

NORTH COTABATO
Governor Emmanuel Piñol can be wooed to favor the administration.
… Once with LAKAS, he will be an asset. Having been a media man, he
can contribute significantly to the administration in projecting its image.
TAWI-TAWI
We can still count on the leadership of former Congressman Jaafar. His
daughter Soraya can compliment his efforts to wage a tight against
Governor Matba. An added factor is the fact that the former
Congressman contributed tremendous (sic) to the cause of LAKAS
during the last ARMM election
AGUSAN DEL NORTE
The fight here is even. But with PGMA at the helm of the
government, that fact will spell the difference.
SURIGAO DEL SUR
Atty. Cirilo Nala, Jr. is the new Provincial Election Supervisor of the
Province who used to be Regional Attorney for Region 10. He has a
confident touch of the intricacies of the operation. Davao del Norte,
Compostela Valley and South Cotabato were not represented. We will
try to pick up workers who are cautious and know their business. In
other words, we will select the most skilled tightrope walkers who
would not throw our cause down the drain.” (emphasis supplied)
So far, only a portion of Zuce's declaration and documentary evidence has been
contested. We refer, specifically, to the prepared statement issued by Ahmad Bayam
at a press conference to which he was reportedly escorted by police, led by PNP CIDG
chief Senior Supt. Asher Dolina 2 , at the Richmonde Hotel, Pasig City on August 6,
2005.
We quote from the news report of the Philippine Daily Inquirer:
“Escorted by a phalanx of police officers, former Malacañang executive
Datu Ahmad Bayam yesterday tried to shoot down the testimony of
presidential whistle-blower Michaelangelo Zuce.
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"Bayam was escorted to the press conference by plainclothes policemen led by Senior Supt. Asher Dolina, chief of
the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group for the National Capital Region. Although
he arrived at the Richmonde Hotel in Pasig City with them, Bayam acted as if he did not know the police officers. 'I
don't know these people. I don't know why they're here,' he said, referring to the officers, who stood about a meter
away from him in the room where he was talking with reporters." ("Zuce draws new fire … Ex-Palace aide denies
memo on delivering 'electoral pleasure'," Donna Pazzibugan and Norman Bordadera, PDI, August 7, 2005, p. A1)
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