FINAL REPORT - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

September 29, 2005 – expert witnesses testified in the Senate on the anomalies
tainting the railway project of the North Luzon Railways Corporation
October 6, 2005 – the Bayan Muna rally was violently dispersed, precipitating the
filing of G.R. No. 169838, a petition to declare B.P. 880 null and void
November 8, 2005 – the CCTA was launched
November 9, 2005 – Hadji Abdullah Dalidig testified before the CCTA on the
falsification of election results in Lanao del Sur during the 2004 elections
in favor of President Arroyo, as shown specially in the discrepancies between
Namfrel election returns and the Comelec Certificates of Canvass, submitting
his Affidavit dated October 10, 2005, and recounting his press conference on
June 7, 2004 exposing election fraud as precipitating the Garci Tapes
conversation referring to him
November 17, 2005 – Marine Brig. Gen. Francisco Gudani testified in the Senate
anew regarding election irregularities such as in Poona Bayabao, Lanao del
Sur
-- Hadji Abdullah Dalidig likewise testified in the Senate on electoral fraud,
re his testimony before the CCTA and the contents of his affidavit
middle of November, 2005 – Garcillano surfaced from his refuge in Mindanao (“Hello
Garci,”
Newsbreak, January 30, 2005, pp. 10-12)
November 29, 2005 – the House of Representatives passed a resolution
transforming Congress into a “Constituent Assembly”
November 30, 2005 – submission by Samuel Ong to Senate Committee on National
Defense and Security of the VCD reproduction of the alleged "mother of all
tapes" and transcripts thereof and of VHS tape containing alleged interview of
T/Sergeant Vidal Doble regarding circumstances behind the "mother of all
tapes"
December 4, 2005 (Sunday) – Garcillano surfaced in Maguindanao province
(www.Sunstar.com.ph, December 5, 2005 issue)
December 8, 2005 – Hadji Abdullah Dalidig testified in the Senate on the
egregious discrepancies between election results as contained in Namfrel
election returns and as contained in the certificates of canvass
-- Marieta Santos, former girlfriend of T/Sgt. Vidal Doble, testified in
the Senate that the latter, as wiretapping team member of
ISAFP MIG 21, Camp Aguinaldo, was the source of the Garci
Tapes, who delivered the same to former NBI Deputy Director
Samuel Ong for P2 million, and that his July 6, 2005
recantation of his video-tape (admitting to his being the
source) is not borne of the truth but, rather, of acts of
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