FINAL REPORT - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

GARY. Hello, good evening Ma’am.
GMA.
Hello. The FPJ camp raw will file a case against the board
of canvassers of ano, doon sa Marawi and the military?
GARY. Ano, Ma’am?
GMA. The FPJ camp raw will file a case against the board of
canvassers and military in Marawi.
GARY. Hindi naman po siguro nila maaano ‘yong ating board
of canvassers. Pero ang military, si Gudani, sa kanila
si Gudani. I do not know why they will file.
GMA. Oo, oo.
GARY. Sa kanila si Gudani, ma’am. In fact, I have to work
with General Estaron and General Quiamco at that
time. Pinalitan nga si Gudani for a while. Kaya
kuwan. Pero bakit nila ipa-paylan (file) ang military, nasa
kanila lahat. Halos ayaw na nga mag-give way sa amin
ang mga tao.’
Conversation between Gary and Gene on 081325 Hotel, June
2004.
GENE. Boss, nakatanggap ako ng certification ngayon dito
galing sa mga bata natin sa Lanao. Nag-failure na
naman pala dahil kay Butani. Putang-ina, sino ba
iyong Butani? Bakit…
GARY. Iyon and pinaalis ko.
GENE. Oo nga, bakit nandoon na naman, papaano ito?
Putang ina, tarantado talaga ‘to.
GARY. Oo, pinaalis ko iyan eh, pero after three days after
elections bumalik man diyan. Ang nandiyan si
Colonel Tereno thru Gen. Tiron at saka si Gen.
Quiamco.
GENE. Eh ano ba ang gagawin ko, gagawan ko ba ng memo
o ipapaschedule? Paano, gagawa ako ng memo sa
inyo.
GARY. Pa-reschedule natin. … /lpp
GENE: Gagawa ako ng ano ha.
GARY: Oo, para sa commission en banc.’
Paragraph 3. That conversation pertaining to a general
who was relieved of his position for merely doing his duty of
seeing to it that there should be an honest, clean and fair
election is absolutely true.
Why do I say this, Mr. Chairman, Your Honor? It is
because I am that general. For a long time, I have been trying
to figure out why I was relieved of such position for several
days, why I was called to Manila by my superiors, being
instructed to stay for one week, play golf during times when
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