FINAL REPORT - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

intonation of the spoken (or sung) words and other audio and phonetic
characteristics of a person thereby making that person’s voice
scientifically recognizable by that expert. As a recording engineer I know
the voice of Pres. Arroyo and recognize it as one and the same voice that
was speaking in the CD because I have heard her so many times. The
listening capacity of experienced recording engineers is a scientific device
that is credible in discerning and distinguishing voices. This is what we
do everyday—listen and distinguish sounds and separate the genuine
and the imitation.” (ibid.)
In other words, to the mature, unbiased and reasonable Filipino mind, the truly
more logical, common-sensical and therefore convincing scenario is that the voice of
Code One in the Garci Tapes is that of President Arroyo talking with Garcillano, on
many different occasions, about manipulation of electoral officials and electoral
results, exactly in the same manner that most other callers of Garcillano had called
the latter for the same purpose.
e. The Garci Tapes – authenticated by admission
Lest we forget, President Arroyo herself in effect admitted the genuineness of
the Garci Tapes when, buffeted by its maelstrom, she apologized for having called a
Comelec official. The extreme paucity of her response – in terms of transparency,
honesty and the spirit of accountability – speaks volumes of President Arroyo’s moral
guilt, and eternally of her complete absence of regard for the sacred democratic right
of suffrage.
And of course, her executive officials, themselves, have admitted to the
genuineness of her voice on the “Garci Tapes." First there was her spokesman Bunye,
who announced loud and clear to the whole world at his June 6, 2005 press
conference --
"Q:
BUNYE:
Sir, can we just c1arify. So, you are saying that it was
indeed the President’s voice?
That is President’s voice, but the other party on the line
is not that of a commissioner." (emphasis supplied)
Next there was her very own lawyer, Atty. Pedro Ferrer, who candidly made the
admission on national television on August 10, 2004. Then there was her
Environment Secretary, Michael Defensor who, like Spokesman Bunye, announced to
the whole world at his emergency Sulô Hotel press conference on August 12, 2005 --
“Yes, it is the voice of the President, but that is not the President talking." Yet,
when asked on the same occasion as to what President Arroyo was apologizing for
when the tape was supposedly fake, he said: “She apologized for making the call.”
("`It’s Gma Voice But She’s Not The One Talking’ … Defensor’s experts say tapes
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