FINAL REPORT - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

doctored," Norman Bordadora, PDI, August 13, 2005, pp. A1 & A17; emphasis
supplied)
Finally, testifying on the Venable Llp. contract, her National Security Adviser
Norberto Gonzales admitted before the Senate that President Arroyo had indeed been
wiretapped. We quote Senator Biazon:
[CHAIRMAN.] “Ladies and gentlemen, before we further proceed, allow
me to put on record certain publicly known facts: (1) On June 5, Press
Secretary Ignacio “Toting” Bunye, in a called press conference at
Malacanang declared the existence of two tapes and tapped tapes
conversations between and among certain individuals. These tapes were
publicly shown and played to the media in that press conference;
subsequently, ladies and gentlemen, Secretary Bunye declared publicly
that one of the voices in the tapes is the voice of the President; (3)
President Arroyo herself, sometime after that, on June 27 delivered a
speech entitled, better known to the public, the “I am Sorry” speech.
And then, in the hearings last week in the Venable contract, National
Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales admitted in open hearing and
publicly that, indeed, the President was wiretapped and taped.”
(Senator Rodolfo Biazon, t.s.n., Committee on National Defense and
Security, 9-28-05; emphasis supplied)
C. Implementation of Electoral Fraud/
The Eyewitnesses
Someone has commented that, actually, the Garci Tapes provide more than just
evidence in and of themselves. Their added value lies in the fact that they provide a
roadmap – they point to detailed, identified or identifiable signposts like names, official
positions, personalities, places, numbers, dates, election documents like SOVs 24 and
COCs 25 , techniques, requests or desiderata, and so forth. Details that would be like
royal dishes served on a silver platter to any serious, competent investigator
unhobbled by any issuance akin to E.O. 464.
But such as it is, E.O. 464 notwithstanding, eyewitnesses have in fact come
forth 26 , with first-hand stories and genuine documents so convincing beyond
suspicion, too telling to ignore; witnesses who experienced their stories about or
related to electoral fraud directly through their very own senses. We have reproduced
the words of Brig. Gen. Francisco Gudani, who to this day, for the sake of truth and
his belief in the Almighty, is braving court-martial proceedings in the wake of his
defiance of E.O. 464. Before him came eyewitnesses Michaelangelo Zuce (Garcillano’s
nephew-in-law and Presidential Adviser Rufino’s staff) and Army Capt. Marlon
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or Statement of Votes
or Certificates of Canvass
not only regarding electoral fraud but graft and corruption as well
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