FINAL REPORT - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Municipality of Balindong
Votes per ERs Votes Per COCs Dagdag
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Bawas
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Arroyo 2,864 6,298 + 3,434
Poe 2,834 1,196 - 1,638
Lacson 168 269 - 101
Roco 1,326 519 - 807
Villanueva 39 0 - 39
That I could not forget Col. Gominto Pirino (INF) from SOUTHCOM
who approached me in my NAMFREL OFFICE at Marawi City, at the
height of the canvassing period in 2004 and told me that it would be
wise of me not to expose the election anomalies (Dagdag Bawas) in
the province because being a townmate from Balindong, Lanao del
Sur, he was promised to be promoted to General and many good
things for me would be forth coming but I didn’t listen to him,
thinking that I would run traitor to Islam, to my people and the
Republic.
That in the Municipality of Poona-Bayabao, the official COC, which
became one of the bases for the Congressional Canvassing at
Batasang Pambansa Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was given 4,700 votes
while all the other presidential candidates got zero. But the truth is
that all the other presidential candidates Fernando Poe Jr. (who got
the highest number) Panfilo Lacson, Raul Roco, and Eddie
Villanueva obtained votes as proved by the official ER’s given to
NAMFREL and are still in my custody.” (emphasis supplied)
Hajji Dalidig submitted his above affidavit when he testified before the CCTA on
November 9, 2005, on which occasion he even further emphasized and clarified that
the cheating and fraud that marred the voting in Lanao during the 2004 elections
made it the worst and dirtiest elections in history.
Testimony of Hajji Abdullah "Lachs" Dalidig before the CCTA on November 9,
2005, attesting to the massive "dagdag-bawas," among other frauds, that occurred in
Lanao del Sur during the 2004 elections, specially through the falsification of
certificates of canvass to reflect winning margins in favor of President Arroyo contrary
to the contents of electoral returns which showed results in favor of Fernando Poe, Jr.,
confirming the comparative tables in his affidavit
"MR. DALIDIG: Well, on July 7, 2004, I gave my statement that this was
the worst, dirtiest elections ever in history. Noong nangyari doon,
itong sinasabi nating dagdag bawas, pati Lanao, we experience all
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