38 poll returns turned over to Justice chief
Friday, July 29, 2011
MANILA (Updated 9:47 a.m.) — Witnesses in the alleged switching of election returns (ERs) back in 2004 turned over to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima additional 34 original ERs Friday.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Directorate for Operations Senior Superintendent Rafael Santiago and his men — Rudy Gahar, Allan Layugan, Norman Duco, Trifo Lacsamana, Rodel Tabangin — surfaced and faced the media Friday morning, turning over the additional ERs, and proving that they do exist.
Santiago earlier said the ERs were stolen at the Batasan Pambansa building and were replaced with fake ones. The four break-ins occurred on separate occasions in January and February 2005.
He also presented on Wednesday night four documents to de Lima bearing the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seal, supposedly the original ERs from different parts of Mindanao. The ERs allegedly came from precincts in Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Misamis Occidental and Lanao del Norte.
With the additional ERs, the total number of documents being submitted to de Lima is now 38.
However, de Lima said the witnesses are still finalizing their sworn statements, adding she expect them to submit their affidavits next week.
The said switching of ERs happened inside the Batasan Pambansa building to ensure that then President Gloria Arroyo would be proclaimed winner in the presidential elections in case of a recount, Santiago said.
Santigao, as he faced the media Friday, said they were not involved in actual ER switching but were made to provide access and security to cover up cheating trail.
He also denied being paid to reveal what they know about the alleged switching of ERs.
He also apologized “to the nation and to Ms. Susan Roces (wife of the late Fernando Poe Jr.) for the error we are now trying to rectify.”
He said he is receiving death threats even before he came out.
“We know that our lives are at risk. We know that we’re facing powerful people, but there’ll be no turning back,” he said.
He said they seek justice by revealing the truth.
“Maybe this effort will change the system in our society,” he added.
Lawyer Raul Lambino of the Arroyo camp earlier said in a text message, however, that “those same allegations were already investigated thoroughly before and even exposed in the media.”
“Nothing new… Now, personalities with their own political agenda to advance are like hyenas savoring to devour their fallen prey by capitalizing on matters that in their minds will help them earn some points from the unsuspecting public,” he said.
But de Lima said Friday that the issue may be an old story, but it doesn’t mean it’s not the truth.
“This maybe lumang storya but it doesn’t mean hindi totoo… Yan ang problema kung walang closure, it keeps coming back, ” she said.
“We will wait for the sworn statements, then we sit down with the Comelec,” she added.
Arroyo’s lead over his opponent in the 2004 presidential elections — Fernando Poe Jr. — was more than one million votes. (Sunnex)
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