Nakipagkita umano si dating Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, alyas Garci, sa "Gloriagate scandal" sa kanyang bossing, ilang araw bago nagpainterbyu sa media para itanggi ang ginawang pandaraya ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Isang mapagkakatiwalaang source ang nagkumpirmang, unang nakipag-usap si Garcillano kay Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos sa isang tagong lugar bago isinagawa ang pagpapainterbyu sa isang pang-umagang peryodiko kahapon.
Sa report na natanggap ng TONITE, nakipagkita umano si Garcillano kay Abalos sa isang tagong lugar sa Metro Manila, ilang araw ang nakakalipas kung saan bantay-sarado umano ang mga ito ng mga armadong kalalakihan na pawang kargado ng mga de-kalibreng armas.
Tumugma sa naunang alegasyon ni Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson na hawak ni Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane, dating hepe ng Philippine National Police (PNP) si Garcillano matapos muling maituro ang tauhan nito na kasama sa mga nagsisilbing bodyguard ni Garcillano.
"Garcillano is in Metro Manila, under heavy guard. He met this week with Abalos. Their talk was so secret, they instructed their guards to leave them alone," anang mapagkakatiwalaang source.
Walang ibang detalyeng ibinigay ang source kung anong napag-usapan ng dalawang Comelec officials bago isinagawa ang pagpapainterbyu ni Garcillano kung saan itinatanggi nito ang ginawang pandaraya upang umabante ng 1 milyon si Mrs. Arroyo laban sa namayapang si Fernando Poe Jr.
Lalo pang lumakas ang senaryong nasa Metro Manila lamang si Garcillano, katulad ng prediksyon ni Lacson matapos segundahan ng isang administration congressman ang impormasyong ito.
If true, then ginagago lang tayo ng administration na ito.
- 3 Star General Resigns, but the AFP dismisses threat of mass resignation
NORTHERN Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Romeo Dominguez has resigned, fueling speculations that it marks the start of a mass resignation by officers who are said to be disillusioned over the failure to investigate AFP officials linked by the "Hello Garci" tapes to alleged doctoring of the results of the May 2004 elections.
The planned mass resignation was disclosed on Tuesday by administration Sen. Rodolfo Biazon, a retired Marine general who served as chief of staff.
- Nolcom chief quits; AFP officers prepare for mass leave
The exposed plan of military officers and men going on a mass leave or resigning en masse has been put into action.
There are reportedly more than 150 Armed Forces of the Philippines officers carrying the ranks of lieutenants to lieutenant colonels, who have practically put in black and white, their alleged plan to resign en masse, sources told the Tribune yesterday.
- National Protest day ngayon
Muling magsasanib at magkakapit-bisig ngayong araw ang iba’t ibang militanteng grupo, kasama ang ilang religious at political groups, upang ilunsad ang tinatawag nilang National Day of Protest.
Ang pagkilos sa Metro Manila ay sisimulan sa Mabuhay (Welcome) Rotonda na hanggahan ng Quezon City at Manila at magmamartsa patungong Plaza Miranda sa Quiapo, Manila.
Inaasahang bubuhos ang libu-libong mga rallyista mula sa hanay ng mga manggagawa, transport groups, civil society, estudyante, kababaihan, urban poor, relihiyoso at mga partidong pulitikal upang sama-samang isigaw ang agarang pagbaba sa puwesto ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na wala na umanong karapatang manatili pa sa Malacañang matapos nitong amining siya nga ang babae sa ‘Hello, Garci’ tape.
If you're near Quiapo, punta kayo.
- Pulse Asia says distrust in Arroyo at record 53 percent
PUBLIC distrust in President Arroyo has soared to 53 percent, with 48 percent of respondents saying that she should no longer continue as president, the June 20-23 survey of Pulse Asia showed.
The survey, which covered 1,200 respondents, was conducted less than a week before Arroyo made her public admission on June 27 that she was the woman in the "Hello Garci" tapes.
- Ateneo group breaks away from Jesuits, seeks GMA ouster
A group calling itself Concerned Faculty, Profes-sionals and Staff of the Ateneo de Manila University yesterday led three organi-zations run by or identified with the “civil society” ranks of the Catholic Church in asking President Arroyo to vacate Malacañang principally over the Gloriagate tape scandal. (See related story)
The Ateneo group, the Bukas Loob sa Diyos Covenant Community and the National Council of Churches of the Philippines (NCCP) all anchored their demand for the embattled Chief Executive's resignation on the economic and political crisis that the President's rigging of the May 2004 elections by ordering Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to cheat in her favor and chiefly against opposition standard-bearer Fernando Poe Jr. had engendered.
The stance of the group from the Ateneo, an exclusive university run by the Jesuits, long seen as defenders of elite democracy in the Philippines, was seen to have driven a wedge between the school's personnel and their employers, who have been telling Mrs. Arroyo that quitting or staying is her absolute prerogative.
- Protestant churches join resign call
THE National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP), an association of Protestant churches, yesterday added its voice to those calling for President Arroyo to step down, saying she has lost her moral ascendancy and legitimacy to govern and resignation is the "most honorable" thing for her to do.
"The National Council of Churches in the Philippines and its 13 million constituents with the vast majority of the Filipino people call for President Gloria Arroyo’s resignation on the basis of the so-called ‘Gloriagate’ tapes. Truth and justice must reign," NCCP chairman Ignacio Soliba said in a statement.
The NCCP said that despite the President’s admission and apology for her "lapse of judgment" in calling "a Comelec official" while canvassing was going on during the 2004 elections, it does not dispel the public’s doubts on the honesty and genuineness of the election results.
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