Although he became a commissioner only three months before the polls, he was soon taking on a lot of tasks, including vetting appointments, even of utility personnel, say Comelec insiders. Before long, he had a say in who was going to be named to man election posts in sensitive areas. It eventually came to the point that all memos issued by Abalos passed through Garcillano. By election time, he was acting as the Comelec's de facto chair, says an elections official. He was therefore in a position to orchestrate large-scale, institutional fraud.
Ya. Tapos nagkasakit pa si Commish Ben Abalos at na-ospital during the election campaign season, IIRC. *shakes head*
Magaling pala itong si Garcillano. Siguro kung tatakbo ako sa election at kailangan kong mandaya, sa kanya ako lalapit. LMAO!
This is interesting too:
Still, while Garcillano is almost surely the one on the tape, he was probably not the overall fraud strategist. That role probably belonged to other aides of the president. His specialty was postelection fraud in Mindanao. As reported elsewhere and as alleged by the opposition, the rigging of the 2004 vote took place in many parts of the country, and was particularly intense in Cebu, Iloilo, and Bohol. Mindanao may have been typecast as the arena for fraud, but the reality is that candidates cheat where they are strongest and where the manipulation would be less obvious.
Sino kaya yung mga aides ni Arroyo at iba pang mga tao na sangkot rin dito? Gabby Claudio? Mike Defensor? Ermita? Her husband Jose Pidal?
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