The Perfect Lie

Lito Banayo: "Closure" they must invent

Kakatawa naman yung kwento ni Lito re Garci and Gracie's adventures.

I must admit na since may balita na nasa Pilipinas na si Garci, I can't wait for him to hold a press conference and answer questions from the media.

More here from Malaya's Editorial.

-- Sabi ni Ellen Tordesillas:

Kahit pa kausap ni Garcillano ang mga miyembro ng oposisyon, hindi ‘yan nagpapawalang sala kay Arroyo. Kung may kasalanan ang nasa oposisyon, imbestigahan. Ngunit hindi ‘yun dapat gawing panggulo sa kasalanan na ginawa ni Gloria Arroyo na pagnakaw ng boto ng taumbayan.

Read the whole thing. I don't care kung idamay ni Garci ang oposisyon sa pandaraya. Go ahead, kung may ebidensiya kayo, ilabas nyo.

But throwing mud at the opposition won't change the fact na nandaya pa rin si Arrovo.

UPDATE: Heh. I was reminded of this Arroyo claim na baka siya pa raw ang dinaya ng opposition.

The tribune thinks Garci is still not in the country:

It is likely that either he is not in the country but is made to appear that he has returned, through his wife's interview, or that he is in the country to belie suspicions of his death to permanently silence claims of his death and continuous reports of his going missing, which impacts negatively on Gloria, as there have been too many poll-rigging witnesses going missing, all of which is no guarantee of his surfacing to testify.

Like Dean Jorge Bocobo, Ducky Paredes is also declaring this Garci stunt a triumphant move for Arroyo.

-- Script at half-truths ni Garci hindi maisasalba si GMA

-- Abante editorial says that gimik or no gimik, magandang balita ang pagbabalik ni Garci.

-- Joc joc Bolante bumalik na rin sa Pinas? Sabi rin sa article na kapitbahay ni Sen. Magsaysay si Joc Joc.

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Authentic fakes. Here's a sample from de Quiros' article today:

Three. Juan Ponce Enrile's logging company, San Jose Timber Corp., has a license to log but not to operate as a corporation. The Securities and Exchange Commission revoked SJTC's certificate of registration a couple of years ago for failure to comply with requirements. It has not lifted its revocation. Quite apart from that, Samareños, who fear the areas in their island that Enrile is determined to despoil may become other Ormocs and Infantas, say there's a current log ban covering the entire Samar Island.

Not so, say Enrile and Mike Defensor. Defensor, who issued an order in August allowing Enrile to break a 16-year-old logging ban in Samar, says it is perfectly legal.

Well, Enrile and Defensor have something in common. Enrile is the guy who faked an assassination attempt on himself to justify martial law and who made the term "dagdag-bawas" [vote-padding and vote-shaving] a household word. Defensor is the guy who abducted Panfilo Lacson's witness against Pidal and called it a rescue and who cited an American expert to prove the "Hello Garci" tape was doctored only to be refuted by the expert himself. They're both authentic fakes.

I say heh. read the whole article.