Melo apes Gloria’s ‘I am sorry’ spiel By Marie A. Surbano and Aytch S. de la Cruz 04/07/2010

Says P700-M poll scam a ‘lapse in judgment’ Melo apes Gloria’s ‘I am sorry’ spiel By Marie A. Surbano and Aytch S. de la Cruz 04/07/2010 Poll Chairman Jose Melo yesterday did a Gloria Arroyo, as he claimed that the commission en banc had a “lapse in judgment” — the same reason President Arroyo used after it was established that it was her voice on the infamous “Hello Garci” tapes, where she was caught ordering then Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Virgilio Garcillano to pad her votes for her to win over the then opposition standard bearer, Fernando Poe Jr., by 1 million votes. But Arroyo never quite apologized for cheating at the polls. What she had admitted to was a lapse of judgment on her part for having spoken to an unnamed commissioner. Melo said much of the same thing, not quite apologizing or explaining why; only saying that the en banc had a lapse in judgment. He also said that the en banc totally scrapped the acquisition of the anomalous ballot secrecy folder which nearly cost the Comelec P700 million..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100407hed1.html

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