JdV washes hands off ballot-switching
By Gerry Baldo 08/05/2011Former Speaker Jose de Venecia yesterday denied he had knowledge of the ballot-switching incident in the House of Representatives during the canvassing of the certificates of canvass in 2004 when he was the Speaker.
De Venecia said nobody knew the incident is going to happen even as he placed the blame on the Philippine National Police (PNP) which was supposed to keep the ballot boxes containing the certificates of canvass.
“We didn’t know about this. Nobody knew, not even the opposition. What hurts us is that the PNP was supposed to provide security for the House but now it turns out that they were the ones who raided, took and replaced the genuine election returns,” De Venecia said in the sidelines of the necrological services for Zambales Rep. Antonio Diaz who died Wednesday of multiple organ failure.
De Venecia, who was at the House to pay his last respects for Diaz, also washed his hands of any liability in the ensuing investigation in 2005 which found out that there was no security breach in the House of Representatives..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110805nat1.html
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