Roxas camp: Hello Garci all over again 06/04/2010

Roxas camp: Hello Garci all over again

06/04/2010 The Liberal Party was quiet when the “Hello Garci” cheating operation was ongoing, in 2004. But now, it is the LP that is saying that it is Hello Garci all over again, with the clustered precinct at Barangay Benolen, Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao, transmitting the election returns (ER) an hour before the polls closed, and with a very high percentage of voters who voted. This was bared by the camp of vice-presidential candidate Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, that had an IT expert analyze the time stamp found on the transmitted ER. The IT expert pointed to the first ER that was sent was timed at 5:42 p.m., with 1,064 votes for the vice presidential race from voting in Maguindanao. Despite concerns about transmission problems that may occur in the region, the ARMM was able to consistently transmit its results to the Comelec for seven straight days from May 10 to May 17, the IT expert said. By midnight of May 10, the ARMM transmitted 393,196 votes for vice president: 196,626 from Maguindanao and 72,005 from Lanao del Sur. Former Education Secretary and LP vice president for Policy, Platform and Advocacy Florencio “Butch” Abad said the Datu Odin Sinsuat incident is but one of the many questionable transactions that happened related to the May 10 polls and which raises questions on the integrity of the country’s first automated election system (AES). But the LP camp, while claiming irregularities, only focused on the VP race and votes for Roxas, and say nothing on the same irregularities that obviously should also affect the presidential race, since it is Sen. Noynoy Aquino who appears to have been the beneficary of the fraud in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino vice presidential candidate Jejomar Binay yesterday dared Senator Roxas to file the appropriate case if he has proof of irregularities in the May 10 election.  Lawyer J V Bautista, spokesman for Binay said the LP has been engaging in a “desperate propaganda drive” that will not alter the outcome of the canvassing being conducted by Congress. “The LP’s attempt to pressure the board of canvassers to look into the ballots that were null is a futile exercise that is beyond the mandate of the joint committee,” Bautista said.... MORE     Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100604hed3.html

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