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FOR REFERENCE, contact Eric Manalang, AKP President, 0917 753 9702

Below is the letter of Ang Kapatiran Party to Senator Chiz Escudero in his capacity as co-

chairman of the congressional oversight committee on automated elections (see attached pdf copy

of the letter received by the Office of Sen. Escudero on June 1, 2010).

30 May 2010

Senator Francis G. Escudero

Senate of the Philippines

Manila

Dear Senator Escudero,

There is an ongoing national canvassing and, in parallel, a hearing on numerous complaints

concerning the conduct of the Automated Election System by the House Committee on Suffrageand Electoral Reforms chaired by House Rep. Teodoro Locsin, the Senate counterpart of which is

chaired by your good self.

We write this letter to bring to your urgent attention the following:

1. The filing in the Supreme Court of a TRO against the Comelec in its plan to

destroy the 76,000 Compact Flash Cards that were found to be defective and said tohave been recalled and replaced. This was filed by Senator Jamby Madrigal, JC de los

Reyes, and Nicanor Perlas reference G.R. No. 192063, filed 17 May 2010, and to-

date has no ruling yet from the Supreme Court.

2. The filing in the Supreme Court of a TRO for the unfinished/ongoing Random

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Manual Audit (RMA) being conducted primarily by the Comelec and the PPCRV and

of MANDAMUS for the implementing parties to be directed to redo the RMA

following strictly the rules of immediate and non-stop completion of audit of each

selected precinct/PCOS machine as per Comelec Resolution Nos. 8837 and 8898

reference G.R. No. 192143, filed 24 May 2010, and to-date has no ruling yet from the

Supreme Court.

3. The matter of the 60 PCOS machines that were found in Antipolo and are the

subject of protest by Congressman Angelito Gatlabayan, who claims that the machines

were used in the illegal transmission of results on a large scale basis, thus affecting not

only the votes for the contested mayoralty position that Congressman Gatlabayan ran

for, but also the votes for the national positions of President, Vice-President, and

Senators. The 60 PCOS machines were delivered to and received by Senate President

Juan Ponce Enrile and are therefore officially under custody by the Senate.

As Co-Chairman of the Congressional Oversight Committee on Automated Elections, your role is

crucial in determining the true result of the elections and nothing less.

You were among the lawmakers most critical of the decision of Congress to fully automate the

2010 national and local elections. You were very cynical of the assurance of Comelec and

Smartmatic that the PCOS machines could not be hacked and fearful of digital cheating on a

massive scale taking place.

Hence, when alarming reports of fraud and inaccurate election results caused by malfunctioning

PCOS machines, failed electronic transmission of results, allegedly tampered CF cards, and

fabrication of election returns, you are expected by the public to spearhead the probe of these

anomalies in your capacity as co-chair of the oversight committee.

True, there is an ongoing investigation, but you opted not to have any role in it. Your counterpart

from the House, Makati Rep. Teodoro Locsin, the co-chair of the oversight committee, is single-handedly steering the investigation.

You were asked by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to look into the allegation that 60 PCOS

machines in possession of a Smartmatic technician were used in cheating operations. The

machines were kept for days after the polls at the technicians residence in Antipolo City instead

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of being turned in to a Comelec-Smartmatic depot. But you did not seem to lift a finger to look

into the complaint. In the presence of Antipolo leaders and volunteers, Senator Jamby Madrigal,

Nicanor Perlas, JC De Los Reyes, Retired Gen. Jovito Palparan, and Ang Kapatiran Party

officials, among others, Senator Enrile spoke to you over the phone and after your conversation

he told us and we quote: "Chiz seems not interested to be involved as it would affect the national

positions."

It is a shame to have this kind of attitude from a co-chair of the oversight committee.

We hope that you will prove us wrong by being passionately involved in the pursuit of truths

behind the defective CF cards, the much delayed and therefore questionable RMA, and the 60

PCOS machines that to this very minute remain shrouded in darkness.

We look forward to your urgent and immediate response to this letter along with your written

commitment to help us all in defending our precious democracy and electoral system.

God Bless us all!

Eric B. Manalang Reynaldo Nandy Pacheco Manuel K. Dayrit

President Founder and Chairman Emeritus Chairman

AKP AKP AKP

cc: Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

Senator Jamby Madrigal

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