From the office of Anakpawis Party List Nominee JOEL MAGLUNSOD ANAKPAWIS Headquarters: 56 K-9 Street, West Kamias, Quezon City Tel. Nos: (02) 4269442, (02) 4359402 Email: anakpawis2003@yahoo.com NEWS RELEASE February 28, 2007 Palparan's party list ANAD involved in 2004 election cheating; mentioned in Garci tapes – Anakpawis Nominee Joel Maglunsod Labor leader and Anakpawis Party List Nominee Joel Maglunsod said that Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan's likely choice of party list affiliation will ensure his loss of credibility to the voting population. "We are not surprised with Palparan's choice of party list. After all, the Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy or ANAD is notorious for its activities against progressive organizations and critics of the administration. It is likely that Arroyo's Team Unity is also funding ANAD." The party list nominee said that ANAD was cited in the Garci recordings as among the groups ensuring the Arroyo camp's lead against the opposition headlined by the late actor Fernando Poe Jr. ANAD benefited in the massive cheating in Mindanao orchestrated by the Arroyo administration through former Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano. "We reviewed the Garci recordings and transcripts again and ANAD was mentioned in one of the conversations between a certain Ruben and Garcillano. Other party lists TUCP and SMILE, was also referred to in the recorded conversations. Pinag-usapan nila kung dadagdagan pa ang boto ng ANAD at TUCP. Dito pa lang, malinaw na walang kredibilidad ang party list ni Palparan at lalo na siya mismo na sangkot sa mga krimen at pagpatay sa mga sibilyan at aktibista," Maglunsod said. "Like Palparan, ANAD leader Jun Alcover is a known asset of the military and is notorious for his malicious comments against KMU and other progressive organizations. ANAD used to have a radio program at a.m. radio station DZRJ, owned by another Arroyo affiliate Ramon Jacinto." "No one will believe Palparan's shameless claim that he did not commit human rights violations. All evidences and testimonies point to him as the mastermind behind the series of political killings of leaders and members of progressive organizations and civilians in Mindoro, Eastern Visayas, Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon. Blood spills wherever he goes. A murderer like Palparan must be punished. But instead of arresting him, the Arroyo government is condoning his criminal acts and now supporting his candidacy. We will make sure that Palparan will not gain immunity from prosecution with his responsibility in more than 800 cases of extra judicial killings," Maglunsod concluded. ### The part of the Garci tapes transcript posted at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism website http://www.pcij.org/blog/wp-docs/hellogarci-transcript-final.pdf reads: …Ruben: Oo, oo. Tanong ko lang sa 'yo pare, papaano 'yung ano natin, sa party-list? Garcillano: Hindi ko pa maa-ano kasi hanggang ngayon wala kaming usapan mga tao tungkol diyan. Tatawagan kita bukas ng tanghali kung anuman. Ruben: O sige. Garcillano: Ano yun? Ano yun? Ruben: Yung TUCP at saka ANAD. Garcillano: Ay! Wag mo nang dagdagan, mahihirapan tayo niyan. Ruben: Hindi ba mas maganda kung yung lahat ng magkakatabi na yan eh... Garcillano: Hindi kasi nag-proclaim na kami. Ang alam ng mga Commissioner and the other people there, mahirap nang kumuha, kung magkuha tayo, yung mga malapit na, yung hindi na mahahalata kasi… Ruben: Tama. Pero malapit yun ha kesa sa SMILE. Garcillano: Kaya nga, bahala na pero ang kaso, pag sabay-sabay … Reference: Joel Maglunsod, 0918-5515014, Mau Hermitanio, Media Liaison Officer 0916-5827420