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The Hello Garci scandal (or just Hello Garci), also known as Gloriagate, was a political scandal and electoral crisis in the Philippines involving 14th president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who allegedly rigged the 2004 national election in her favor.
Jan 5, 2021 · Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Arroyo went on to face more impeachment complaints after the “Hello, Garci” scandal throughout her presidency, but she was able to complete her term until June 2010.
Jul 22, 2011 · On June 27, 2005, Arroyo in a televised address admitted hers was the voice caught in the wiretaps and said, “I am sorry.” She did not identify the person on the other end of the line and said she was just anxious to protect her votes. “I recognize that making any such call was a lapse in judgment,” she said.
Jan 19, 2019 · The Hello Garci Scandal is a political and electoral fraud allegation that points to former Philippines president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the main culprit. It began during the country’s 2005 elections, where wiretapped conversations discussing vote-rigging were obtained with one of the participants suspected to be President Arroyo.
Aug 25, 2007 · FORMER intelligence agent Vidal Doble Jr. has surfaced to claim that the recordings of phone conversations allegedly between Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano are genuine, serving only to revive interest in the so-called “Hello, Garci" tapes.
June 6 - In a press conference Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye plays two recordings of telephone conversations supposedly between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano. June 9 - Arroyo denies cheating in the 2004 elections.
May 29, 2014 · MANILA, Philippines—In March, nine years after the “Hello Garci” tapes emerged, former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano was finally indicted for allegedly presenting spurious documents and lying under oath during a congressional hearing on the scandal involving former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, now a Pam...
