The Quadra Minutes

Looking at the two controversial PCoCs of Maguindanao will not prove fraud. At best, it proves differing votes obtained by senatorial canddiates like Koko Pimentel, and notably Antonio Trillanes.
While Trillanes had zero votes in the Beol PCoC, Trillanes garnered 2,147 votes in the Santos PCoC.
Let us not forget Chavit Singson who got 196,157 votes in the Bedol PCoC, but were reduced (like Koko's) in the Santos PCoC to 194,242 votes
Zubiri, meantime, had a constant score in both PCoCs: 195,823 votes.
There is another important piece of document that will provide key indicators of the fraud of Maguindanao.
I am referring the minutes of the sessions of the provincial board of canvassers headed by (PES) Lintang Bedol himself conducted on May 15, 2007 to May 17, 2007.
When Lintang Bedol submitted the PCoC for Maguindanao, Abalos and the national board of canvassoers noted a statistical improbability considering that nineteen candidates got zero votes.
The national board of canvassers required Bedol to produce the supporting election documents like the MCoCs.
But Bedol was unable to produce said documents, as he claimed these were not submitted to him after the canvassing by the PBOC on May 15 was done.
So the Commission on Elections required all proclaimed local officials of Maguindanao "to PRESENT EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT ELECTIONS WERE HELD IN MAGUINDANAO and that they were duly elected and proclaimed."
This was contained in the en banc order dated June 6 2007.
True enough, Maguindanao Governor Andal S. Ampatuan through his lawyer Atty. Pete Quirino-Quadra submitted to the Comelec en banc a "Manifestation submitting the minutes of the proceedings of the provincial board of canvassers of Maguindanao."
Attached to the Manifesatation were the minutes itself of the proceedings of May 15, 2007.
Remember the purpose of submitting the minutes was to debunk the theory that no elections were held in Maguindanao.
Quadra submitted the minutes of the proceedings of the PBoC to prove that indeed elections were held and that local candidates were even proclaimed.
What is the significance and relation of the "Quadra minutes" to the fraud in Maguindanao?
If you look at the minutes submitted by Quadra, it contains the data on the total registered voters, as well as the total number of voters who actually voted PER MUNICIPALITY in Maguindanao.
Hence, the minutes of the proceedings is a faithful recording of what transpired during the canvassing by the provincial board of canvassers headed by Lintang Bedol.
The minutes bear the signatures of the board of canvassers themselves, headed by Lintang Bedol.
Thus, there is no basis to question the authenticity of the minutes, which recorded the proceedings of the Maguindanao canvassing.
As a matter of fact, because of the submission of the "Quadra minutes", the Abalos nat'l board of canvassers were convinced that elections were held, so there was no basis to declare a failure of elections in Maguindanao.
There is thus no question as to the recording ot the number of voters who actually voted per municipality.
Let us list the data (total number of votes cast) based on the minutes of the proceedings submitted by Atty. Quadra itself:
Mamasapano: 10,000; Talayan 6,505; Datu Anggal Midtimbang: 5,212;Guindulungan: 4,574; Datu Unsay: 10,150; Pandag: 3,342; Sultan Barongis: 7,755; Paglat: 4,313;Datu Paglas: 11,608; Pandag: 3,342; Pagagawan: none listed; Datu Piang: 17,933; Datu Abdullah Sangki: 7,939; Datu Saudi Ampatuan: 11,402; Pagalungan: 2,439 (incomplete); S.K. Pendatun: 10,664; Rasah Buayan: 6,672; Ampatuan: 9,958; Talitay: 3,357; Shariff Aguak: 26,701; Buluan: 9,649; Mangudadatu: 4,492; South Upi: 9,461.
Thus, as per recording of the minutes, you can already establish the number of votes cast.
Therefore, no one can change these figures or submit a data that is different from that recorded in the minutes.
Take note that the recording of the data was based on the source documents, which are the municipal certificates of canvass, backed by the summary of statement of votes, the statement of votes per precinct, which at that time (May 15 to May 17, 2007) were not "lost" yet.
The minutes are reliable documentary evidence in so far as the data of the total number of registered voters, and the total number of votes cast, are concerned.