Again Señor Blade, I want to clarify myself. Since the government admit the original therefore it admits its existence.
About the splicing, well it is the governments claim that a copy was "spliced." We are not sure if its really a splice copy after all. Its the governments claim.
About the loss of votes, there is such thing as circumstantial evidence. It is admissible if one is able to connect material points. Here we have some connections. The "tulungan" quote and the resulting shrinking of the lead.
The decrease of the lead is the result of the "tulungan" comment.