MANILA — Eighty-six foreign delegates from 11 countries will observe the conduct of automated elections in the country’s nine regions. Composed of academicians, lawyers, law students, journalists, social workers, union organizers, church workers, the foreign delegates will document specific cases of fraud and violence to some of the country’s hot spot areas. Delegates came from…
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International Observers Rebut AFP Excuse for Delaying Them
BY KAREN PAPELLERO Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 17, 2007 – 11:14 p.m. “How can we harass them when they have the guns?” “They delayed our trip and hindered us from reaching the areas where we want to observe the elections. Instead of aiding us in this undertaking, which is even welcomed by the…
Foreign Observers Witness Election Cheating
Reports reaching the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) show foreign observers witnessing incidents of cheating, voters’ disenfranchisement and other election violations. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/ANALYSIS Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 Not since the snap presidential elections of 1986 have Philippine elections attracted…