An anti-dynasty provision in the party-list law is one of the key legislative reform areas being looked at by the two of the country's poll watchdog groups. (Screenshot from Participate PH Facebook live) According to Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) Executive Director Ona Caritos,...
The National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has reminded qualified voters to register for the December 5, Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls. Namfrel The poll watchdog group issued the call in time for the resumption of the voter registration on July 4. "Make sure that you are...
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has designated Angel Averia Jr. as its Acting National Chairperson. Photo Namfrel FB This following the resignation of their National Chairperson Augusto Lagman. In a statement, Namfrel said, Averia known as "Lito" in the IT community,...
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) National Council said it has accepted the June 2 resignation of Augusto Lagman from their group and as its National Chairperson. Photo Namfrel FB Lagman served as Namfrel National Chairperson from 2018 to 2022. "Namfrel and its...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and its partners have so far finished manually auditing 88 ballot boxes. Based on its latest random manual audit (RMA) bulletin, the data was as of May 17. The RMA committee is currently processing 16 ballot boxes. To note, ballot boxes from 757...
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) will be helping the church-backed poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in validating election returns (ERs). Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of...
Comelec Acting spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco addresses media queries during a press briefing at the PICC in Pasay City on May 12, 2022. (Photo by Jel Santos / MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has welcomed the recent report of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible...
Kontra Daya Election watchdog Kontra Daya believes that Smartmatic should be blacklisted following reports of malfunctioning vote counting machines (VCMs) during the election day last May 9. Kontra Daya Convenor Professor Danilo Arao said they received several reports of glitches in VCMs as well as...
glen-carrie-wzKHNVTZmZo-unsplash The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said that the conduct of this year's general elections was smooth and peaceful so far. The election watchdog made the statement on Monday noon and was based on the observation of its volunteers who were...
Namfrel FB The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said it is already prepared to assist the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the conduct of the random manual audit (RMA) to validate the result of this year's automated election. “The task assigned to us by the Comelec is...
Educating the public on election-related concerns should be the focus of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), not warnings, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) said on Tuesday, April 26. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) "There are election laws and processes in place to...
The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has urged Filipinos to help guard the election process by being an election observer in the May 2022 polls. Namfrel FB In a statement on Monday, April 11, the poll watchdog group said it is their belief that all voters can be citizen...
