A study conducted by the nonprofit group of lawyers, law students and paralegals between March 25 and June 10 this year showed that only one in four or 25 percent of its 127 voters surveyed reported ASR incidents in their area. Most of these cases occurred in the city of Santiago, Isabela; Zamboanga City and Baguio City, Marisse Aldeza, director of the LENTE project and a lawyer, said at a press conference on Wednesday. The random manual review (RMA) of the 2022 general elections is expected to be completed in 45 days, the Legal Network for Genuine Elections (LENTE) said. The Legal Network for Genuine Elections (LENTE), an election observer, asked the public to be vigilant and report irregularities in the conduct of the general elections on Monday 9 May. “Nahihirapan ang ating mga kababayan to distinguish ang ASR from the legitimate distribution of social services because there are blatant forms of ASR in meron `yung mga Hindi that are easily recognizable or identifiable,” she explained. “The SRA includes any activity of financing political parties or elections in such a way as to favour one candidate or party at the expense of other candidates.” The Legal Network for True Elections (LENTE) provided the following update on an August 23 Senate Committee hearing on the postponement of scheduled elections in the barangay and sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council) in the Philippines. LENTE highlighted two major challenges arising from the hearing: the Senate Committee on Electoral Reform and People`s 2. Establish and strengthen institutional links between different poor citizens and other organizations to improve networking, collaboration and coordination of projects and activities Towards LENTE`s plans for election day The Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) has launched several initiatives with its partner organizations and follow-up projects to ensure safe elections, accountable, transparent and inclusive on 9 May. 2022. LENTE is one of the civil society organisations convened by the Commission on Human Rights The Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) announced on Wednesday 26 October that some jobs will be appointed as a form of “legal” vote buying by acting as coordinators for election campaigns. LENTE was founded when the Integrated Bar Association of the Philippines (IBP) and electoral reform groups NAMFREL (National Movement for Free Elections), PPCRV (Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting), CBCP (Catholic Bishops` Conference of the Philippines), Alternative Law Groups of the Philippines and the Ateneo Human Rights Center responded to the need of a poor citizen in the legal aspect of elections.
The Legal Network for True Elections is the first national network of lawyers, law students and volunteer paralegals trained and deployed to oversee elections in the Philippines. She highlighted the role played by local leaders in these cases of SRA because they are supposed to be the “guardians of the mobilization of resources and state power at the local level from a governance perspective”. Aldeza noted that the extra staff these officials hire early end up becoming their campaign “coordinators.” She also pointed out that at the height of the pandemic, the distribution of social benefits “was being used by our candidates.” 3. Conduct public education activities on voter registration, voting, electoral reform and other issues affecting our democratic institutions On Saturday, October 29, the Poll Watchdog Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) expressed its support for the efforts of the Electoral Commission (Comelec) to assert its independence through its own offices and issued a renewed call to promote the Comelec Integrity Bill. Members of ANFREL in the Philippines, the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) and other like-minded organizations have launched a petition calling on the upcoming Congress not to postpone the scheduled elections in the barangay and sangguniang-Kabataan. Sign the petition here. We renew our call to the next Congress not to postpone December 5, MANILA, Philippines – The Legal Network for True Elections (LENTE) continues to hope that the Senate and House of Representatives will reverse President Bongbong Marcos` decision to veto a bill that exempts election workers` and employees` fees, allowances and other benefits from taxation. LENTE said most Filipino voters do not report the misuse of state resources (ASR) to vote by their local officials, as few know the difference between legitimate social services and abuse of power, while many fear for their safety or do not believe anything is being done in these cases. according to the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE). An anti-dynasty provision in the party list law is one of the key areas of legislative reform being studied by the country`s two election watchdog groups. Aldeza said the low number of reported ASR incidents is partly due to the “lack of identifiers” on government resources such as red signs on public vehicles.
Question about disqualification. A Barangay Kagawad candidate had spent more than 2 years in prison for drug offences and was released about 2 months ago.