VOTE PEACE 2010 POST-ELECTION ASSESSMENT, PUBLIC REPORT AND
RECOGNITION CEREMONY
JULY 1 – 2, 2010
 “The
2010 Election was peaceful relative to previous election
exercises” this was according to Mr. Patrick Patiño, project
coordinator for Vote Peace, when he stated the VP’s initial
assessment of the May 2010 election at VP 2010’s Post-Election
Assessment, Public Report and Recognition Ceremony held at
Imperial Palace Suites, Quezon City on July 1-2, 2010..
BE 2010 Preliminary Report – May 11, 2010 Press Conference
 The
AUTOMATED ELECTION was FAIR, FREE and SUCCESSFUL” – this was what
the Bantay Eleksyon 2010 told the media and a group of foreign
observers from the European Union at their Press Conference held at
Legend Seafood Restaurant at PICC Complex, the day after the May
2010 Elections.
The press conference mainly focuses on observations on election
process; from voter’s registration, party list groups/registration,
Final Testing and Sealing process, campaigning of Presidential and
Vice Presidential candidates, and on the Election Day.
WFDA International Conference
September 19-21, 2007IPER participated in the Second
Biennial Conference of the World Forum for Democratization in
Asia (WFDA) on September 19-21 at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza
Hotel. IPER Executive Director presented “An Assessment of
Progress in Building Democracy in the Philippines”, as part of
the workshop group on Assisting Democratic Systems
Consolidation. With the aim of evaluating progress of goals set
forth in the WFDA Framework of Action 2005-2007
Bantay Eleksyon 2007
Election Monitoring Assessment
Conference
July 3-4, 2007
 Bantay Eleksyon ‘07 described the May
2007 election as a “Qualified Success” during the presentation
of its monitoring report on the overall conduct of the 2007
mid-term polls in an Election Monitoring Assessment Conference
on July 3-4 at the Sulo Hotel in Quezon City. The report cites
that “the midterm 2007 elections were generally in consonance
with international criteria for free and fair elections. Credit
is due primarily to the people themselves who came out and
participated in the process as voters, monitors, media
watchdogs, citizen-voter educators, and citizen arms. However,
there are major areas of concern that threatens the very
existence of free and fair elections in the Philippines. These
are in the areas of election administration, enforcement of
election laws, prosecution of election offenders, voter
registration, election modernization, political party
strengthening, and citizen-voter education”.
Promoting Policy Reforms for Good Governance and Fiscal
Management
June 28, 2007
IPER participated in a pre-conference: “Promoting Policy Reforms
for Good Governance and Fiscal Management” organized by the
Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD)
at the University of the Philippines Balay Kalinaw. It explored
the following sub-sectoral concerns: Fiscal Management;
Political and Electoral Reforms; Local Governance; and
Anti-Corruption, Transparency and Accountability.
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Etta P. Rosales
10 August 2007
The May 14, 2007 Polls was a resounding vote of protest by the
people against a long line of unsettled issues; from the dubious
count of the 2004 presidential polls, spilling over to the
unresolved 2005 congressional inquiry on the Garci tapes, the
unsettling moves to change the Charter or declare a state of
emergency, and the two impeachment efforts to challenge Arroyo’s
legitimacy of rule.
They came, they sang and danced, and then they lost. It is an apt
epitaph for the phenomenon of actors, sports figures, and other
people of fame in fields other than politics who blithely entered
the 2007 elections.
Paper prepared for the Asian Civil Society Forum for Democracy (ACSFD)
held in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia on June 28-30, 2006.
Local governance has one of its primary functions, the advancement of
local development. Development, in fact, can be considered as the
primary raison d’etre for the existence of government.
Philippine elections have always been described as grand fiestas in a
land of many fiestas and celebrations. It is considered as the national
sport, eclipsing even in popularity the game of basketball.
Fernando Poe, Jr. is “Da King” in movie world. However, if some
oppositionists would have it, they would want him the king (or
president) of the country comes 2004 elections.
December 2003
Despite the major military offensive launched by the Estrada government
against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the gains made in capturing
MILF camps and even the possibility of the destruction of its armed
forces, permanent peace or the end of the conflict is nowhere in sight.
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