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International election monitor raises concerns over Philippine balloting
US-based National Democratic Institute recommends early preparations in case of system breakdown in Philippines' first automated election
- AP
- Published: 13:46 March 13, 2010
- Image Credit: Abdul Rahman/Gulf News
- Noel Servigon, Charge d'Affaires at the Philippines embassy in Abu Dhabi, oversees the registration of expatriates for absentee voting. Filipinos will elect a president, vice president, 12 senators, congressmen among the 17,000 positions in the May 10 elections.
Manila: An international election monitor has raised concerns over the Philippines' first nationwide automated election and recommended early preparations in case of a system breakdown during the May 10 balloting.
The US-based National Democratic Institute said in a statement on Saturday that the Commission on Elections should make a major effort to boost public confidence in the new system which promises to speed up the counting of votes.
The group said the election commission has not yet furnished a contingency plan required by to political parties and candidates in case the automated system breaks down.
Filipinos will elect a president, vice president, 12 senators, congressmen among the 17,000 positions to be filled up in the polls.
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