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Rationale and Background The Concerned Citizens for Honest, Orderly and Peaceful Election (CCHOPE) is a non-partisan, multi-sectoral and inter- denominational SOCSARGEN-wide organization of individual citizens and civic, religious, professional, business. educational, youth and non government sectors, voluntary working for the cause of honest, orderly, and peaceful elections in the provinces of South Cotabato and Sarangani as well as as the cities of Koronadal and General Santos. CCHOPE envisions:
CCHOPE commits itself:
CCHOPE has the following objectives:
CCHOPE Key Results Areas: VOTER'S
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
ELECTORAL REFORM
PARTICIPATORY POLITICS
CCHOPE has the following main activities:
As non partisan organization volunteer organization, CCHOPE is funded neither by the government, nor by any foreign government, corporation or institution. It draws upon contributions made by many civic-minded Filipino citizens who support the same cause and has the same concern and mission. In all elections, the members of CCHOPE has been involved in the task of giving political and voter's education. This involvement dates back to 1992 General Election. It embarked also into poll watching and operation quick count by entering into partnership and membership with VOTECARE, PPCRV and NAMFREL, the accredited citizens arm of the COMELEC in terms of voter's education, poll watching and operation quick count. For the past nine years CCHOPE volunteers have been in the forefront of proactive citizens' participation in political education, voter's education, poll watching and operation quick count. It has has continued its cause and commitment towards active vigilance during and beyond elections. Ten of thousands of CCHOPE volunteers have offered and continue to offer their time, talent and treasure to achieve honest, orderly, peaceful election in the hope that this would translate to a better future for succeeding generation. We have lasted this long and remained a relevant organization with the volunteers, past and present, who remained true and heroes to the cause of honest, orderly and peaceful election.
At the SOCSARGEN level, it is governed by the CCHOPE SOCSARGEN Coordinating Council consisting of the committee chairs, provincial and municipal coordinators. It sets direction and make policies and guidelines. An Executive Committee or CCHOPE Secretariat Chair executes policies and plans of the organization and supervises the programs and activities of the CCHOPE SOCSARGEN Coordinating Committees as well as the city and provincial centers under his care. Heading the CCHOPE Coordinating Council are its Chair His Excellency Most Rev. Bishop Dinualdo D. Gutierrez, D.D., Vice Chair Fr. Jerome Millan and Secretary Ms. Vilma Agabon. The Secretariat Chair Fr. Ernesto O. Bendita leads the Socsargen Secretariat Team whose members are all CCHOPE Socsargen Coordinating Committee Chairs, his appointees, and all the Chairs of the provincial and city secretariat centers of the provinces of Sarangani and South Cotabato and city of General Santos. At the Socsargen level, CCHOPE is organized into 2 provincial chapter, 1 city chapter and 18 municipal chapters. At present, Fr. Ernesto Bendita and Fr. Frank Romano take care of the 2 provincial chapters while Fr. Jesus Jordan takes care of the General Santos City Chapter through the creation, supervision and management of the three secretariat centers for South Cotabato, Sarangani and General Santos City areas. While at the municipal level, CCHOPE is organized into various basic ecclesial community chapters under the guidance and leadership of the parish priest. It is the parish priest who represents the CCHOPE municipal level in any provincial meeting, assembly, consultations or planning. Each Center is responsible for manning all the polling places in all the voting centers within the city or municipality in the conduct of VOTECARE political education, PPCRV pollwatching and Namfrel's Operation Quick Count (OQC). Presently,
final organization of CCHOPE took place during the meeting on 26 March
2001 at the Bishop’s Residence. The organigram has several levels. The highest level is the SOCSARGEN Coordinating Council (SOCSARGEN CCHOPE CC) with its own secretariat. This secretariat has 6 committees under it: finance, food, security, transportation, communication, legal/documentation. Also directly under the secretariat are the three Provincial and City Centers: South Cotabato, General Santos City and Saranggani. Second highest level then are the South Cotabato Provincial Center, Saranggani Provincial Center and General Santos City Center. Each of this Provincial and City Centers has its own secretariat. Under the Secretariat are 10 committees: Media Liaison, Finance, Food, Security, Transportation, Communication, Medical, Legal /Documentaion, Couriers and Encoder /Computer. Parishes and Municipalities in South Cotabato and Saranggani are under the secretariat of the South Cotabato Provincial Center and Saranggani Provincial Center, respectively. Parishes/Baranggays in General Santos City are under the secretariat of the Gen. Santos City Center. The
Third level, then, are the parishes.
They can have their own parish centers with secretariats and
committees. Under the parish centers are the GKKs in the parishes. This is the lowest level. Its organizational structure will depend on the needs of the parish concerned.
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CCHOPE
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