CCHOPE ELECTION 2001

In partnership with VOTECARE, PPCRV, NAMFREL and major media organizations!

The mid-term elections this coming May 14, the 12th national electoral exercise since the first EDSA revolution in 1986, is very crucial.  The polls that will take place is set in a milieu of a recovering national leadership amid a promise of a stabilized political condition after the election.  The promise extends to a better economy after the polls.  All these promises, however, hinge on the conduct of credible elections.

Positions and Candidates

·                 80,000 candidates (estimated) will run for over 17,155 elective posts nationwide

·                 28-32 candidates to vote for

o               senators, party-list, congressional representative, governor, vice-governor, provincial councilors, city/town mayor, vice-mayor & city/town councilor

·        in 1998, voters considered 250 candidates who vied for the 32 positions

 

Voters and Administrators

·                 34 million voters, 50% aged 18-30 years old

o               4.8 million young voters will vote for the first time

·                 220,000 precincts requiring 666,000 public school teachers and public servants to serve in the board of election inspectors (BEIs)

·                 Overall election budget is estimated to be at P90 per capita

Key players in the election

·                 candidates, political parties and supporters

·                 Comelec and its deputized agencies

o               DECS (BEI, Canvassers), Department of Finance (treasurers), Department of Justice (canvassers), Philippine National Police/Armed Forces of the Philippines

·        Organized Citizenry – Namfrel and their supporting and partner organizations, C-Cimpel (Cebu), Kasama (Cotabato City), Mahal (Nueva Ecija), PEAZE (Zamboanga city), Votecare and PPCRV

 

 

 


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Last Updated: Monday, May 14, 2001 06:20:45 AM