RP Elections 2010

As Election Day draws nearer, lust for blood of perpetrators of violence also heats up.
There is an upsurge of incidents of election-related violence since the campaign for local elections started in 25 March 2010. Vote Peace 2010 (Vote Peace), a monitoring and campaign initiative against election violence of the Consortium on Electoral Reform (CER), in [...]

[Media Release]
The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) strongly condemns the brutal politically-motivated killings in Maguindanao of political supporters and journalists.
We call upon President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to take a firm and decisive action immediately to go after the perpetrators of this heinous crime, and for the government to consider this and other recent tragedies [...]

This has reference to the news item that “MARCOS URGES ABOLITION OF NAMFREL.” In said item, Ilocos Norte Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. was quoted as having said: “The country was deeply divided because of allegations of fraud during the 2004 and 2007 elections and Namfrel has done nothing about it. I think it’s about [...]

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, TO THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, and TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE
We, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) and the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) with a combined service of 44 years have committed ourselves and [...]