2007 Elections

Foreign observers’ comparison of Mindanao with Afghanistan uncalled for — Bunye

MANILA — Press Secretary Ignacio R. Bunye lamented today as “uncalled for” the statement of foreign observers of last Monday?s midterm elections comparing Mindanao with the situation in war-wracked Afghanistan.
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Philippines bares new high-tech way of removing election posters

MANILA — Immediately after Monday?s peaceful elections, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) started to remove unsightly posters, streamers and other campaign materials that dotted numerous areas, including posts and walls, in the metropolis.
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Foreign observers in Philippines: Battle-scarred, different missions

By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA)
Center for People Empowerment in Governance

MANILA — Not since the snap presidential elections of 1986 have Philippine elections attracted a big number of international observers as this week’s polls. The May 14 mid-term elections were witnessed throughout the country by about 250 foreign observers coming from 24 countries. More than a third of them came from the United States, which sent 81 observers.

A number of them have observed elections in Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor and other countries torn by armed conflicts or classified as “emerging democracies.”
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