Catholic Church-backed poll watchdog group Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) will again serve as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) official citizens’ arm in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls on October 25.
This following the approval of the PPCRV’s petition for accreditation by the Comelec last September 21, 2010.
“The petitioner’s participation during the past electoral exercises, including the recently concluded May 10, 2010 Automated National and Local Elections, and its commitment towards honest, clean, credible and peaceful elections are commendable,” the Comelec resolution read.
“Much more commendable are its present efforts to provide assistance to voters with disabilities in connection with the upcoming Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections set on October 25, 2010,” it furthered.
As the Comelec’s citizens’ arm, the PPCRV must perform the following duties: conduct poll watching in various precincts and provide voter’s assistance, including assistance to Persons with Disability (PWD) and assist the Commission in voter’s information and values education in every municipality, province and city including highly urbanized cities.
The Commission, on the other hand, will furnish PPCRV with a soft copy of the Computerized Voter’s List (CVLs) for the effective discharge of its responsibility, particularly on the aspect of Voter’s Assistance; furnish PPCRV free of charge with the fourth (4th) copy of the Election Return for the conduct of an internal unofficial count; authorize PPCRV to undertake a widespread stakeholder education and training program to educate the public and fully inform the electorate about the forthcoming October 25, 2010 Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections and inculcate values on honest, peaceful, orderly and informed elections.
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