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On July 19, 2009, the Central Mindanao University’s National Service Training Proram (NSTP), in coordination with Bantay Eleksyon organized a Voters’ Education attended by some 1,500 students. Deewai Rodriguez discussed the significance of the youth’s participation in the country’s democracy and the role of Bantay Eleksyon. Pia Zamora from TACDRUP lectured on the importance of voters’ registration and how the youth can actively participate in the process. The activity yielded positive results as many students registered as citizen reporters.
On July 18, 2009, BE was invited to the annual leadership training of student council leaders of Bukidnon State University (BSU). Deewai Rodriguez (BE Area 8 coordinator) discussed the concept of Bantay Eleksyon and lectured on citizen voter education. The student leaders participated actively and expressed their willingness to join BE as citizen reporters by registering as such. They further committed to recruit more volunteers.
Election monitoring group, BE2010 met with several young professionals in Davao City, last May 28, 2009 to initially introduce the BE campaign with TACDRUP.
As another election year approaches, civil society groups, once again beef up on voters’ registration, education and monitoring campaign. Bantay Eleksyon, an initiative of various electoral reform advocates which started in 2007, is aiming to foster fair, free, and credible elections through monitoring of national and local elections and the performance of the Commission on Elections. BE’s campaign was re-launched in several areas across the country last April 2009.