20/12/2023
READ: LENTE's 2023 BSKE ASSESSMENT REPORT
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In view of the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Legal Network for Truthful Elections deployed 1,000 volunteers from its 45 law school chapters, 8 Tayo Na! Collaboratory (TN!C) for Young Leaders of Democracy coalitions and 50 partner organizations in selected areas covering 17 regions nation-wide.
LENTE’s monitoring efforts for the 2023 BSKE focused on the following aspects: a) vulnerable sector voting, i.e. the voting of Persons with Disability (PWD), Senior Citizens/Older Persons, Indigenous Peoples (IP), and Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL); b) COMELEC’s innovations for the 2023 BSKE which includes Early Voting Hours in Naga City and Muntinlupa City, Mall Voting in selected malls in the National Capital Region (NCR), Cebu Province, and Legazpi City; c) pilot-testing of the Automated Election System (AES) for the BSKE in Dasmariñas City and Quezon City; d) KatutuVOTE - an initiative which enhances engagement of Indigenous Peoples from Mindoro, Bulacan, and Palawan in the 2023 BSKE and e) incidents of Abuse of State Resources in elections (ASR) wherein incumbent candidates for Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan use government resources in their campaign, resulting to an unfair advantage against their fellow candidates.
LENTE’s findings in the instant assessment are primarily based on the reports received from its volunteer monitors during the election period. These findings are categorized according to particular electoral standards, namely: a) Safety, b) Accountability, c) Transparency, and d) Inclusiveness. All of these combined are used to assess whether or not public confidence in the elections is observed. Observations regarding election day procedures and voting in the BARMM are also included in this report.
Findings regarding the result of the pilot-testing of innovations during the 2023 BSKE such as the Early Voting Hours, Mall Voting, and use of the Automated Election System are also present in the report.
