NAMFREL is Bantay ng Bayan in the May 2010 Elections

1. NAMFREL is BantayngBayanin the May 2010 Elections Returns to the original role it performed in 1983 when it was first engaged in the Philippine election process Reports to the Filipino people its observations, findings, and recommendations of the critical aspects of the election process

2. Basic Principles of the BnB UDHR Article 21 - Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives working for free, fair, clean, and credible elections Looks at critical aspects of the election process Looks at the performance of the key players in the elections

3. ICCPR Article 25 - Every citizen shall have the right to vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors.

4. Critical Aspects of the Election • Legal Framework: Election Law, General Instructions and Resolutions • Candidates and Parties’ Registration • Voters List • Automated Election System • Campaigning • Election Day • Counting, Transmission and Canvassing • Proclamation • Protests

5. Players in the Elections • COMELEC - Commission - Board of Election Inspectors - Board of Canvassers • Candidates • Political Parties • Police and Military • Smartmatic (Technology Supplier) • PPCRV (Citizens’ Arm) • Media • Local and Foreign Election Monitors - TF 2010 - BantayEleksyon (47 NGO’s) - AESWatch - LENTE - We Watch - KontraDaya

6. Facts about the May 2010 Elections 50,723,734 Registered Voters (as of Jan. 15, 2010) 76,340 Clustered Precincts 37,422 Voting Centers 82,200 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) Machines -6,729 Backup PCOS Machines P 7.2 B Cost of Automation (Contract Price) National Positions: 1 President, 1 Vice President , 12 Senators, 230 District Representatives, 57 Party List Representatives Local Positions: 80 Governors, 80 Vice Governors, 137 City Mayors, 137 City Vice Mayors, 1,497 Municipal Mayors, 1,497 Municipal Vice Mayors, and SangguniansMembers at Province, City and Municipal levels

7. Why BnB? • Does not need accreditation from the COMELEC • Will run with or w/o accreditation by COMELEC of Random Manual Audit (RMA) • Engages its nationwide volunteers in the entire election process • Monitoring Instruments and process of evaluation use international standards of free and fair elections (____)

8. The BnB Protocol (One Cycle) Report to the People ^ Consolidation and Summary of Provincial reports at the National NAMFREL + Analysis of National Events ^ Consolidation and Summary of Municipal reports in 80 Provinces and NCR ^ Data Gathering in 1,497 Municipalities and 137 cities ( 1,634 LGUs) using one common instrument

9. BnB Reporting Period

10. Responsibility Centers • Chairman and Secretary General presenting the report to the public • National Council acting as Oversight Committee to review and approve BB Reports before these are released • Three Teams at NAMFREL National • Operations 1 • Operations 2 • Research of National Situation • Provincial Chairperson mobilizing BB observers (recruitment and performance monitoring), organizing data, and supervising submission at the appointed time ; releases reports at the provincial level where appropriate • Provincial BB Teams (2-4 people) in each province consolidating data and writing reports • (Municipal and City Chairpersons mobilizing BB Ground Observers – where applicable) • Local Observers – ground BantayngBayan securing data.

11. Summary of Role & Task May 2010 • With an accreditation– Random Manual Audit (PagsuringBayan) • With or without an accreditation– Parallel Count (BilangngBayan) • With or without an accreditation– monitoring & observation (BantayngBayan)