Thursday, Apr 19, 2012
Gulf News
Dubai The Philippine Consulate General in Dubai has announced plans to reach out to individual Filipino organisations under its auspices for the Overseas Absentee Voter Registration (OAVR) process.
The focus of the exercise is on completing the target number of registrations before the October deadline.
The OAVR allows Filipinos abroad to register to vote in absentia for the May 2013 local elections. Currently, there are 99 Filipino organisations accredited by the Philippine consulate that are members of the Filipino Community in Dubai and the Northern Emirates (Filcom-DNE).
Target
“We are encouraging the Filipino organisations under Filcom-DNE to set a date to organise themselves into a group of 150 or 200 people. For example, if one group in Jebel Ali can accomplish that, then we will bring the OAVR there,” vice-consul Geronimo Suliguin told Gulf News.
“We target around 12,000 registrants by the end of the registration period,” Suliguin added.
In the past six months, more than 2,000 Filipinos have registered their names for the polls.
There are over 600,000 Filipino expatriates in the UAE.
overseas voting
what you need
The documents required for an OAVR session are a valid passport with a photocopy, seaman’s book for sea-based Filipino workers and the voter registration form, available at the consulate and on its website.
By Janice Ponce de Leon?Staff Reporter
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