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                    [Title] => Namfrel seeks Comelec accreditation
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The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Election (Namfrel) has filed a petition for accreditation with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) so it can do a quick count in the coming May national elections.


Once the petition is approved, the Namfrel will then conduct "Operation Quick Count," that will give the public an insight on the trend of election results.

Under the setup, Namfrel will be given a copy of the election returns of the national and local polls, enabling it to count the votes.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249733 [Title] => Text messages delay Namfrel vote count [Summary] => The National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) admitted yesterday it was overwhelmed by the volume of election returns (ER) results sent via text messaging, saying this caused a delay in their tabulations.

Namfrel chairman Jose Concepcion Jr. told reporters transmission of data in previous elections’ Operation Quick Count was "slightly quicker than now."
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 227527 [Title] => Arroyo hopes Comelec will approve Namfrel quick count [Summary] => While President Arroyo cannot overrule the Commission on Elections, she hopes the Comelec will change its mind and accredit the National Movement for Free Elections so Namfrel may continue conducting its "Operation Quick Count" in the May 2004 elections.

The President said in a interview over radio station dzMM yesterday that the Comelec and other constitutional bodies are independent and autonomous from the executive and she cannot interfere with their decisions.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226482 [Title] => EDITORIAL - One more time for Namfrel’s quick count [Summary] => The National Movement for Free Elections has received both cheers and jeers in its long years of involvement in the Philippine electoral process. [DatePublished] => 2003-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225778 [Title] => It’s final: No Namfrel count [Summary] => The National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) will no longer conduct its independent quick-count in next year’s general elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.

Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said the seven-member Comelec sitting en banc is inclined to uphold its previous decision not to allow Namfrel to conduct the "Operation Quick Count" that has been part of electoral exercises in the Philippines for two decades.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225293 [Title] => For the 1st time in 20 years, Namfrel may not hold quick-count [Summary] => For the first time in 20 years, the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) might not conduct its parallel and independent quick-count during a national election.

Jose Concepcion and Guillermo Luz, Namfrel chairman and secretary general, respectively, both expressed apprehension over the outcome of next year’s national elections as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) continues to defer action on their request for accreditation.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90077 [Title] => Safeguards in new registration sought [Summary] => The poll-watch group National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) called yesterday for safeguards to ensure the integrity of a special voter registration for the May 14 congressional and local elections.

Namfrel national chairman Jose Concepcion Jr. stressed in a statement yesterday the importance of establishing "minimum safeguards" for the special registration of voters that will be taken up in a special session of Congress beginning tomorrow.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097645 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89713 [Title] => GMA eyes Tanjuatco as Comelec chief, Siazon as envoy to Tokyo [Summary] => A former congressman who served as legal counsel to Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson during the Senate hearings on the jueteng scandal last year is the personal choice of President Arroyo to head the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Former Rizal Rep. Emigdio "Ding" Tanjuatco Jr., Malacañang sources said, has been mentioned by the President as a possible replacement for Harriet Demetriou, whose term as chairman of the poll body lapsed Tuesday.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Namfrel seeks Comelec accreditation
                    [Summary] => 

The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Election (Namfrel) has filed a petition for accreditation with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) so it can do a quick count in the coming May national elections.


Once the petition is approved, the Namfrel will then conduct "Operation Quick Count," that will give the public an insight on the trend of election results.

Under the setup, Namfrel will be given a copy of the election returns of the national and local polls, enabling it to count the votes.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249733 [Title] => Text messages delay Namfrel vote count [Summary] => The National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) admitted yesterday it was overwhelmed by the volume of election returns (ER) results sent via text messaging, saying this caused a delay in their tabulations.

Namfrel chairman Jose Concepcion Jr. told reporters transmission of data in previous elections’ Operation Quick Count was "slightly quicker than now."
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 227527 [Title] => Arroyo hopes Comelec will approve Namfrel quick count [Summary] => While President Arroyo cannot overrule the Commission on Elections, she hopes the Comelec will change its mind and accredit the National Movement for Free Elections so Namfrel may continue conducting its "Operation Quick Count" in the May 2004 elections.

The President said in a interview over radio station dzMM yesterday that the Comelec and other constitutional bodies are independent and autonomous from the executive and she cannot interfere with their decisions.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226482 [Title] => EDITORIAL - One more time for Namfrel’s quick count [Summary] => The National Movement for Free Elections has received both cheers and jeers in its long years of involvement in the Philippine electoral process. [DatePublished] => 2003-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225778 [Title] => It’s final: No Namfrel count [Summary] => The National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) will no longer conduct its independent quick-count in next year’s general elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said yesterday.

Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said the seven-member Comelec sitting en banc is inclined to uphold its previous decision not to allow Namfrel to conduct the "Operation Quick Count" that has been part of electoral exercises in the Philippines for two decades.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225293 [Title] => For the 1st time in 20 years, Namfrel may not hold quick-count [Summary] => For the first time in 20 years, the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) might not conduct its parallel and independent quick-count during a national election.

Jose Concepcion and Guillermo Luz, Namfrel chairman and secretary general, respectively, both expressed apprehension over the outcome of next year’s national elections as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) continues to defer action on their request for accreditation.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90077 [Title] => Safeguards in new registration sought [Summary] => The poll-watch group National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) called yesterday for safeguards to ensure the integrity of a special voter registration for the May 14 congressional and local elections.

Namfrel national chairman Jose Concepcion Jr. stressed in a statement yesterday the importance of establishing "minimum safeguards" for the special registration of voters that will be taken up in a special session of Congress beginning tomorrow.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097645 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89713 [Title] => GMA eyes Tanjuatco as Comelec chief, Siazon as envoy to Tokyo [Summary] => A former congressman who served as legal counsel to Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson during the Senate hearings on the jueteng scandal last year is the personal choice of President Arroyo to head the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Former Rizal Rep. Emigdio "Ding" Tanjuatco Jr., Malacañang sources said, has been mentioned by the President as a possible replacement for Harriet Demetriou, whose term as chairman of the poll body lapsed Tuesday.
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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