Election-related activities running ‘peacefully, smoothly,’ so far—EU chief observer

Manila Bulletin

The chief observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) assured on Wednesday, May 7, that their group’s election-related activities have so far been “running smoothly and peacefully” despite some members’ assignments to election hotspots. (MB video by Raymund Antonio)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/05/07/election-related-activities-running-peacefully-smoothly-so-fareu-chief-observer  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin

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00:00yeah your statement please okay good morning thank you very much for

00:06responding to our invitation I am Marta Tmeidu chief observer of the European

00:12Union election observation mission to the Philippines and member of the European

00:16Parliament today the European Union election observation mission to the

00:21Philippines deployed 104 short-term observers across the country this marks

00:28the deployment of the third group of European Union observers following the

00:34arrival of a 14 of analysis and at the end of March and the deployment of 72

00:42long-term observers in mid-April in the coming days a delegation of the European

00:48Parliament and the further 21 accredited members of the diplomatic community

00:53accredited in the Philippines will join the mission in total on election day

00:59European Union election observation mission will deploy a total of 226

01:06observance from all the 27 member states Canada Norway and Switzerland they will

01:13cover all regions of their destinations several teams will continue their

01:19journey by ferry or boat and are expected to arrive in their base later this

01:24evening or tomorrow I will remain in contact with them over the coming days I

01:31will also be observing on election day and we'll hold a press point to update you

01:38on our observation activities you are all invited to be there with us but most

01:45importantly you are warmly invited to the presentation of the preliminary

01:50statements on the 14 May two days after the election day at our headquarters in

01:57Manila our preliminary statements will be a public document I will be but it will be

02:03published on our website distributed to the press and made available to all

02:09Philippine citizens and the authorities a final report as you know with

02:15recommendations will be presented in the country approximately two months after

02:21elections the recommendations will be the legacy of this of our mission of this

02:26mission and they are offered to the consideration of people and authorities in

02:31the same spirit of cooperation and partnership with the Philippines that

02:36marks our presence in the country since our arrival

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