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OFW group to Senatorial candidates: Visit us, hold campaign sorties abroad

Friday, February 22, 2013 2:51

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Press Release

22 February 2013

OFW group to Senatorial candidates: Visit us, hold campaign sorties abroad

An overseas Filipino migrants’ rights group in the Middle East today urges Senatorial candidates to hold campaign sorties abroad to woo overseas absentee voters to give them ‘a chance to see ‘up close and personal’ and hear the candidates platform of governance and stand on specific issues that directly and indirectly affect the OFWs and the Filipinos in general.’

John Leonard Monterona, M-ME regional coordinator said, “Be it known that we, OFWs, will exercise our right to vote and will actively participate in the May 2013 elections.”

Monterona added that their group, like any other politically active OFWs groups, will campaign for “our candidates (Senators and party-list group) to woo fellow overseas absentee voters (OAVs). It was not just being reported in the media.”

On February 12, election campaign officially started as per the calendar of election activities promulgated by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). Senatorial candidates and Party-list groups simultaneously kicked off their respective campaign proclamations on that same day and election campaign sorties followed instantly the following day.

Monterona said they’re expecting the total numbers of OAVs to reach a little more than 700,000, after the COMELEC and the Committee on Overseas Absentee Voting (COAV) remove from the National Lists of OAVs about 200,000 who were registered absentee voters in 2007 and 2010 but failed to cast their vote twice.

Monterona, however, expressed optimism that the two contending major parties, PNoy Team and UNA, as well as independent candidates and party-list groups, will not take overseas absentee voters for granted as there is such ‘OFWs vote’.

“Well, 700,000 is a huge vote that could swing Senatorial positions between 6^th to 12 placers. Even a single vote could make a difference, so how much more the 700,000+ absentee voters’ abroad,” Monterona explained.

He further explained ‘OFWs Vote’ is a solid vote like that of ‘Solid North’ from the Ilocandia or Ilocanos and the so called INC vote (or Iglesia ni Cristo), who are believed to have a command collective vote.

“OFWs are bread winners. We have a certain degree of economic power to influence over our dependents and relatives to vote for our candidates. We will certainly exercise that influence to get our candidates win a seat,” Monterona lamented.

Monterona opined that there is no need for them to convince Senatorial candidates to conduct campaign sorties abroad to woo overseas absentee voters.

“We will nevertheless urge them to hold campaign sorties abroad so that we can hear their platforms and stand on specific issues especially OFWs issues and concerns,” the Saudi-based OFW leader added.

Meanwhile, Monterona announced that several overseas Filipino workers groups’ vow to intensify its electoral campaign as it throw support to MIGRANTE Sectoral Party of OFWs and families, which is vying to gain a seat in Philippine Congress via the party-list elections on May 13, 2013 representing OFWs and families.

Aside from Migrante chapters in the Middle East, Monterona disclosed that at the start of overseas absentee voting in April 13, various OFWs groups and Filipino communities will openly endorse MIGRANTE as their choice for party-list to represent them in PH Congress lower house.

“Bayan-Muna Rep. Teddy Casino is on top of our lists. We will endorse other Senatorial candidates who will take a stand for OFWs rights and welfare and who are willing to fight side-by-side with us on issues that directly and indirectly affect our sector and the Filipinos in general,” Monterona declared. # # #

Reference:

John Leonard Monterona

Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator

Mobile No. 00966 559428739

2013-02-22 02:48:46

Source: http://migranteme.blogspot.com/2013/02/ofw-group-to-senatorial-candidates.html

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