PH Embassy in Brunei First to Transmit Election Returns to COMELEC

PHOTO: The Philippine Embassy in Brunei was the first Philippine Embassy to successfully transmit 100 percent of its Election Returns to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) during the early hours of 14 May 2019.

The Embassy closed the polls for the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) for the 2019 Senatorial and Party List Elections on 13 May 2019 at exactly 6:00 p.m., (Philippine and Brunei time). Fifty year old and long time Brunei resident Marilyn Ramos Rementillacast the last vote.

The Embassy reported that 4,034 overseas Filipinos exercised their right to vote out of the 14,000 that were registered in Brunei for this elections.

 (Brunei PE photo)

Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) Closing Vote Procedures being undertaken by the Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) led by Vice Consul Jaybee Arguillas. (Brunei PE photo)

SBEI Chairperson Vice Consul Jaybee Arguillas reads the partial election returns (Brunei PE photo)

Overseas Voting Watchers and Volunteers from the Filipino Association witness the electronic transmission of Election Returns to COMELEC. (Brunei PE photo)

The Election Returns and Certificate of Canvass (COC) being posted for the public’s viewing after the successful transmission of Elections Returns to COMELEC. (Brunei PE photo)

Overseas Voting Watchers sign the Election Returns. (Brunei PE photo)

SBEI and registered Overseas Voting Volunteers from the Filipino Association cuts the unused ballots as part of the OAV Closing Vote procedures. (Brunei PE photo)

The Special Board of Canvassers (SBOC) led by DAFA Col. Jose Ricky Laniog starts the Consolidating and Canvassing Procedure. (Brunei PE photo)

For more information, visit www.bruneipe.dfa.gov.ph, www.philippine-embassybrunei.org or https://www.facebook.com/PHinBrunei/.