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More Mobile Services for Filipino Voter Registration Planned in UAE

By on August 1, 2012

More mobile services for the Filipino Overseas Absentee Voter (OAV) registration will be provided in the next three months to meet the October 31 deadline, a consulate official told Gulf News.

The OAV, which has been in place since 2003, allows Filipinos abroad to register to vote in absentia for the May 2013 local elections.

Following successful mobile registration services in Sharjah, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, and Ajman, Vice-Consul Geronimo Suliguin said his team aims to conduct more of these services over the next three months before October 31. The announcement came following a directive issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Manila to further intensify campaigns for OAV registration.

“We will have more mobile services for this purpose. We’re still planning the details at the moment but our team will definitely reach out to other areas in the northern emirates. The only emirate we have not gone to as of yet is Umm Al Quwain,” Suliguin said.

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