voters (OAVs) this week for the 2013 midterm elections.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the OAV registration in
many areas began last Nov. 2, with overseas-based Filipinos lining up
to register.
The OAV registration will continue until Oct. 31, 2012.
In Germany, the first registrant was Melanie Steinmetz, a native of
Daanbantayan of Cebu who is married to a German national.
She last registered as a voter in the Philippines in the late 1990s
and has been residing in Germany since 2002, according to the DFA.
The DFA said she "expressed her joy and excitement at being able to
vote abroad and thereby fulfill her civic duty."
"Four applicants were processed at the Consulate during the first day
of registration, the oldest being a 42-year old civil servant and the
youngest being a 28-year old housewife," it said.
The Consulate intends to also conduct mobile/field registration
services to reach out to Filipinos residing in far-flung localities in
the six German federal states under its jurisdiction.
In Australia, the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney said Filipino
engineer Jerry Peñas and his wife Jacqueline were the first to
register as OAVs.
"Mr. and Mrs. Peñas came to the Consulate together with their
three-year-old daughter to apply for an NBI clearance," it said.
Peñas has been working in Sydney for the past three years as project
engineer for the contractor company, Leighton Contractors Pty Limited.
He participated in the first OAV in 2003 while based in Taipei.
The couple had to register again as their names are no longer in the
Commission on Elections (Comelec) list of voters, including OAV.
The Consulate will continue its information campaign to encourage more
members of the Filipino community to register as overseas absentee
voters.
In Timor-Leste, the Philippine Embassy in Dili said the first
registrant was Fe Singidas Bandrang, a resident of Timor-Leste since
2002.
A total of 17 registrants attended the first day of OAV registration, it said.
"The conduct of the OAV exercise was a one-country team effort with
the Embassy's attached agency, with the Office of the Defense and
Armed Forces Attaché augmenting the Embassy's lean staff complement,"
it said.
In Guam, the Philippine Consulate General in Agana said the first
registrant was Sarah Jane Dimaano Davis, who recently arrived in Guam
from Olongapo City.
Consul Edgar Tomas Auxilian congratulated Davis for being the first
OAV registrant on the continuing registration for the 2013 polls.
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