How LENTE sees Monday’s elections

THE Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) is the first nationwide network of volunteer lawyers, law students and paralegals trained and deployed to monitor elections in the Philippines.

LENTE was formed when the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and electoral reform groups NAMFREL (National Movement for Free Elections), PPCRV (Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting), CBCP (Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines), Alternative Law Groups of the Philippines, and the Ateneo Human Rights Center responded to the need for a citizens’ arm in the legal aspect of elections.