Press Release
PR-071-2015
17 May 2015

Embassy Facilitates Over 50K Overseas Voting Registrants

(17 May 2015, Riyadh) – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has facilitated over 50,000 applications for overseas voting (OV) registration and certifications one year into the registration period. All Filipinos in Saudi Arabia are encouraged to register before the deadline on 31 October 2015.

The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has facilitated 53,617 applications for overseas voting registration and certifications as of 17 May 2015. All other OV-related services for the same period have reached 55,483.

The Embassy has breached the fifty thousand (50K) mark twelve months into the OV registration period. OV registration started on 06 May 2014.

The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has consistently been at the top of all other Philippine Embassies and Consulates-General in the world in terms of the number of OV services facilitated.

Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, H.E. Ezzedin H. Tago, thanked all Filipinos in Saudi Arabia for their enthusiasm in registering as overseas voters. He encourages Filipinos in the Kingdom who have yet to register to do so before the deadline on 31 October 2015.  “Inaanyayahan ko po ang lahat ng Pilipino sa Saudi Arabia na magrehistro bago ang deadline. Mayroon na lamang po tayong anim na buwang natitira para dito,” said Ambassador Tago.

Registering as overseas voter will allow qualified Filipinos to vote for the positions of President, Vice President, 12 Senators and 1 party-list representative during the National Elections in 2016.

OV registration continues to be held at the lobby of the Embassy from Sunday to Thursday from 8AM to 5PM and during Embassy-on-Wheels (EOW) outreach missions.

Completion of registration forms may also be made online at irehistro.com. END