LENTE Series of Radio Talkshows

On March 19, March 26 and April 2, Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE) organized a series of 60-minute radio talk shows that can be accessed through 702 DZAS-FEBC radio stations, Facebook and YouTube. In the first episode, LENTE invited two government institutions, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) to discuss campaign resolutions and concerns over whether elections are accessible for persons with disabilities as well as interventions to address these issues especially during a pandemic. In the second episode on elections accessibility, LENTE invited four guests with intellectual, auditory, physical and visual disabilities. The speakers highlighted the challenges that persons with disabilities face during election season in the Philippines, such as Blind persons facing discrimination at polling stations and the lack of help desks and interpreters for Deaf voters. In LENTE’s third episode, speakers raised the role of government agencies to ensure inclusive elections and discussed whether previous elections were accessible for persons with disabilities.