3 July 2009- Manila. CMN President, Rev. Fr. Francis Lucas represented the Catholic Media Network in the signing of the memorandum of agreement with other media, academic and telecoms partners for the biggest election coverage dubbed “Eleksyon 2010” under the leadership of the country’s premier television network, GMA-7. This renewed partnership marks the fourth time CMN joins the country’s most comprehensive coverage of Philippine elections.

Geared towards the country’s first automated national election on May 10, 2010, the partnership now includes more players from the academe and major NGO’s as well as professional organizations. Joining the core media players: GMA Network for television and new media, CMN and RGMA for radio, Philippine Daily Inquirer for print and internet and PLDT and SMART for back-end communications are the following: Pulse Asia, Inc., NAMFREL/PPCRV, Rock Ed

Philippines, Youth Vote Philippines, Institute for Political and Electoral Reforms, the Philippine Bar Association, COMELEC, SM Prime Holdings, Ateneo de Manila School of Government, DLSU Institute for Governance and the UP School of Economics.

In his speech, Fr. Francis Lucas renewed the Catholic Media Network’s commitment to devote all its media resources, being one of the largest radio networks in the Philippines for clean, transparent and successful elections next year. “It is very crucial for us to exert all efforts to unite with different stakeholders, the shakers and movers of industries in mass media in safeguarding the sanctity of the Filipino people’s choices in electing our country’s leaders… we are confident that in this election, we shall be able to offer once again to the Filipino people the most comprehensive, the most extensive and above all the most objective analysis and reportage of everything vital to the success of the 2010 Elections for God and Country.”

This partnership for Eleksyon 2010 is in line with CMN’s Register Vote Change (RVC) campaign also in line with the upcoming elections. Henceforth, CMN radio stations will accelerate its media advocacy and awareness campaign to pursue its agenda for political reform and maturity.