LI commends the Liberal Party (LP) of the Philippines for leading the united opposition in the 2019 mid-term elections and bravely standing up against fear and the well-oiled machinery of the Duterte administration.

The global liberal family notes with concern the elections faced technical anomalies involving the delayed transmission of transparency servers and the breakdown of vote counting machines needed to facilitate accurate elections returns.

Liberal International is proud of the courage and determination LP demonstrated throughout the election campaign, in the midst of such politically challenging conditions, and urges the party to remain steadfast in its fight to uphold democracy, human rights, and rule of law in the

Philippines and to continue to speak up against the authoritarian tendencies of the Duterte administration. Liberal International also calls on its member parties and the international community to remain vigilant as the results of the mid-term elections allow President Duterte to further consolidate power, which could pave the way for the passage of draconian legislation, including the revival of death penalty, lowering the age of criminal liability, removal of constitutional term limits.