Thursday, 21 April, 3:30-5:00 pm
On-line and in particular person.
Hedley Bull Constructing, Lecture Theatre 2 (HB2)
130 Garran Highway, Acton
ANU School of Asia and the Pacific
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Hosted by the Coral Bell College of Asia Pacific Affairs, ANU.
This discussion board examines the dynamics of the upcoming nationwide election within the Philippines. Will Leni Robredo be capable of overcome Bongbong Marcos’s decisive lead within the surveys? What are the pursuits of exterior actors within the election? How nicely ready is the Fee on Elections to supervise the polls?
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His Excellency Steven J. Robinson AO is Australian Ambassador to the Philippines. Over his in depth profession, he has developed and expanded Australia’s relationships with a broad vary of nations, with a selected deal with the South East Asian area. He has served in Australia’s embassies in Jakarta, Yangon and Bangkok and has held a variety of senior positions in Canberra throughout operational and company areas. In 2009, Mr Robinson was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) “for service to Australia’s worldwide pursuits by means of a major and sustained contribution”.
Paul D. Hutchcroft is Professor of Political and Social Change in The Australian Nationwide College’s Coral Bell College of Asia Pacific Affairs (of which he was founding director, 2009-2013). Whereas on secondment from ANU, between 2013 and 2017, Hutchcroft served as Lead Governance Specialist with the Australian Embassy in Manila. From 2018 to 2021, he was the general chief investigator of a A$2.1 million Australian authorities grant to ANU to assist a variety of analysis and advocacy tasks on democracy, human rights, and the rule of regulation in Southeast Asia.
Marites Dañguilan Vitug is without doubt one of the Philippines’ most achieved journalists and authors. For near a decade, Vitug – a Nieman fellow – edited Newsbreak journal, a trailblazer in Philippine investigative journalism. Her latest e book, Rock Stable: How the Philippines Gained Its Maritime Case In opposition to China, has turn out to be a bestseller. She is among the many authors who contributed to a 2021 e book, Maritime Points and Regional Order within the Indo-Pacific, printed by Palgrave/Macmillan.
Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Holmes is Professor of Political Science and Improvement Research and Fellow of the Southeast Asia Analysis Middle at De La Salle College. Since 2008, Ronnie has additionally been president of Pulse Asia Analysis Inc. Along with three phrases as president of the Philippine Political Science Affiliation, Ronnie has chaired the board of the Philippine Social Science Council. His affiliation with DLSU stretches again to 1985, by means of which era he has served as Chair of the Division and Affiliate Dean of the School of Liberal Arts. At different junctures, Ronnie was assigned to run De La Salle School of Saint Benilde and De La Salle Zobel. He obtained his Bachelor’s diploma in Historical past-Political Science from De La Salle College-Manila, his Grasp of Arts in Political Science from the College of the Philippines-Diliman, and his Ph.D. from the Division of Political and Social Change at ANU.
Lawyer Ona Caritos is Government Director of the Authorized Community for Truthful Elections (LENTE). She acquired her B.A. in Political Science and Authorities from the Ateneo de Manila College in 2004, and a Physician of Regulation (J.D.) from the Ateneo in 2008. LENTE is a nationwide, non-partisan community of attorneys, regulation college students, paralegals, and skilled volunteers engaged in vote monitoring and authorized work for trustworthy elections within the Philippines. It really works intently with varied civil society organisations to advertise human rights and a rights-based strategy to elections and governance.