Legal Network for Truthful Election - Manila, Philippines

LENTE (Legal Network for Truthful Elections Inc.) is the first nationwide network of lawyers, law students, paralegals and other trained volunteers set up by various non-partisan groups engaged in election monitoring work. It was launched on March 23, 2007 at IBP National Office with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the LENTE Co-Convenors. LENTE is a way for lawyers to contribute to the great enterprise called nation-building. The heart of the Constitution is social justice, which is the diffusion of wealth and political power for the common good.Elections are about the diffusion of political power. It is the fundamental building block of any democracy. Beyond the brilliance in arguing case or the shrewd maneuverings in the courtroom, there is something noble and ennobling  

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in the practice of law when it gives substance to the freedom of choice and to equal opportunity to public office.