Manila, April 25 -- A team of European Union (EU) election observers are closely monitoring the reports of possible foreign interference in the upcoming May 12 midterm polls in the Philippines.

"Those kind of issues will be closely monitored if they exist. And of course, it is true that from over the years, there have been more and more foreign interference in elections, not only here," Deputy Chief Observer Manuel Sanchez de Nogues said in a press conference in Makati City on Friday.

In the same briefing, visiting Member of the European Parliament and the EU election mission's Chief Observer Marta Temido said a core team of analysts would be monitoring various issues, including election-related violence and foreign interference, among ...