The United States (US) Embassy lauded Tuesday the country for a job well done, adding that it looks forward to working with the next administration.

In a statement, the US Embassy in the Philippines said that despite some glitches in the first automated polls, the country was able to conduct a successful election. The American Embassy is the first to release a statement regarding the outcome of the country’s first automated polls.

“The Embassy of the United States extends warm congratulations to the people of the Philippines for achieving another milestone in their nation’s democratic history with the May 10 elections,” the US Embassy said in a statement.

“While there are always lessons to be learned, our overwhelming impression is that the Philippines has much to be proud of today,” it added.

The US was among those which sent observers in the conduct of the elections, with US observers pegged at 120. More than 300 foreign observers from at least 15 countries had been accredited by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for this year’s national polls. (Madel Sabater)