NEWLY PROCLAIMED Central Student Council (CSC) president Annie Agon has set constitutional reforms as her top priority for Academic Year (AY) 2025 to 2026.
Agon said her priorities would be advancing student welfare, fostering inclusivity, and ensuring effective advocacy under an improved CSC Constitution.
“The difference now is that I can take these priorities and integrate them into every aspect of CSC’s work, from policy-making to daily operations, so that our strategies are not only reactive but proactive,” Agon told the Varsitarian.
The push to amend the CSC Constitution dates back to the term of Nathan Agustin, the CSC president in AY 2022-2023.
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She also plans to draft a student Magna Carta that will outline the rights and welfare of all students.
“I intend to carry forward the groundwork we started on constitutional reform and the drafting of the Student Magna Carta,” she said.
Apart from the charter revisions, unifying different offices with varying priorities under a shared vision will be another challenge, Agon said.
She also plans to streamline feedback channels, improve mental health and academic support programs, and expand student-centered advocacy campaigns that address both University and national issues.
Agon said she would empower every officer to “take ownership of their roles” while ensuring a united and service-oriented council.
“This means fostering open communication, making data-informed decisions, and staying grounded in the needs and voices of the student body,” she said.
Agon, who served as the council’s public relations officer in AY 2024-2025, won as vice president in the 2025-2026 CSC elections.
Under the CSC constitution, Agon assumed the presidency to serve a one-year term upon taking her oath, after no candidates ran for the presidency in the CSC executive board elections held in March 2025.
“In case of vacancy in the office of the president, the vice president shall become the president,” Section 3 of the CSC constitution states.
No CSC president has been elected for the past two years. The last was Ierathel Tabuno, who ran unopposed for the position in 2023.
The Central Comelec recently announced special elections for vice president and treasurer, in accordance with the UST Students’ Election Code. With reports from Ella Mae A. Sison
