(The official roster of candidates for the Central Student Council elections. Photo by Basilio H. Sepe)
March 31, 2016, 11:34p.m. – SEVENTEEN of 18 bets who filed their certificates of candidacy last March 29 have been declared eligible to run in this year’s Central Student Council (CSC) elections.
The number of bets was trimmed to 17 from 18 after engineering sophomore and incumbent CSC public relations officer (PRO) Ranel Simon Rey withdrew from the race for auditor to focus on his studies.
The official candidates for president are incumbent CSC treasurer and marketing management sophomore Roi Sergio Rey (independent), former Institute of Physical Education and Athletics Student Council president Janela Love Nartates (LTC), and the outgoing assistant secretary of the Commerce and Business Administration Student Council (CBASC), Patricia Yi (Lakasdiwa).
For the vice presidency, outgoing Pharmacy Student Council external PRO Steven Grecia (LTC) will run against former CBASC assistant treasurer Josh Liñan (Lakasdiwa).
Former Faculty of Arts and Letters Student Council secretary Samantha Anne Williams (independent), physical therapy freshman Niña Jessica Pasno (LTC), and fine arts student Nina Bianca Ramirez (Lakasdiwa) are running for the position of secretary.
Competing for the post of treasurer are nursing junior Ma. Glyden Aguilar (independent), engineering student Rjay Yu (LTC) and architecture junior John Rick Bartolome (Lakasdiwa).
After Rey’s withdrawal from the campaign, biology junior Neil Joseph Lee (independent), CBASC auditor Romulo Terrado III (LTC) and accountancy student Amiel Justin Ollica (Lakasdiwa) are left in the race for the position of auditor.
In a press conference earlier Thursday, Ranel Simon Rey said the main reason for his withdrawal was his decision to focus on academics.
“I wanted to finish all my projects that I promised last year nuong tumakbo ako. Maybe after next school year I will be ready again to stand and represent the Thomasian community by running again for the CSC,” Rey said.
Meanwhile, information technology sophomore Patrick Joseph Magyani (independent), behavioral science student Jherome Ramos (LTC) and journalism junior Enna May Hermoso (Lakasdiwa) are all running for PRO.
According to the Comelec, the campaign period will be from April 4 to 20, while the mandatory debates will be on April 19. The proclamation of the new CSC officers will be on April 22.
The Comelec will also hold mock elections from April 4 to 5 with the results to be disclosed only to the candidates. Comelec vice chairman Raymond John Naguit said the mock elections will help the candidates decide on how they will run their campaigns. Alhex Adrea M. Peralta and Randell Angelo B. Ritumalta
