CIVIL Law Student Council president Nathan Agustin will lead the Central Student Council (CSC) in Academic Year 2022-2023.
Agustin, the lone presidential candidate, was proclaimed president-elect on Friday, April 8.
He won 27,809 votes cast online. Non-votes for president totaled 3,115.
“As part of the Central Board last year, we have already planted the seeds towards more grassroots-level governance in CSC, and I intend to fully integrate these systems [into] the whole CSC for the whole academic year,” Agustin said in an interview with the Varsitarian.
The law sophomore vowed to attend to the needs of Thomasians and enact the Students’ Code.
“We will have an active voice in pro-student policy-making and ensure that we will constantly remind the administration to respect our rights and listen to our needs, with the long-term goal of the approval of the Student’s Code and institutionalized representation,” he said.
Earlier, Agustin told the Varsitarian that he was at risk of disqualification after failing to submit his temporary transcript of records. He later said that a copy of his transcript had been already printed and sent to the Office of the Registrar.
Francisco Mayuyu, a nutrition and dietetics sophomore, was elected secretary with 27,434 votes. Unanswered ballots totaled 3,490.
Accountancy junior Benjamin Amper IV was proclaimed treasurer after getting 26,890 votes. A total of 4,034 Thomasians did not vote for treasurer.
Dale Marollano, a philosophy sophomore, was elected auditor with 27,020 votes. Non-votes totaled 3,904.
Music education senior Rhojen Sianda was proclaimed public relations officer with 26,881 votes. A total of 4,043 ballots were unanswered.
All candidates ran independently and unopposed for this year’s student polls. No student sought the vice presidency.
The Varsitarian reached out to the UST Central Commission on Elections for the voter turnout this year, but it has yet to receive a response as of posting.
The new Central Board of Students, composed of the newly elected local student council presidents, was also proclaimed. It will serve as the legislative arm of the CSC.
The elected local student council presidents this year are Shanelle Ann Ching (Accountancy), Lord Danly Mafe (Architecture), Peter Angelo Estalilla (Education), Kaleena Aaryanna Tongco (Fine Arts and Design), Audrey Marie Narcelles (Rehabilitation Sciences), Charles Hezekiah Importante (Nursing), Angela Justine Bautista (Science), Kristine Nicole Ramos (Tourism and Hospitality Management), Kim Czaccei Dacanay (Arts and Letters), Harris Abu Bakar (Pharmacy), Eugene Dominic Aboy (Sacred Theology), Jazmine Esusan (Physical Education and Athletics), Claui Channelle Calimquium (JHS), Van Kenshin Mamuad (SHS), and Jonathan Pakiwen (Philosophy).
No candidate ran for president in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and Education High School student councils.
The College of Commerce and Business Administration, College of Information and Computing Sciences, Conservatory of Music, and Faculty of Engineering will hold special elections next academic year as no student filed for candidacy this year, their Comelec units announced.
The Faculty of Civil Law will hold special elections in May 2022.
The winners were proclaimed on Facebook live.
