ONLY TWO aspirants filed their candidacies for the 2025 UST Central Student Council (CSC) special elections, one each for vice president and treasurer.
Mechanical Engineering senior Kojie Uy filed his candidacy for treasurer on Aug. 18, while Legal Management junior Rowen Oloresismo tendered her candidacy for vice president on Aug. 20.
The Central Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to hold special elections in September to fill vacancies in the posts of vice president and treasurer, in accordance with the UST Students’ Election Code.
Once confirmed by the Central Comelec, the two will run unopposed and are thus shoo-ins for their chosen posts.
The vice presidency was vacated after Annie Agon, who won the No. 2 position in the 2025-2026 CSC election, assumed the presidency. No candidate ran for treasurer in the previous election.
Treasurer aspirant Uy, a former coordinator to the CSC treasurer, said his goal was to establish better communication with local student councils.
“[M]y goal is to establish better communication between the local student councils so that they could better help their constituents,” he said.
He also plans to draft a manual for treasurers to help them navigate financial transactions.
“[P]roviding a better manual for the treasurers to help them with their work and such, so that they would have easier transitions with current [and past executive boards], and they would have a guide, especially from the [Central Student Council], so that they could [do] their work [better] and they could hit the ground running,” he told the Varsitarian.
Lone vice president bet Oloresismo, who previously served as coordinator to the public relations officer, said the downward trend of students running for the CSC pushed her to run for the position.
“I ran because I noticed the declining numbers of student leaders applying and running for positions … This made me want to step up, and want to help in fostering communities inside the student body,” she said.
Oloresismo said she would focus on fostering communities to “empower student representation.”
“I believe that student representation is important in the University and [it] would help the student body have a more secure and comfortable space in the campus,” she said.
Comelec opened the filing of certificates of candidacy from Aug. 18 until Aug. 20. The final list of candidates will be announced on Aug. 21.
The election period will start on Sept. 1 and will run until Sept. 6. Alexandra S. Demaisip with reports from Sydney Venice V. Berba and Louisse Raye Shara C. Santos
