SG 3rd legislative meeting of the whole University’s student council is held at the SG Office on 4th of July, at exactly 9:30 in the morning. Officers from different LSC local student councils participated including LSC Officers from CICT, ISSP, CIT, IAL, IPERS, IS and LHS. The legislative body is composed by eight senators and headed by the vice-president.
The meeting is about the deliberations of resolution submitted by the different LSC before June 30. Authors of the resolutions are given a ten minute privilege speech to defend the resolution and convince the senators to support the resolution and vote for it. The vice-governor is the one to read the resolution. If the vice-governor is not present, the board member will be the one to read it.
As the meeting started, the invocation was led by Ms. Arianne Nellaine P. Hernandez, the senator from CAFA and head of the financial committee.
The opening remark was given by the presiding officer, Mr. Mark Anthony P. de Leon- Vice-President of the Student Government (SG). He said that all meetings and happenings in SG would be transparent, even though they are still coping up with these changes and will acknowledge the different publication present in the event. (The Nurses’ Notes, Engineers, The Mentors, and Cursor were the publications present in the meeting.)
Then, Ms. Jennifer Fabian of IS, a senator read the report about the last meetings held. She categorized the different meetings into General Assembly of all the officers, local and supreme; Supreme Student Council Meeting composed of the senators, vice-president and the president and the Legislative Body Meeting which is the vice-president, senators together with the LSC Officers who proposed the resolutions to be tackled.
The Supreme Student Council held their first meeting on April 19 then, on May 30-31, where the oath-taking ceremony was held at Radio Veritas. The 2nd SG meeting was on May 3, wherein they talked about the calendar activities of this school year. Afterwards was a legislative meeting. Forming of the different committees headed by each senator was talked about during the 2nd legislative meeting. Sen. Ernest Timothy Flores, senator from CICT gave a message to the press for attending the event as the head of the Public Relation Committee. He believed that the media serves as the ears of the students and they want the students to know what happened during the meeting.
Sen. Arianne gave the financial report for the collection of SG fee this previous enrolment. She detailed the expenses of SG during the oath-taking and other activities and as of June 18, SG has a fund of P620, 577.18. He explained that the main campus of each Colleges/Institutes would have a share of 50% from the collected fee in there department while for the satellite campuses they would have 20% share for the projects they would have.
At around 10:30, the adviser of SG, Dr. Bonifacio Cunanan came and gave a speech stated that “Positions is given by the electorate so they should serve the students and should not abuse their powers”.
Quarterly, LSC Officers could pass their resolutions, on the last week of June, August, and October for the first semester. For the second semester, they could pass it on the last weeks of November, January, and March.
Sen. Jessie Quinto gave the rules and regulations in submitting a resolution and how would it be approved by the legislative body. According to Article 7, Section 1 of their constitutional by laws, passing of resolutions are regularly and afterwards a legislative meeting is to be held to deliberate the resolutions. For a resolution to be approved, 2/3 votes are required. And a resolution should be for the benefit of the students and must be an allocated budget for the College/Institute. He quoted out that there are two types of resolution: a University wide resolution. Resolution/s should be submitted in a legal size folder together with nine copies of the resolution for the senators and adviser. After a week of activity, a financial report should be passed on their office. One senator should endorse the resolution. For this meeting, five votes should be garnered to be approved.
Resolutions are discussed according to which College/Institute submit first. The first was the ISSP (Institute of Social Science and Philosophy), their fist resolution was for the financial aid of their Publication “Tanglaw” costing of P5, 000.00. After a long discussion, five senators voted and had been approved named as Resolution No. 7. The second resolution of ISSP was about the needs of the students for long tables, cork boards and chairs. It was used in their laboratory and newly established building in the Spratlys. The materials are about P5, 000.00. It gained five votes from the senator and passed. It was named Resolution No. 9.
Due to lack of time, LHS (Laboratory High School) defended their resolution for the cleanliness and room ventilation. It is around P6, 250.00 for trashcans, lockers and wall fans. It was named Resolution No. 8.
IAL (Institute of Arts and Letters) requested the amount of P5, 000.00 for the seminars in writing and audio and video editing, a two-day event for the journalism majors. With some comments and questions, the senators approved it and named Resolution No. 10.
IPERS (Institute of Physical Education and Recreational Sports) requested P3, 000.00 to purchase a digital clock that will be used for monitoring athletes through their time management. It was known to be Resolution No. 11.
CIT (College of Industrial Technology) requested for P35, 000.00 as their budget for wall fans and long steel tables. Due to insufficient budget it was pended and the resolution was asked by the board for revision.
IS (Institute of Science) submitted two resolutions. First was for the financial aid of the IS Band Organization around P1, 500.00 It was them who said that students love and enjoy music. The resolution was approved named Resolution No. 12. Another resolution about their bulletin board about P3, 000.00 as budget but because certain bulletin boards are vacant from the Math Organization, the legislative body demanded a letter from their Dean that he is giving the right to use the board to the IS LSC so the resolution is pended.
COE (College of Engineering) requested P15, 000.00 budgets for rooms' ventilation in Federizo Hall because the rooms was lacked with electric fans and was needed repairs and with no opposed from the senators; it was approved and named Resolution No. 13.
At last! The voice of CICT (College of Information and Communication Technology) was heard, Vice-Governor. Karen Abobon, read their first resolution about the need for electric fans in the 3rd and 4th floor of the newly established academic building. They would donate 25 electric fans costing of P25, 000.00.
As our governor, Mr. Jedmerick Bernardo gave his privilege speech and said that from the previous year they also came up with the resolution asking for 200 chairs and some electric fans but because it was late March, the administration said that they would provide aircon units for the rooms. They defended the resolution and for the record, all seven senators voted for this resolution. It was named Resolution No. 14. The second resolution of our College was for the name tags of the new rooms in the academic building. They asked P3, 500.00 budgets for the materials needed since they want it to be digitally printed in panaflex. Apparently, it was pended.
Then the ex-officio senator from Meneses campus asked P5, 000.00 for the sports fest that they would have. It is a two-day event in which representatives for the Intramurals 2008 are chose aiming to improve the skills of students, senators approved it and became Resolution No. 15.
Before the meeting ended, Vice-president Mark reviewed their approved resolutions. Again, he thanked the media for attending the said event and hoped that they have opened our eyes through the backbone of working towards the betterment of the studentry.
--Ayra Roela Celso--
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