UPD Election Results: USC and CSSP

A personal account written in my personal capacity. Nothing I write should be taken as the stand of any organizations or publications I belong to :)

It was definitely worth the wait. If you're a UP student, waiting for the announcement of the University Student Council results at Vinzon's Hall should be on your list of things to do before you graduate. Granted, I couldn't cheer like most of the people there because I was too busy taking down notes and sending data to the staff in the publication office. Nevertheless, it was a uniquely UP experience. At around 7:00 PM I secured a spot behind the HALALAN Technical Team, and willed God/dess to lend me superhero vision because I was just as anxious as everyone else to see the results. I mean, the monitor was just there! At 7:06 the Tech Team announced that all voting precints were officially closed, except for the College of Law. The STAND UP supporters were singing a rather catchy song, but I didn't get the opportunity to ask what it was called. At 7:31, the Law precint closed and the votes were in. (Save for 7 manual votes-- 3 from Econ, 3 from Engineering, 1 from Bio-- that wouldn't change the turnout.) They began the announcements with the College Representatives.

Architecture: Alexander Mayoralgo (ALYANSA)
Library and Information Studies: John Ronald Almonita (STAND-UP)
CMC: Nigel Cornel (Independent)
AIT: Juan Carlo Danganan (START AIT)
NCPAG: Desiree Ico (KAISA) 91
Law: Chingkay Martinez (ALYANSA) 280
CHK: Angelo Flores (KAISA)
Statistics: Heverly Bravo (STAND UP) 214
CSSP: Juan Carlo Tejano (ALYANSA) 496
Economics: Carlo Go (STAND UP) 348
Education: Montana Dominguez (STAND UP)
Home Economics: Pamela Abesamis (KAISA) 253
CAL: Kriselda Sebastian (STAND UP) 324
Business Ad: Engelbert Chua (ALYANSA) 700
Music ALYANSA
CS: Jackie Canlas (ALYANSA) 401
Engg: Cyrus Cruz (KAISA) 1287; Michael Bien (ALYANSA) 1065
CSWCD: Marie Villar (STAND UP 67)
***The Fine Arts Representative backed out a day before the election, or so I hear.

Then came the councilors.

Marvee Resma KAISA 2642
Simoun Salinas ALYANSA 2739
Richard Etsrella ALYANSA 2790
Ezie Mariazeta STAND UP 2896
Jeanine Duran STAND UP 2910
Dan Ramos STAND UP 2922
Gem Garcia STAND UP 3080
Sarah Elago STAND UP 3263
Nico Ibaviosa ALYANSA 3587
K Karingal KAISA 3633
Tin Borja ALYANSA 3827
Chorva David KAISA 4159

Then the two highest positions.

Vice-chairperson: Amme Agudo STAND UP 4046; Bevs: 2659, Tonton: 2038
Chairperson: Rain Sindayen STAND UP 3091; Beng: 2972, Mario: 2923

The reaction from the STAND UP supporters was defeaning,and I don't blame them. They secured the two highest positions, plus five of twelve councilors. Afterward, Jane (News Department) appeared, apparently she ran from the CSSP precint she was covering, and said we had to interview people from each party. We found ALYANSA immediately, hello people in blue, and STAND UP, who were a sea of red in the middle of the Vinzon's Hall lobby, celebrating. One got the feeling that the celebration would last past dawn. But we could not find KAISA supporters, who seemed to have left right after the announcements were made. Jane told me the shocking news that BUKLOD CSSP won Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and ALL twelve councilor positions. The only positions SALIGAN won were department representatives (Anthropology, Sociology, Linguistics, and one of the two Psychology rep positions). Take note, there were no BUKLOD candidates for Anthropology, Sociology and Linguistics. I was stunned for quite a bit: nobody predicted that it would happen. EVER. Personally, I'd like a council that has an equal number of reds, blues, and yellows, but in CSSP, no. KAISA did not win any positions, although they weren't exactly running as KAISA but as independents. Maybe next year they'll gain party status and have more impact on the voters? The councilor with the lowest number of votes came from KAISA, after all. That said, I have not gotten over the BUKLOD domination. I have nothing against them, but the win simply defied all expectations. Here are the CSSP results, taken from http://sinag.co.nr :

Chairperson
Javelosa 670
Garcia 357
Abstain 81

Vice Chairperson
Mabel Ogoshi 681
Abstain 434

CSSP Representative to the USC
JC Tejano 496
Codi Rivera 426
Reinna Bermudez 150
Abstain 43

Councilors
Dan Ramos 521
Adrian Baccay 500
Paula Parungao 478
Ron Reyes 466
Mickey Eva 447
Anna Isaguirre 447
Daisy Ducepec 411
MM Merilo 393
Sam King 380
Casey Giron 352
Denesse Handumon 326
Chabi Tuando 318
Shin Ocampo 310
Paulo Caparas 294
Riz Lorenzo 282
Mahon Andaca 275
BJ Costales 246
Ralph Gascon 232
Jadd Dealino 205
Abstain 46

Anthropology Dept Rep
Vince Escarcha 26
Abstain 4

Geography Dept Rep
Ehjay Pasagui 65
Igi Toda 61
Abstain 3

History Dept Rep
Leslie dela Cruz 37
Jio Guiang 20
Abstain 0

Linguistics Dept Rep
Mhawi Rosero 83
Lester Oliver 1
Abstain 3

Philosophy Dept Rep
Mara Favis 46
Raya Manalo 43
Abstain 7

Political Science Dept Rep
Jolly Padilla 126
Jit Sohal 71
Geri Cerillo 19
Abstain 8

Psychology Dept Rep
Pia Vizcarra 312
Jay-Ar Alejandro 104
Richmae Gillera 84
Abstain 19

Sociology Dept Rep
J Peralta 44
Honeylet Santos 10
Abstain 28

Note: there are still 10 uncounted ballots

ON THE USC ELECTION RESULTS:

Jane: Ano po yung masasabi niyo sa results?
Toff Lumag (ALYANSA Spokesperson): Ano po to, uhm, masasabi ko as ALYANSA member? Well, we got 12 seats sa USC, 8 college reps and 4 councilors. Uhm, I think that with the quality of candidates that we have, yung mga nanalo, uh, we are confident, we are still confident, that, uh, that the programs of ALYANSA will be carried on in the USC. Kahit na, siguro, mas kulang tayo sa numbers ngayon, naniniwala tayo na mapapasa pa rin. And I'm actually very proud of the kind of campaign that ALYANSA brought this year, yun nga, yung "Kasama ka," I think we were able to put the message across, and that's the most important to us.

We also have an interview with STAND UP College of Arts and Letters Chair Krisha Sanihon, but I really need to get some sleep so I'll update this post and add a conclusion tomorrow.