DLSUD Student Election Code Revision Minutes of the Meeting Oct 27

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ELECTION CODE REVISIONMinutes of the MeetingDate: October 27, 2008Time: 1:25 pm – 10:00 pmVenue: Jabez Campsite Dasmariñas, Cavite

ATTENDANCE:

Marc Jeffrey Sioco USCEHernan Pantolla USCAilene Orong USCKrisina Rose Benbinuto HFRizza Mendoza HFMargaret Musa CSORonnie Ressurection CSOJihan Ledesma PI

Bayani Maucudio PIJulius Rocas SENTROJuan Marianito Delantar SENTROArwin Cortez SINAGMarie Rachel Coros SINAGSebedi Justin Busayong CEATNeil Paulo Hernando CEATFlorencio Romano III CLAJet Caesar Lontok CLEAsiangel Austin COECharlotte Malabanan COEChristine Gaile Pañares COSJudea Ana Moralidad COSDennyson Hilberto CBARosciel Ojena CHAIR



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AGENDA DISCUSSION ISSUES/CONCERN RECOMMENDATION DECISIONPrayer

(AmelitaMarquez)Roll call

Approval of the Procedure AmendedProcedure-Rule 11-Change of

ConstitutionalConvention

-Rule 28Section 62

Approved

VOTEYes- 12No- 1(CLA)

InformalMeeting of the

Committees

SENTRO-Read the Minutes of

the Meeting of

October 24, 2008Reading of theMinutes of the

Meeting(October 24,

2008)

USC-Motion to lay on thetable the reading of the Minutes of the

Meeting(October 24, 2008).

Seconded bySENTRO

MotionCarried

VOTEYes- 10No- 1

Abstain-2

SENTRO

-Suggestion forinformal meetingprocedure

Informalmeeting of the

CommitteesResume

(2:25 pm)

SINAG-Motion to Adopt theprocedure to revise

the Election Code perarticle

SENTRO-Revise the Election

Code per article

USC

-Revise the ElectionCode per committee



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CO-CHAR-There is still a

question whether weshall amend per

committee or perarticle or per section

SENTRO-Is the motion

official?

All the delegatesseconded the motion

to adopt theprocedure to revise

the Election Code perarticle

CONSULTANT-There is a motion to be

done chronologically

ADVISER-You cannot vote

properly because youcannot talk to your co-

delegate because youare arranged bycommittee

Amendmentwill be done

per article

VOTEYes- 12No-1

(CLA)CommitteeReport onArticle 1

SINAG-Isn‟t it we vote torevise per article?

CHAIR-The USC is only

suggesting

CONSULTANT

USC-Committee headshould discuss thecommittee report

-Those who are readyshould be the first one

to report

CO-CHAIR-Soft copy of thecommittee report

should be given to theSecretariat



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-Are you ready withthe soft copies?

CSO-We are not all ready

CONSULTANT-Can it be done in 5minutes?

BODY-It can‟t be done

CONSULTANT-How can it be done?

USC

-Motion to recommitto the committee forthe purpose of finalizing the

committee reports.Seconded by

SENTRO

MotionCarried

VOTEYes- 13

No-0

Recommittingto the

CommitteeResume

(3:00)

Article 1Section 1

SENTRO-Can we use colour

coding for thepropose amendments

USC-Point of Order

The motion to adoptshould come from us

CHAIR

-Every committee whodo not have theirsoftcopy will presentthe committee report

one per delegate



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CHAIR-Is there a motion?

SENTRO-Motion to adopt the

committeeamendment in Article1 Section 1

Seconded by USC

Adopted

VOTEYes- 12No- 1

Article 1Section 2

CHAIR-Are there any motion

to the proposeamendment?

SENTRO-Motion to lay on the

table Section 2.Seconded by all

USCE- Put the acronym USCand CSC to shorten it

Laid-on-the-table

VOTEYes- 13No- 0

Article 2Section 3

COMMITTEE-Change USCE

to DLSUDCommission onElections.

-“There shall bean independentelectoral boardwhich hereinafter shall bereferred to as

DCE. The DCEshall be

independent andan autonomous body”

COMMITTEE-Has no softcopy of

the report

CHAIR

CONSULTANT-Kindly read the hard

copies



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COMMITTEE-We change

USCE to DCEbecause USCE

is often

confused withUSC by thestudents.

COMMITTEE

-By all means

COMMITTEE-We will changeUSCE to DCE.

-There is a proposalon Section 3, is thereany motion to adopt?

SENTRO

-Why does the nameUSCE change toDCE? It might lead to

confusion.

CEAT-Can we use SCE-DLSUD instead?

SENTRO

-Motion to amend theproposal

CONSULTANT-There is a problem

with the title becauseArticle 1 is titled as

USCE. Is it USCE orDCE?

CONSULTANT-First, is there amotion to adopt

Article 2 Section 3?

CONSULTANT-We should adopt first

before you can givecomments. Is there any

motion?

SENTRO-Discuss the suggestion



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USC-Motion for a five-minute caucus to

finalize the section.Seconded by

SENTRO

CHAIR-MotionCarried

Caucus3:25

Resume3:30

COMMITTEE-We withdrawthe amendment

because theUSCConstitutionstates that it

shall be USCEuntil two years

wherein it couldbe amended

SENTRO-Point of Information.

The name

Dasmariñas StudentCommission onElections is

confusing. USC doesnot ignore the

revision of the USCEconstitution. USC

CHAIR-Motion

Withdrawn



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COMMITTEE-Autonomous

meansautonomy fromadministrationand program

council-Independentmeans there

should not beany interferencein the decision

of SEC

COMMITTEE-None

Constitution did notcreate the USCE;

therefore, it will notbe against the change

of USCE name.

-Motion to changeUSCE to Student

ElectoralCommission.

Seconded by USC

USC-Did you prepare a

definition for“independent andautonomous” as

stated in Section 3?

CONSULTANT-You are being asked

if there are anydefinition of

independent andautonomous

CONSULTANT-Are there any motion

to include the definitionof the said terms in theprovision? You can layit on the table then wewill just go back to it

later.

MotionCarried

VOTEYes- 13No- 0



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USC-Motion to lay on the

table Section 3,specifically defining

the terms independentand autonomous.

Seconded bySENTRO

Laid on thetable

VOTEYes- 12

No-1(CLA)

Article 2Section 4

COMMITTEE-Add “manner of creation of

the SEC”

COMMITTEE-Change OSA to

OSS

CHAIR-Is there a motion toadopt the amended

provision?SENTRO

-Motion to adoptSection 4. Seconded

by all

USC-What does “before

the month of August ” mean?

USCE-The USCE does notknow. We only base

it on the ElectionCode.

CHAIR-The Secretariat mustadd SEC as acronym



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ADVISER to USC-This is one of the

reason why we haveto revise the Election

Code

CONSULTANT-Anyone who knows

the answer?

SENTRO-Point of Information.The month of July is

the recruitment of

CSO. Therefore,August is the earliestmonth to complete

the members of SEC.This could be thereason why it is

before the month of August. They actuallyhave one year term. Itwill be hard to recruit

new members with

only few days beforethe school year ends.

USC- Motion to use SEC

Electoral Board inSection 4. Seconded

by CBA

CLA-Point of Clarification

Where will we addElectoral Board?

CLA-Are we going to useit in the entire Code?

OSS-For the past three

years now, we have thedifficulties with these

peculiars of USCE.First, the appointmentof the Adviser of USCE

will be late since thefaculty already have

their loads. Second, thebudget is already

allocated. I don‟t knowwhy August but it

should be better if youbrainstorm on that

because it will be ahard situation.

USC-In Section 4

CHAIR



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USC-We are withdrawingour previous motion

USCE-Motion to changeElectoral Board toExecutive Board.

Seconded by SINAGSENTRO

-Are we going tochange Electoral

Board to ExecutiveBoard? They are twodifferent terms. It is

confusing. ExecutiveBoard of what? Wecan‟t understand the

proposal.

SENTRO-Aren‟t the

Commissionersproviding the

decision? Maybe this

-Only in Section 4

SENTRO-Electoral Board should

be written before SEC-Electoral Board as ageneral term thathandles the entire

election. There will beno entity that could

monopolize since it is ageneral term.

USCE-Change Electoral

Board to ExecutiveBoard

USCE-Executive Board is

compose of theCommissioners whilethe Electoral Board isthe Student Electoral

Commission

SENTRO-Provide anothersection definingExecutive Board



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is not the propersection to include it.

COMMITTEE-Motion to call for the

previous question.Seconded bySENTRO

SENTRO-Motion to divide the

house

CLA-Motion for one hourrecess. Seconded by

all

SENTRO-Motion to amend it

to 30 minutes.Seconded by all

MotionCarried

VOTEYes- 11

No-1

MotionCarried

VOTEYes- 10

No- 3

CHAIR-MotionCarried

Recess4:15 pmResume4:45 pm

AdoptingSection 4

Motion isLost

VOTEYes- 1No-7

Abstain- 5Article 2Section 5

COMMITTEE-Motion to

amend Section 5-“compositionof SEC. TheSEC shall be

USC-We could scrap „SEC‟

before the word„adviser‟. It will beread as „an adviser‟



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composed of 1chairperson, 1

co-chairperson,1 secretary, 1treasurer, 7

commissionersand the SECAdviser ”

COMMITTEE-We should still

useCommissionersince they areone and the

same. The titleis not important.

Being a

SENTRO-Motion to limit the

debate into twospeakers excluding

the proponent.Seconded by USCE

CLA-Can the co-chair

participate in voting?

PI

-Are the 7commissionersconsidered to be

collegiate heads? Wewish that the 7

colleges are wellrepresented in the

SEC

USC-Are the members not

yet included?

COMMITTEE-The co-chair will be

included since he/she ispart of the board

PI

-Why not 7 collegiateheads? It is not clearwhere the

commissioners comefrom.

COMMITTEE-They are not yet

included.

MotionCarried

VOTE

Yes- 10No- 2Abstain- 1

(COE)



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collegiate headis his/her extra

work sincehe/she is alreadya commissioner

USC-How about theaspiring

commissioners?

CBA-Motion to adopt

Section 5. Seconded

by SINAG

COMMITTEE-One must not be acollegiate head of thecollege where he/she

came from

Adopted

VOTE

Yes- 11No- 1Abstain- 1

(COS)Article 2Section 6

COMMITTEE-Change USCE

to SEC-D. must not be

a member of anypolitical party inthe immediately

precedingelections.

-F.2. screening,panel interviewto be conducted

by the SECCommissioners

COMMITTEE-Sponsored the

Consultant‟ssuggestion

CONSULTANT-It could be better to

use „screening through‟

ADVISER-I hope that delegates

from USCE should alsospeak



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COMMITTEE-We believe that

a person iscompetent alsobase on his/her

academic

grades.

CONSULTANT

-It has implication

COMMITTEE-It is stipulated in the

USC Constitution

that‟s why we can‟tchange itimmediately

CBA-Motion to adopt

USC-f.1. certificate of good

moral character

USC to USCE andCOMMITTEE

-USCE has specifictime wherein they are

very busy. Can wemake it higher than 1.5

ADVISER-It might be hard for usto recruit members if it

will be higher than 1.5.Can we change it to„with no failing grades‟

CONSULTANT-It is easy to find

members for CSO,USC and RSO but withSEC it is very technical

-In SEC, what‟simportant is the

understanding onprocedure. If we makethe standard grade

higher, there might beno volunteer at all.

Think about it.

COMMITTEE-We could give

incentives

CHAIR-We must adopt firstbefore we proceed to

the arguments

USCE-can we add in the



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Section 6. Secondedby all

COMMITTEE-It is already written

that „must not haverun for any electiveposition. Only USC

and CSC haveelective position

COMMITTEE-Motion to adopt

CLA‟s suggestion

qualification „must notbe a member of

CLA-Include in the elective

position the USC andCSC to make it clear

SENTRO-Adoption should be by

the proposal of theUSCE first

Adopted

VOTEYes- 12

No- 0Article 2Section 7

COMMITTEE-Delete the term

„permanent‟

COMMITTEEAdministrators

are the

USC-What do you mean

with „administration‟in letter B?

SENTRO-Motion to adopt

Section 7. Seconded

USC-For consistency, there

should be number inwords before number in

value

Adopted

VOTE



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secretaries andtreasurer

by USC Yes- 13No- 0

Article 2Section 8

COMMITTEE-„Term of office.Subject to

reappointment…constituted‟

COMMITTEE-There areinstances that

SEC is notcomplete

HF-Does it mean that if they don‟t feel to

constitute a new onethen it will not be

changed?

CHAIR-It is the same

SINAG-For clarification,„subject to‟ is not

included

USC-Motion to adopt

Section 8. Secondedby all

HF-To make the first andsecond clause

consistent, use “andwill last until the next

academic year.”

CONSULTANT-It can be written as

“shall beformed/academic year

which shall last untilthe next academicyear”

Adopted

VOTEYes- 13No- 0

Article 2Section 9

COMMITTEE USC



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-Change„members‟ to

officers,commissionersand members of

SEC-The officers,commissionersand members

shall beremoved from

office on any of the following

grounds:

COMMITTEE-Accepts thesuggestion

COMMITTEE-It is written inthe USC

Constitution

COMMITTEE-Since you arean officer of anorganization,you have toabide anduphold the

Constitution,therefore, it is

only the officerswho will violatethe Constitution

-What do you meanwith „inability‟ in

letter B?

COS-What if the GPA will

be lower than 1.5 inthe second semester?

USC-What do you mean

with „culpableviolation?

USC-It is not what iswritten in the USCConstitution. It is in

the handbook

CLA-CLE and CLA

delegates went tocomfort room



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COMMITTEE-There will beno violator of

the Constitution

aside from theofficers

COMMITTEE-It is included

but it alsodepends on the

agreedregulation of the

SEC-Members alsocomposed the

SEC

COMMITTEE-Under the

Criminal Law, itis the wrong

appropriation of the fund of SEC

COMMITTEE-It is more

specific if weuse

malversation. It

CONSULTANT-What is the problem

with „culpable‟?

USC-Why do we have to

follow the USCConstitution if SEC

has its own?

HF

-Do the membershave official term?

SINAG-What is thedefinition of

malversation?

CONSULTANT-Just to emphasize butit can be changed since

it is not the USCConstitution who

decide

SINAG-Can we change it to

„graft and corruption‟?

CONSULTANT-Graft corruptionequates to many

different acts whilemalversation could



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will be easier toidentify the

offense

COMMITTEE-It should be

SENTRO

-Misappropriationmeans the money isnot yet used, it is only

stipulated in thebudget while

malversation, forsome, the money is

already used

USC-Motion to adopt

Section 9. Secondedby SENTRO

ADVISER-What is the

measurement of reasonable?

mean misappropriation

ADVISER

- It is better that theterms are clear not onlyto the body but for the

whole studentry

CONSULTANT-Let‟s be generic for

the ordinary student toeasily understand it

COMMITTEE-Let‟s be specific to

avoid confusions

USC-Add „unless

reasonable‟ in letter C

SENTRO- Change „commission‟to „have been foundguilty of any majoroffense‟ in let ter D

CLE-Make it „have found‟

ADVISER-Approved by



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valid

USC-Sponsors theConsultant‟ssuggestion

„by the SEC adviser‟

SENTRO-It is referring to their

internal affairs. We

should let thecommissioners todecide instead of

stressing theconvention to define

„reasonable‟

CONSULTANT-The reasonableness of

the issue is not timeconstraining. After allthat‟s the reason whyyou are revising. If

there is a silence in the

provision, the decisionwill also be silent.-It could be „approved

by the Adviser

CONSULTANT-Let‟s go back to

Section 8-What do you mean

with „subject to

Carried

VOTEYes- 12No- 0

Abstain- 1(USCE)



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COMMITTEE-It means thatthey are subject

toreappointment

CONSULTANT-There will bepossibility of

reappointment?

SENTRO-Motion to amend

Section 8„all members are

eligible to

reappointment

ADVISER-How do you put

eligible in Filipino?Karapat-dapat?

SENTRO-We stand by the

suggestion since thereis no incentive in

being a SEC. The factthat you are entitled

to be reappointed is aform of reward

reappointment? Does itmean that there will bereappointment after one

year?

COMMITTEE-Eligible toreappointment

SENTRO- Change „eligible‟ to

„entitled‟ and „members‟ to

„officers‟.

CLA-Can we change„entitled‟ to „may seek‟

CHAIR-We should retain

„entitled‟ first

MotionCarried

VOTEYes- 10No- 0

Abstain- 3(CEAT,

CLA, CBA)Article 2



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Section 10

CEAT-Can we go back to

Section 6?

-If he/she must not bean officer of anyorganization, howwill you settle if

he/she is an officer of an interest

organization? Pleasespecify if it only

includes those that areinterest organizations.

USCE-It includes any

recognized

organization in general.

CONSULTANT-Change „run‟ to „ran‟

in subsection E.Therefore, it will be

read as “must have not

ran for any electiveposition in theimmediately preceding

elections-Kindly quantify the

ter m “anyorganization”

USCE-It could be better if itis read as “must not bean officer of any RSO

in DLSU-D

USC-Can we use

“recognized studentsector” instead of



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COMMITTEE-Chairperson,

Co-Chair,Secretary and

Treasureralready includedin the proposal

SENTRO-The list of

organization isstipulated in Article 2Section 14, therefore,

it could be read as“must not be an

officer of any studentgroups as stated in

Section 14 Article 2of the 2008 USC

Constitution

USC-USCE is included inSection 14 of 2008USC Constitution

HF-The composition of SEC is mentioned inSection 5 but it is no

longer discussed inSection 6

CHAIR-Section 5 and 6 have

different thoughts

recognized studentorganization

CHAIR-Add “except SEC” atthe end

CHAIR-The body should vote

through general consentto proceed in Section

10

COMMITTEE-Instead of

Chairperson, Co-Chair,Secretary and Treasurer

CHAIR-General

Consent

CHAIR-Article 2

Section 6 isamended



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use „officers,commissioners and

members.

throughgeneralconsent

Continuation of Section 10

COMMITTEE-The title should

be read as“Manner of

Removing of Officers,

Commissionersor Members”

-“Any officers,commissioners

and membersmay be removedfrom office by aresolution duly

signed by atleast 2/3 of allits members

upon a verifiedcomplaint of thecomplainant or

through

initiative thatmay beconducted by

any member of SEC

COMMITTEE-It could be

public complain

COMMITTEE-It is not only thecomplainant that

complaints

CONSULTANT-What do you mean

with „verified‟

USC-We should scrap the

word complainantbecause it is redundant

CONSULTANT-If the complaint has no

signature, it will be



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COMMITTEE-The intention is

to prove that thecomplainant isserious with

his/hercomplaint

COMMITTEE-Complainant

means anystudent that willfile a complaint

CONSULTANT-How about

„verified‟?

ADVISER-Who has the right to

complain?-Where did the term„member‟ come

from?-How will a memberbe removed if he/she is not included in the

composition?

ADVISER-The provision can beabused since it is not

specified

invalid-Minimize legal terms

USC-Use formal complaint

-Remove the phrase „of the complainant‟

ADVISER-I hope that delegates

read and reallyunderstand each

provision

USC-Using the phrase

„members of academiccommunity ‟ is alreadymentioned, therefore, itwill be read ad “upon a

formal complaint themembers of any

academic community”



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COMMITTEE- The term„members‟

represents other

officers-Add “may beremoved by a

resolutionthrough 2/3 of all its officers,commissionersand members

COMMITTEE-They are

different fromeach other

COMMITTEE-The officers arethe Chair, Co-

Chair, Secretaryand the

Treasurer whilethe

commissionersare the sevencollege heads.

Commissionersare like

legislative boardand officers arethe executiveboard. This isproposed to

distribute the

CONSULTANT-Are the

commissioners andthe members differentfrom each other?

USCE-Define officers andcommissioners and

members

CONSULTANT-It could be better to

use “duly signed”



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work.

COMMITTEE-Commissionersare equivalent to

the collegeheads and thereare officers to

focus on certainissues

COMMITTEE-In the transitory

provision?

CHAIR-There should be adistinction betweenthe officers and the

commissioners.

CLA-Motion to lay-on-

the-table Section 11Seconded by USC

CONSULTANT-The initiative shouldbe clarified.

CONSULTANT-It can‟t be done.

USCE-Isn‟t it that Section

10 is already laid-on-the-table? Therefore,

we should bediscussing the next

section.

SENTRO-To make it simple,

maybe the committeemeans that

commissioners aregroup of people thatdecides on election

matters, officers handlethe administrative task and members are the

support personnel of the commissioners.

CHAIR-The definition of

commissioners, officersand members are theones laid-on-the-tableand not the discussion

of Section 10.

Laid-on-the-table

VOTEYes – 6No – 3

Abstain - 4



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SENTRO-We are confused

because according tothe CLA delegate‟s

motion, it‟s the whole

Section 10 that islaid-on-the-table

SENTRO-Motion to take a

recess for one hourSeconded by all

CHAIR-The whole Section 10

is laid-on-the-table.Sorry for the

misunderstanding.

CHAIR-Let‟s limit it to 30

minutes.

Recess 7:05pmResume7:50pm

Article 2

Section 11

COMMITTEE-The proposed

provision is readas “Vac ancy.

The permanentvacancy in anySEC positionmay occur in

any of the

followingcircumstances:a.) Violation of

any groundsstated on Article

2 Section 9 of this code

b.) Resignationfrom officeLikewise…

SENTRO-Motion to adoptSection 11

Seconded by all

Adopted


Abstain – 1(CLA)



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SENTRO-Motion to add a

new section inArticle 2pertaining to thespecial trainingsof the officials

and members of SEC in order for

them to holdproper seminar

on election lawsfor candidates

USC-Point of Inquiry- We

can already put theproposed section, if the body agrees, andlet it became the new

Section 7.

SENTRO-Motion to adopt thenew Section 7 titled“Training for SEC

Commissioners andMembers

Seconded by USC

CHAIR-Kindly give the

proposed section to thesecretariat in order toproject it for all of the

delegates.

ADVISER-Presented the DLSU-M election code and

compared it to DLSU-D‟s election code.

Adopted


Abstain – 3(USCE,

CEAT and



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USC-Can we ask theUSCE why they

abstained from votingprovided that the newsection is proposed

for them?

USCE-We abstained fromvoting because we

have a second thoughton who will conduct

or facilitate the

training/seminar.

USCE-We appreciated the

new Section 7 but westill have a problem

on who will conductor facilitate the

training/seminar

CHAIR-Since the body

created a new section,the number of eachsection in Article 2

will be adjusted-Specify who will

conduct the training

CONSULTANT-The intention of

creating Section 7 isgood but is it properto include the saidsection Article 2?

SENTRO-Since it‟s a paralegaltraining you can invite

confident people toconduct such training

CLE)





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-We decided toabstain because we

want the proposal tobe specific

SENTRO-Motion to amend

Section 7

SENTRO-Agreed to include

the suggestion asanother paragraph

BODY-Seconded the motion

of SENTROCLA

-Can we decrease 60days to 30 days?

SENTRO-Originally it is 30days since we all

know how long theprocess in our schoolis. Before the month

of October, theyshould already have

-It will be much betterto clarify who will giveor facilitate the training

CONSULTANT-The adviser shall makea letter requesting for aparalegal training to theOSS then the OSS will

be responsible infinding trainer or

facilitator

SENTRO-At the last sentence,

add “the OSS isenjoined to help in thefacilitation of the said

paralegal training

CONSULTANT-It should be another

paragraph

Section 7amendment

carried

VOTEYes-12No- 0

Abstain-1(PI)



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COMMITTEE-Proposal of

new section-ProposedSection 13“Rules on

Filling up of Vacant Position

COMMITTEE-Filling up a

commissionerwill not be done

frequently. Weare open foramendments

their training

USC-Can we use majority

instead of unanimous?-Kindly explain why

unanimous canoverruled the

majority

USC-Motion to amend

third paragraph of theproposed Section 13.Change unanimous to

majority votes

CHAIRAmendment

is carriedthrough

generalconsent

Article 3 SINAG-Point of

Clarification.Section 13 is not yet

adopted-Motion to adopt

Section 13 of Article

2. Seconded by USCCOMMITTEE-Sponsored the

consultant‟ssuggestion

CONSULTANT-Amended some

wordings in Section 13

Adopted

VOTEYes- 13No- 0

Continuation of the Revision of

Article 3

COMMITTEE-Powers, dutiesand

responsibilities-Scope of thepowers, duties

and

CONSULTANT-Is the word„plebiscite‟ and

„referenda‟ includedin the original

Election Code?



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responsibilities-Change USCE

to SEC

USC to

CONSULTANT-Is „referenda‟applicable in Section

10?

CONSULTANT-Proposal andreferenda are

different from eachother. Proposal is

initiated by the people

while referendacomes from thegovernment

USC-We would like to

finalize ouramendment in

Section 14. It should be written as “…pertaining to USC

and USC electionsand plebiscites asstated in this code

CHAIR-Does the USCEalready conduct

referenda?

USCE-We know that

referenda is importantto the powers and

duties of the USCE

CHAIR-Does the USCE stillpractice referenda?





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-It stands for thecases involvingelection protestin college level

or program

council whichwill lead to thecreation of a

CollegeElectoralTribunal.

COMMITTEE-For consistency

purposes,program council

should beincluded but wecan still amend

the proposal andlimit it to

college councils.

COMMITTEE-We‟ll just limit

the CollegeElectoral

Tribunal tocollege levelsince the CSC‟s

govern theprogramcouncils.

COMMITTEE-There would bea commissionerthat will serve asthe college head

and other twomembers chosenby him/her. The

-Are the programcouncil election and

protest also included?Because usually the

college deans handles

it.

USC-The proposal is good

but we have onlyasked such question

because we thoughtthat we would alsopropose it to the

deans or associatedeans of each college.

SENTRO-What is the

composition of College Electoral

tribunal?

SENTRO-Isn‟t it arbitrary if

the commissioner willbe the one to choose

the other twomembers?



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college headcan‟t servehis/her own

college to avoidunfair trial.

COMMITTEE-This is done

since thecommissionersare limited in

number and forthe fast processof choosing the

other twomembers.

COMMITTEE-Accepts thesuggestion of

CLA delegate. Itis 2 calendar

days.

COMMITTEE-We proposed a

CollegeElectoral

Tribunal inorder forelections

USCE toCOMMITTEE

-Can you clarify thecomposition of the

College ElectoralTribunal?

CLA-Can we change 48hours to 2 working

days or school days?



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problem to beaddressed in

each college. Allof the protests orconcerns in the

college levelregardingelections will bedecided upon by

the CollegeElectoral

Tribunal. Sittingen banc is for

final executorydecision only.

COMMITTEE-It is already

said a while ago

that the CSC‟ swill beresponsible for

the programcouncils.

COMMITTEE-CollegeElectoral

Tribunal isequivalent to

College Heads.

SENTRO-Point of

ParliamentaryInquiry-Will the

program councils stillbe included?

CONSULTANT-What is the

difference of CollegeElectoral Tribunal to

Collegiate Head?

CONSULTANT-Improve the

proposed provision.Let‟s go back to thecomposition of SEC

and there is no

ADVISER-The compositionshould define theCollege ElectoralTribunal, College

Heads and members.



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COMMITTEE-The proposal isstill subject for

change. We‟lllet the bodydecide if they

wanted to have aCollege

ElectoralTribunal.

College ElectoralTribunal, CollegiateHeads and members

identified.

SENTRO-We are confused.

Collegiate Heads arealready defined inSection 16 and itsfunction or duty isnever on decision-

making.

USCE

-Actually, there areCollegiate Headspositions right now

but there are nopeople occupying the

said positions.

CONSULTANT

-They are composingSEC therefore; theyshould be defined in the

composition.

ADVISER-Unless practiced, it isstill a theory. It is not

the title we should bechanging but thestrategy we are using. I

suggest that thereshould be a certain orspecific commissioner

who will handle thecomplaints.

SENTRO-We have an alternativeway wherein instead of the College Electoral

Tribunal and theCollegiate Heads be



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COMMITTEE

-CollegiateHeads act as thehead of the

college election.

COMMITTEE-It‟s alright aslong as we canfix this section.

USC-Please clarify the

difference of CollegeElectoral Tribunal

and Collegiate Heads.

USC

-Let‟s go back toRule 17 on debate.Either we suspend itor we lay-it-on-the-table and consult the

USCE.

USCE-Motion to lay-on-the-table Article 2

Section 15Seconded by all

divided, the 9commissioners should

be the ones to bedivided in three

divisions. Issues and

cases will be decidedupon in the division. If not satisfied, it will goto the en banc whereinthe 9 commissionerswill decide upon it. If still not satisfied withthe decision, the case

will go to theMagistrate instead of

the OSS because there

is a difficulty in theOSS‟ part of completing the OSS

Council.

Laid-on-the-table


Abstain – 1PI

-Point of ParliamentaryInquiry-Is the

committee really



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prepared for the saidproposition and

succeeding sections?If not, we can alreadyadjourn the session to

give way to thecommittee to finalizeeverything for

tomorrow‟s session. Announcement October 28

Schedule6:00am-wake-upcall7-8am-breakfast7:45-12-session12-12:45-lunch

12:45-7pm-session7-7:45pm-dinner7:45-9pm-session

ADVISER-We would liketo clarify thatwe are sharing

our experiencesto you to guideyou.

CHAIR-Latecomers

will not have theright to

participate in thesession.

Adjournment 10:00pm



Documents

DLSUD Student Election Code Revision Minutes of the Meeting Oct 27