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MEMORANDUM

NJGM 2014 015

DATE:

28 November 2014

TO:

All University, College and School Student Councils

SUBJECT:

Proposed amendments to the Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection

(CRSRS)

Here is a summary of the proposed amendments of the CRSRS, as submitted to the Office:

On qualifications

Include a minimum academic requirement as a qualification for Student

Regent nominees;

On voting

One Council, One Voteand One Student, One Vote in the Student

Regent selection;

On general provisions

Three-year effectivity clause; and

Other provisions

Elective representatives per unit to the OSR, in lieu of appointments.

Included herewith are the (1) updated and official copy of the Codified Rules for Student

Regent Selection or CRSRS and (2) the official communications containing the proposed

amendments to the CRSRS of UP Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Student Councils, UP Diliman University Student Council and UP Diliman Law Student

Government, all received last 1 October 2014.

Please be reminded of the deadline set for the proposed inclusions in the agenda as well

as proposed resolutions for the Assemblys consideration set on 4 and 12 December, 5PM,

respectively, so they may be included in the Agenda.

For the students and the people,

NEILL JOHN G. MACUHA

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University of the Philippines System

CODIFIED RULES FOR STUDENT REGENT SELECTION

[1][2]

The Student Councils of the University of the Philippines System hereby1

promulgate the rules hereunder, governing the democratic selection process for2

the Member, Representing the Student Body in the Board of Regents, hereinafter3 referred to as the Student Regent (SR) as mandated under Republic Act4

Numbered Ninety-Five Hundred, otherwise known as the "University of the5

Philippines Charter of 2008".[3]6

ARTICLE I7

Definition of Terms8

SECTION 1.Any position of responsibility shall include officers and committee9

chairpersons in any student or community organization as well as members,10

officers and committee chairpersons in any University or College Student Council.11

SEC 2. The General Assembly shall mean the University and College Student12

Councils in the UP System.13

SEC 3.The Regional Units (RU) of the UP System are the following:14

UP Diliman Extension Program (UPDEP) in Pampanga15

UP Manila School of Health Sciences (SHS) in Baler, Aurora16

UP Manila SHS in Palo, Leyte17 UP Manila SHS in Koronadal, South Cotabato18

UP Visayas Tacloban College19

SEC 4.The Autonomous Units (AU) of the UP System are the following:20

University of the Philippines Baguio21

[1] FIRST ADOPTED by the University and College Student Councils of the University of the

Philippines System at the UP System Student Councils Meeting, 2 February 1997, School of Labor

and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR) Auditorium, UP Diliman. Subsequently amended at the GeneralAssembly of Student Councils (GASC) of the UP System on 26 and 27 January, 1998 at the

National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) Auditorium UP Diliman and at the GASC on 29-

30 October, 1999 at the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Auditorium, UP Los Baos, on 26-27 October, 2002 at the Commission on Audit (COA)

Auditorium in Palo, Leyte, on October 27-28, 2003 at the Cebu Coliseum Conference Room,

Cebu City, on October 25-26, 2004 at the Miag-ao Interactive Learning Center, UP Visayas,

Miagao, Iloilo; on October 24-25, 2007 at UP Mindanao, Davao City. LATEST VERSION from the

GASC on January 25-26, 2014 at UP Mindanao.

[2] APPROVED in UP System-wide referendum of students in January 2009, pursuant to

Section 12(g) of the UPCHARTER OF 2008.

[3] SUPERSEDES EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR -A.

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University of the Philippines Diliman22

University of the Philippines Cebu23

University of the Philippines Los Baos24

University of the Philippines Manila25

University of the Philippines Visayas26

University of the Philippines Mindanao27

SEC 5.The Office of the Student Regent (OSR) refers to the incumbent Student28

Regent, the secretariat and the OSR volunteers.29

SEC 6. A bona fide student of the university means an individual taking up30

academic units for bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctorate degree, non-31

degree, or certificate courses in the university, including those who are in32

residency status or on leave of absence (LOA).33

SEC 7.Majority refers to the least whole number greater than 50% of all the34councils system-wide.35

SEC 8.Majority vote refers to the least whole number greater than 50% of the36

total votes of all the councils present and voting.37

SEC 9.Protester refers to the party who files protest against a particular nominee,38

or against the result of any deliberation or process.39

SEC10.Protestee refers to the party being protested.40

ARTICLE II41

Statement of Principles and Policies42

SEC. 1.The Student Regent must be democratically selected among all students43

in the UP System through a peaceful and orderly process that ensures maximum44

student participation.45

SEC. 2.The selection process must be conducted in a manner consistent with46

the principle of broad and open participation of students in all levels regardless47of race, gender and sexual orientation, political ideology and affiliation, academic48

standing, social status, ethno-linguistic origin, age physical abilities and religious49

affiliation.50

SEC. 3.The selection of the Student Regent is exclusively a student affair. The51

administration and other sectors in the University are prohibited from interfering52

with the process by conducting interviews, administrative investigations or in any53

other manner inconsistent with this principle.54

SEC. 4. Consistent with the preceding section, the endorsement of the UP55

President to the President of the Republic of the Philippines of the nominee/s56

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entertain nor endorse any name aside from those deliberated and selected by the58

students in the manner consistent with these rules.59

SEC. 5. Controversies and protests regarding the selection shall be resolved60

through the internal mechanisms provided hereunder.61

ARTICLE III62

Qualifications of the Nominees63

SEC 1.A nominee for the position of the Student Regent must meet the following64

qualifications:65

(a) S/he must be a student currently enrolled in the university at the time of66

his/her nomination;67

(b) S/he should have an accumulated residency of at least one year, which68

would include periods of residency and/or leave of absence;69(c) S/he must be a Filipino citizen and;70

(d) S/he must have a track record reflective of his/her commitment to serve71

the studentry.72

SEC. 2.No disqualification on the basis of good academic status or standing or73

performance shall be imposed on the nominees.74

SEC. 3.Grounds for disqualification shall be imposed on nominees found guilty,75

at any time within his/her stay in the university, including periods when the76 nominee is under leave of absence, prior to the proclamation of the Student77

Regent, of any act involving gross misconduct or misbehavior, violence inflicted78

towards another person or any property that is not his/hers, dishonesty, graft and79

corruption, or any criminal offense involving moral turpitude.80

SEC. 4.Questions against the qualification of a nominee shall be filed at the OSR,81

or any officer and/or member of any UP student council. Such questions shall be82

resolved before the deliberations when the system-wide process begins. The83

decision of the GA is final.84

ARTICLE IV85

Nomination, Acceptance and Withdrawal86

SEC. 1.Any student, group, or organization may nominate a student from any87

college of any of the Autonomous or Regional Units of the UP System who has88

the qualifications set forth above. Open nominations by any student or student89

group/organization/council shall be held in every college in the UP System under90

the supervision of the College Student Council (CSC) or, in the absence thereof,91

the University Student Council (USC).92

In cases wherein a CSC and USC nominate a candidate for SR93

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Committee (UC) which will be composed of students from different years95

or courses or different year level or department as the case may be.96

SEC. 2.Upon written notice of his/her nomination, a nominee must file and sign97

the certificate of acceptance (CA) of the nomination with the CSC or USC within98

two (2) weeks from the release of such notice or until the date set forth by the99 Search Committee.100

SEC. 3.Each CA must be accompanied with a vision statement, curriculum vitae101

or rsum and bio data. Any material misstatement of facts is a ground for102

disqualification at any stage of the selection process.103

SEC. 4.The nominee must furnish the Search Committee at each respective level104

with his/her rsum and vision paper for the Office of the Student Regent at least105

five (5) days before each respective deliberation except as otherwise provided106

under these rules.107

SEC. 5.The nominee of any student group / organization / council may not be108

withdrawn at any level of the search without the consent of the nominee who has109

validly accepted the nomination.110

SEC. 6.In cases when a student is nominated in more than one unit, s/he must111

undergo the search process in each of those units; otherwise, s/he must accept112

only one of the nominations. The search committee concerned must furnish the113

OSR a certification that such a nominee underwent the process as required.114

ARTICLE V115

Duties and Responsibilities116

SEC. 1.The Office of the Student Regent will serve as the overall coordinating117

body during the selection process. It shall have the following duties and118

responsibilities:119

(a) It shall inform all the student councils of all official communications120

pertinent to the process through memoranda, personal orientation and121other similar means.122

(b) Support information drive on the historical vision-mission of the Office and123

the historical role of the students in the struggle to reestablish the OSR and124

in the selection process;125

(c) Serve as the General Assembly Secretariat during the system-wide126

selection process for the SR. The Secretariat shall, among others, facilitate127

and moderate the deliberations, provide all the student councils of the128

minutes of the selection process and receive protests.129

(d)

Form the University Search Committee (USC) in the event that the USCs130 are unable to form the said committee in their respective unit.131

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(d) Must conduct an open, public and college-wide deliberations with the173

nominees and, at the discretion of the CC, at least one non-binding straw174

poll among the constituents of the college;175

(e) May promulgate rules and regulation supplemental but not inconsistent with176

these rules for the smooth, orderly and peaceful conduct of the Search;177

and178 (f) Conduct their deliberation(s) on the nominees and vote for at most two (2)179

official nominee(s) for the college.180

SEC. 3.The official nominee(s) of each college shall be decided upon by each181

respective CC taking into consideration the result of the straw poll(s), if any, and182

college-wide deliberations(s).183

SEC. 4. The list of the nominees and the name(s) of the official college184

nominee(s) shall be submitted to the University Student Council (USC) for the185

Autonomous University-wide selection. In the absence of the USC and in the case186of colleges in the regional units, the list of nominees and the name/s of the official187

nominee/s shall be submitted directly to the OSR for the System-Wide selection188

without passing through their respective AU selection process. Each CSC shall189

attach an official endorsement for their official nominee/s.190

SEC. 5.All protests shall be made in writing stating the reasons therefor and filed191

with the CC, and furnishing a copy thereof to the other party, within five (5)192

working days upon receipt of notice of the result of the deliberations or elections,193

as the case may be. The protester shall only be allowed to file once either before194 the College level or the Autonomous Unit level.195

SEC. 6.Such protest shall be decided within five (5) working days after they are196

received. Failure to resolve the matter within the required period resolves the197

protest in favor of the protestee. The protest shall be resolved by a unanimous198

decision of the CC, if possible. When the CC decides unanimously, such decision199

is final and unappealable. In the case of non-unanimity, majority vote of those200

present and voting in the CC shall decide on the matter. In such case, the protest201

on the same ground may be evaluated as an appeal during the AU process. Such202

appeal must be received by the USC and CC concerned two (2) working days203before the AU process provided no AU process can be held within two days after204

College-Wide deliberations.205

ARTICLE VII206

Autonomous University-wide Process207

SEC. 1.The USC shall be responsible for gathering pertinent data, such as bio-208

data, rsum, Curriculum Vitae, and the like, regarding the nominees for the CC.209

It may summon the college nominees for interview and for other purposes. No210 other nominee shall be considered except those nominated by each college211

through the CC or the USC as the case may be212

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SEC. 2.The USC and CSC shall act as the University Search Committee for the213

Student Regent, referred to as the University Committee (UC), which shall be214

composed of the members of the respective USCs and the Chairpersons of the215

CSCs or any other duly elected college representative in case they are not216

constitutionally part of the CSC.217

SEC. 3.The UC shall have the following powers and functions:218

(a) Has control and supervision of the conduct of the Search in its level;219

(b) Must conduct information drives and publicity campaigns on the Search;220

(c) Must decide appeals from the CC decision concerning the college-wide221

process, decide pre-deliberation or pre-election controversies, questions222

of qualifications and other matters arising from the interpretation of these223

rules and on the conduct of the Search in its level;224

(d) Must conduct open, public and college-wide deliberations with the225

nominees and at the discretion of the UC, at least one non-binding straw226poll among the constituents of the college;227

(e) Shall conduct their own deliberation(s) on the nominees and vote for at228

most two (2) official nominee(s) of the AU;229

(f) Shall decide before the AU deliberations proper on the appeals from the230

decisions of the CCs. Such decision is final and unappealable; and231

(g) May promulgate rules and regulations supplemental but not inconsistent232

with these rules for the smooth, orderly and peaceful conduct of the233

Search.234

SEC. 4.The two (2) official nominees of each AU shall be decided upon by the235

UC taking into consideration the result of the straw polls, if any, and the AU-wide236

deliberation/s.237

SEC. 5.The list of the nominees and the name/s of the official AU nominee/s238

shall be submitted to the OSR for the System-Wide selection. Each USC shall239

attach an official endorsement for their official nominee/s.240

SEC. 6.All protest shall be made in writing stating the reasons therefor and filed241

with the UC, and furnishing a copy thereof to the protestee, within five (5) working242days upon receipt of notice of the result of the deliberation or elections, as the243

case may be.244

SEC. 7.Such protests shall be decided within five (5) working days after they are245

received. Failure to resolve the matter within the required period resolves the246

protest in favor of the protestee. The protest shall be resolved by a unanimous247

decision of the UC, if possible. When the UC decides unanimously, such decision248

is final and unappealable. In the case of non-unanimity, a majority vote of those249

present and voting in the UC shall decide on the matter. In such case, the protest250 on the same ground may be revived as an appeal during the System-wide251

process Such appeal must be received both by the OSR and the USC concerned252

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prescribed period for appeal, the same can no longer be entertained at any level.254

SEC. 8.The nominees must submit their Vision Paper and GPOA to the Office of255

the Student Regent fourteen (14) calendar days before the System-wide selection256

provided no system-wide deliberations shall be held within fourteen (14) days257

after the AU/RU process.258

SEC. 9.The OSR and the USCs shall provide the Vision Paper and GPOA to all259

SCs at least ten (10) working days before the System-Wide process, including all260

protests pertaining to the nominees that were forwarded to the OSR.261

ARTICLE VIII262

System-wide Process263

SEC. 1.A majority of all student councils system-wide shall constitute the quorum264

of the GA, sanctioning the system-wide process of the Student Regent selection.265

SEC. 2.The General Assembly (GA) of all UP University and College Student266

Councils of all Autonomous and Regional Units shall deliberate on the AU and RU267

nominees, with the incumbent Student Regent as the Presiding Officer.268

SEC. 3.The first order of business for the said deliberation shall be the reading269

of the Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection by the incumbent Student270

Regent, subsequent vote of reaffirmation thereof by the majority of the GA, and271

the deliberation on the protests and appeals elevated to the system-wide level, if272 any.273

SEC. 3.1The college representatives who are not officially part of the CSC274

must be recognized to be part of the CSC and may vote in behalf of the275

CSC provided that they have written authorization.276

SEC. 4.All the protests and/or appeals shall be read by the presiding officer and277

immediately be resolved by the majority of the GASC after a deliberation thereon.278

The GA shall resolve protests and/or appeals from the decisions of the UC. Such279

decision shall be final and unappealable.280

SEC. 5.After the individual presentation of the nominees with their vision paper,281

GPOA and an open forum following such, the GA shall vote for the final three (3)282

nominees by raising of hands or secret balloting depending on the prerogative of283

the assembly. The presiding officer shall declare the final three nominees who284

received the highest number of votes from the AUs and RUs present and voting.285

SEC. 6.The three nominees shall then be subjected to further questioning by the286

GA.287

Consensus building shall take priority over division of the house in288

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SEC. 8.In the event that no consensus is reached, the three nominees shall be290

subjected to further deliberation/s until a nominee garners two-thirds vote of all291

AUs and RUs present and voting. After which, s/he shall be subjected to a final292

deliberation to receive the mandate of the GASC.293

SEC. 9.The incumbent Student Regent shall declare the selected nominee of the294

GASC in the UP System for the Student Regent.295

SEC. 10.The votes during the System-wide selection shall be allotted as follows:296

UP Baguio - 2 votes297

UP Diliman - 2 votes298

UP Cebu - 2 votes299

UP Los Baos 2 votes300

UP Manila 2 votes301UP Visayas 2 votes302

UP Mindanao 2 votes303

UPDEP in Pampanga 1 vote304

UP Visayas Tacloban College 1 vote305

UPM SHS in Palo, Leyte 1 vote306

UPM SHS in Baler, Aurora 1 vote307

UPM SHS in Koronadal, South Cotabato - 1 vote308

SEC. 11.No individual student or group or student council is allowed to nominate309 any student directly to the Office of the UP President or the Office of the President310

of the Republic of the Philippines. All nominations must be submitted and311

deliberated in the process as herein provided.312

ARTICLE IX313

General Provisions314

SEC. 1.The Student Regent-select must resign from any position of responsibility315

in any student or community organization and/or student council and student316

publication.317

SEC. 2.The Student Regent-select must not be permanently disqualified from318

the University. However, the Student Regent-select is advised to file a leave of319

absence (LOA) to devote his/her time in the fulfillment of his/her duties and320

responsibilities.321

SEC. 3.The dates and periods pertinent to the selection process in the college,322

AU and system levels shall be fixed by the OSR with the consent of all the USCs323

and regional units.324

These rules shall be amended or repealed through the majority vote of all325

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to the OSR not later than the first (1st) day of October.327

SEC. 5.These rules shall take effect immediately upon approval by at least a328

majority of all student councils present and voting.329

SEC. 6.Failure to attend or to send a representative with written authorization to330 the GASC for the presentation of proposed amendments during the system-wide331

selection forfeits the right to vote in the processes of amendment and selection,332

respectively. However, they shall still be bound by the results of the said process.333

SEC. 7.Upon vacancy of the position of the SR-select or the incumbent SR due334

to permanent disqualification from the university, incapacity to enroll or file an335

LOA the following semester, death, illness or any other cause which prevents336

him/her from discharging functions, the position shall be filled by the second337

selected nominee, or the third nominee if the latter cannot assume the position.338

Attested:

KRISTA IRIS V. MELGAREJO SGD.)

31stStudent Regent

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1 October 2014

Hon. Neill John R. Macuha

Student Regent

Board of Regents

Dear Student Regent Macuha,

Greetings!

In line with Article IX Section 4 of the Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection (CRSR

the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) Student Council of the University of

Philippines-Diliman forwards the following proposed amendment attached herewith to

CRSRS.

Please note that words/phrases to be removed are in brackets ("[...]") and in italic format wh

words/phrases to be added are in boldface and ALL CAPS format.

Thank you for your kindest consideration.

In serve,

Ed Laurenz T. Noveloso

Chairperson

___________________________________________________________________________

Article VIII: System-wide Process

Section 5. After the individual presentation of the nominees with their vision paper, GPOA an

an open forum following such, the GA shall vote for the final three (3) nominees by raising of

hands or secret balloting depending on the prerogative of the assembly. The presiding officer

shall declare the final three nominees who received the highest number of votes from the

UNIVERSITY STUDENT COUNCILS AND COLLEGE STUDENT COUNCILS OF TH

AUs and RUs present and voting.

Section 8. In the event that no consensus is reached, the three nominees shall be subjected to

further deliberation/s until a nominee garners two-thirds vote of all UNIVERSITY STUDENT

COUNCILS AND COLLEGE STUDENT COUNCILS OF THEAUs and RUs present andvoting. After which, s/he shall be subjected to a final deliberation to receive the mandate of the

GASC.

SECTION 9. IN THE EVENT THAT NO NOMINEE GARNERS TWO-THIRDS OF TH

VOTES CAST, THE TWO NOMINEES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES

SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO FURTHER DELIBERATIONS. IF THERE SHOULD BE

NO CONSENSUS AS TO WHO SHALL BE SELECTED, VOTES SHALL BE CAST

AND THE NOMINEE GARNERING THE HIGHER NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL BE

PROCLAIMED AS THE NEXT STUDENT REGENT.

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SECTION 10. THE INCUMBENT STUDENT REGENT SHALL DECLARE THE

SELECTED NOMINEE OF THE GASC IN THE UP SYSTEM FOR THE STUDENT

REGENT.

SECTION 11. THE VOTES DURING THE SYSTEM-WIDE SELECTION SHALL BE

ALLOTTED AS FOLLOWS:

[UP Baguio 2 votes

UP Diliman 2 votes

UP Los Baos 2 votes

UP Manila 2 votes

UP in the Visayas 2 votes

UP in Mindanao 2 votes

UP Cebu 2 votes

UPV Tacloban 1 vote

UP Extension Program in Pampanga 1 vote

UP School of Health Science in Palo, Leyte 1 vote

UP School of Health Science in Baler, Aurora 1 vote]

EACH USC PRESENT FROM THE DIFFERENT UP AUTONOMOUS UNITS

SPECIFICALLY BAGUIO, DILIMAN, LOS BANOS, MANILA, MINDANAO, AND

VISAYAS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ONE (1) VOTE WHILE EACH CSC PRESENT

FROM THE DIFFERENT UP AUTONOMOUS AND REGIONAL UNITS SHALL BE

ENTITLED TO ONE (1) BASE VOTE, REGARDLESS OF STUDENT POPULATION.

FURTHER, THE USC OF EACH UP AUTONOMOUS UNIT SHALL HAVE THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF CONSULTING THROUGH MECHANISMS IT DEEMS

PRACTICABLE ITS CONSTITUENT COLLEGE/S AND/OR DEGREE-GRANTING

INSTITUTE/S WITHOUT EXISTING RESPECTIVE STUDENT COUNCIL/S, IF

THERE BE ANY SUCH CONSTITUENT COLLEGE/S AND/OR DEGREE-GRANTIN

INSTITUTE/S, AND THEREBY CARRY ITS/THEIR ONE (1) BASE VOTE EACH

DURING THE GASC FOR SR SELECTION.

SECTION 12. NO INDIVIDUAL STUDENT OR GROUP OR STUDENT COUNCIL IS

ALLOWED TO NOMINATE ANY STUDENT DIRECTLY TO THE OFFICE OF THE

UP PRESIDENT OR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TH

PHILIPPINES. ALL NOMINATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED AND DELIBERATED

THE PROCESS HEREIN PROVIDED.

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1 October 2014

Hon. Neill John G. Macuha

Student Regent

Board of Regents


Greetings!




CRSRS.




In service,

Ed Laurenz T. Noveloso

Chairperson

___________________________________________________________________________

Article II: Statement of Principles and Policies

Section 2. The selection process must be conducted in a manner consistent with the principle o

broad and open participation of students in all levels regardless of race, gender, and sexual

orientation, political ideology and affiliation, [academic standing,] social status, ethno-linguis

origin, age, physical abilities and religious affiliation.

Article III. Qualifications of the Nominees

Section 1. A nominee for the position of the Student Regent must meet the following

qualifications:

a) S/he must be a student currently enrolled in the university at the time of his/her nomination;

b) S/he should have an accumulated residency of at least one year which would include period

of residency and/or leave of absence;

c) S/he must be a Filipino citizen [and];

d) S/he must have a track record reflective of his/her commitment to serve the studentry

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THE UNIVERSITY CODE SUCH THAT S/HE MUST NOT INCUR THE STATUS O

ACADEMIC DELINQUENCY OF PROBATION OR GRAVER THE SEMESTE

PRIOR TO HER/HIS NOMINATION.

[Section 2. No disqualification on the basis of good academic status or standing or performan

shall be imposed on the nominees.]

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1 October 2014

Hon. Neill John G. Macuha

Student Regent

Board of Regents


Greetings!




CRSRS.




In service,

Ed Laurenz T. NovelosoChairperson

___________________________________________________________________________

Article IX: General Provisions

Section 5. These rules, INCLUDING THE AMENDMENTS PASSED BY THE GASC, sh

take effect immediately upon approval by at least a majority of all student councils present a

voting. ITS EFFECTIVITY WILL COVER THREE (3) YEARS AND ONLY AFTE

THEN WILL THESE RULES BE OPEN FOR NEW AMENDMENTS.

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30 September 2014

Neill John G. Macuha

Student Regent

University of the Philippines System

Dear Mr. Macuha:

Greetings!

The University Student Council (USC) stands as the highest representative

institution of students of the University of the Philippines-Diliman. The USC

represents the students within and outside the university and has the proud and

historic tradition of active involvement in the struggle to defend the rights and

interests of the students and the Filipino people.

Having been informed of the deadline of the submission of proposedammendements for the Codified Rules on the Student Regent Selection, the UPD

USC has decieded to forward three proposals. Attached is the document

containing our proposals with the rationale behind them.

Looking forward for the discussion of these during the General Assembly of

Student Councils.

In service,

Arjay R. Mercado

Chairperson

University Student Council

M: +63 915-229-5233

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UP DILIMAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT COUNCIL

The UP Diliman University Student Council, standing as the highest elected representatives of thestudents of the University of the Philippines Diliman, highly proposes ammendments for the

Codified Rules on Student Regent Selection (CRSRS). The overaraching rationale behind these

proposals is to democratize the process of the selection and maximize the power of true

representation. As the USC, we see that these measures should be taken for the Office of Student

Regent to be able to maximize its power backed by by support from the student body it supposed to

represent.

Proposed Ammendments of the UP Diliman University Student Council:

1.One Council, One Vote

The CRSRS, in its current form, employs the selection process where votes are distributed in

a certain manner across autonomous and regional units. We see that this is in no way democratic.

The worth of every student being represented is not proportional across the UP system. To provide

solution for this, we are proposing that a One Council, One Vote selection process be observed as

opposed to the old mechanism. We see that the presence of the student councils in the General

Assemmbly of Student Councils (GASC) should be maximized and this is one way to do that.

To say that this measure would give rise to Diliman-centrism when it comes to the selection

of the Student Regent is an act of undermining and underestimating the capacity of the elected

student-leaders from the Diliman campus. History would show us that implementation of such

proposal does not entail a Diliman SR automatically.

2.Minimum Academic Requirement

At present, no academic requirement is required of any SR nominee. As Iskolars ng Bayan,

we should give due priority to our studies. We see that in the pursuit of progressive changes the SR

wants, academic excellence should not be forgotten. We reiterate that the academic requirement

we propose is the bare minimum a student should be able to fulfill --basic retention rules -- prior

his/her nomination. We see, too, that this proposal would eliminate the chance of having an SR

removed from office due to academic delinquency. College councils and University Student Councils

have this similar requirement prior to being allowed to run for office and we see that the SR should

not be exempted of such policy being the true representative of the student body.

3.Three-year Effectivity Clause

Ultimately, we want a clause that will secure the ammendments that will be adopted. This isto test the effectivity of such policies. A period of three years would guard the CRSRS from being

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CENTRAL BOARD

2014 - 2015

e Antonio Rafael G. Santos

President

Lawrence Gerard T. Ortiz

Internals Vice President

Carlo Augustine A. Roman

Externals Vice President

Daryl Anne E. Yang

Secretary

hn Glenn C. Agbayani, Jr.

Treasurer

evin Paolo M. Hernandez

Public Relations Officer

Hannah Keila H. Garcia

lege Representative to the

USC

ATCH REPRESENTATIVES

drick Daven M. Mendoza

arie Catherine S. Alcantara

Evening Representative

oberto Miguel O. Raneses

Katrina G. Rivera

4thYear Representative

rlos Lorenzo B. Pagdanganan

se Bartholomew B. Buenagua

3rdYear Representative

Ryan Anthony S. Malit

une Alinne G. Magbanua

2ndYear Representative

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RM 324, MALCOLM HALL, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILLIPINES DILIMAN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES

October 1, 2014

Neill John G. Macuha

Student RegentUniversity of the PhilippinesBoard of Regent

Hon. Neill Macuha,

Good Day!

The UP College of Law Student Government, as per Section 4, Article IX of the

Codified Rules For Student Regents Selection (CRSRS), wishes to submit to your

office, its proposals for amendment to the current CRSRS. Enumerated below are the

intended amendments we wish to propose:

1. The addition of an elected unit representative to the Office of the Student

Regent, in lieu of appointments

2. Amendment to Article VIII (Procedure for voting)One student, one vote

system in the election of the Student Regent and other elective officials.

This proposed amendments are to be discussed and elaborated further by our

representatives during the delibration process at the upcoming GASC.

Regards,

Jose Antonio Rafael G. Santos

PresidentUP LSG

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