"The councils belonging to the Defend the OSR Alliance have created an atmosphere of deception in the whole UP System."
~an anonymous UPLB student
This may be a glaring statement from an anonymous source, but it is true. What has transpired these past days in the University of the Philippines' political arena is nothing but a big DECEPTION. Yes, DECEPTION with the capitals D-E-C-E-P-T-I-O-N.
In whatever angle you look at the issue regarding the Office of the Student Regent, the members of the Defend the OSR Alliance have misinformed, misguided, and mislead the whole student community of the University, especially by claiming that a negative vote to the Student Regent Referendum is affirming the abolition of the Office of the Student Regent.
(excuse me for the term) BULLSHIT!
The only way to abolish an office mandated by law is to repeal the law that created it.
They are just afraid that the selection process will become a genuinely democratic one, henceforth lessening or even eliminating their chances to monopolize the Office of the Student Regent.
Why? Because there are five genuine reforms that the truly progressive student councils are pushing for:
The people who support an educated vote, those people calling for a halt to the MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN being launched by the members of the Defend the OSR Alliance are being called anti-student.
The question is: Is pushing for a genuinely democratic student regent selection process anti-student?
in glaring capital words again:
I DON'T THINK SO!
Logic would in fact tell us that pushing for a genuinely democratic selection process is the pro-student one. Rejecting such is the anti-student one.
Pro-student because it protects the office of the student regent, henceforth protecting the representation of the student community and its genuine interests.
Pro-student because it calls for transparency and proper delineation of responsibility.
Pro-student because it removes power monopolization by the few.
Pro-student because it calls for wider and more representative participation.
Of course as UP students, we want our representation to the Board of Regents, the highest policy making body in the University. But we want our representative to be TRULY REPRESENTATIVE - democratically selected and will carry the true interests of the students.
~an anonymous UPLB student
This may be a glaring statement from an anonymous source, but it is true. What has transpired these past days in the University of the Philippines' political arena is nothing but a big DECEPTION. Yes, DECEPTION with the capitals D-E-C-E-P-T-I-O-N.
In whatever angle you look at the issue regarding the Office of the Student Regent, the members of the Defend the OSR Alliance have misinformed, misguided, and mislead the whole student community of the University, especially by claiming that a negative vote to the Student Regent Referendum is affirming the abolition of the Office of the Student Regent.
(excuse me for the term) BULLSHIT!
The only way to abolish an office mandated by law is to repeal the law that created it.
They are just afraid that the selection process will become a genuinely democratic one, henceforth lessening or even eliminating their chances to monopolize the Office of the Student Regent.
Why? Because there are five genuine reforms that the truly progressive student councils are pushing for:
- The addition of a minimum grade requirement as one of the qualifications of the student regent nominee(s);
- The inclusion of an express enumeration of the roles and responsibilities of the student regent;
- The removal of the Kasama sa UP in the selection process;
- The widening and democratization of the voting process; and
- The rationalization of the rules by extending its effectivity to a set period (at least three years or as set by the GASC).
The people who support an educated vote, those people calling for a halt to the MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN being launched by the members of the Defend the OSR Alliance are being called anti-student.
The question is: Is pushing for a genuinely democratic student regent selection process anti-student?
in glaring capital words again:
I DON'T THINK SO!
Logic would in fact tell us that pushing for a genuinely democratic selection process is the pro-student one. Rejecting such is the anti-student one.
Pro-student because it protects the office of the student regent, henceforth protecting the representation of the student community and its genuine interests.
Pro-student because it calls for transparency and proper delineation of responsibility.
Pro-student because it removes power monopolization by the few.
Pro-student because it calls for wider and more representative participation.
Of course as UP students, we want our representation to the Board of Regents, the highest policy making body in the University. But we want our representative to be TRULY REPRESENTATIVE - democratically selected and will carry the true interests of the students.
STOP GUESSING. START KNOWING.
DEFEND THE OFFICE OF THE STUDENT REGENT BY AN EDUCATED VOTE.
DEFEND THE OFFICE OF THE STUDENT REGENT BY AN EDUCATED VOTE.
REMOVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF DECEPTION.
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