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November 2016 | Vol. 4 No. 3
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USC-SSC Forms Constitutional Convention Zarah Majam The University of San Carlos - Supreme Student Council (SSC), through its ad hoc Committee on Constitutional Review and Reform (CCRR), created and organized the SSC Constitutional Convention (ConCon) in order to review and revise the 2001 SSC Constitution. The Constitutional Convention aims to edit and clarify any indiscretions of the current constitution and one of its goals is to attain a draft of the Constitution by the end of the academic year.
The second session was held last Nov. 11, 2016 at the SSC Downtown Campus office for the election of the permanent officers, who are are as follows: Mar Louie Vincent Reyes as chairman, Jodimarie Tio as vice chairman, Beatrice Mel and Resdale Venz Palabrica as secretaries, Denise Albarina as treasurer, Earnest Buzon as auditor, and Honey Babe Tagalog as sergeant at arms.
The delegates of the Constitutional Convention consist of representatives from the seven collegiate councils; International Students sector; political parties STAND, SPP, and Tingog; USC -COMELEC; Today’s Carolinian; Conglomeration of Student Organizations (CSO) and the SSC.
The ConCon is comprised of the Committee on Principles and Objectives; Committee on Membership; Committee on Rights, Duties and Suffrage; Committee on SSC Council Reform; Committee on Student Judiciary; Committee on Collegiate Councils; Committee on Constitutional Convention; and Committee on Amendments and Transitory Provisions.
The ConCon held its first session at the Damayan Hall, Downtown Campus last Oct. 1, 2016 to discuss about the objectives, the rules and the policies of the ConCon and to form its committees. Interim officers were also elected to organize the next session.
The new Constitution will be finished before the end of the academic year. A referendum will be organized to let the students vote on its ratification, which will happen also before the end of the academic year. TC