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RULES GOVERNING THE NCPAG
STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2003
1. Introduction. This is a set of rules governing the elections of the
National College of Public Administration and Governance Student
Council (NCPAG-SC) for the academic year 2003 � �04. It was drafted by
the incumbent Legislative Council of the NCPAG-SC. It aims to:
a. Provide safeguards and ensure orderly and credible elections of the
NCPAG-SC; and,
b. Outline and prescribe basic election rules and guidelines.
2. The College Electoral Board (CEB). The College Electoral Board (CEB)
is the final arbitration, policy-making and implementing body with
regard to the NCPAG-SC elections. Its decisions shall be collegial and
require concurrence of at least a majority of all the members of the
Board. Its membership shall be guided by Article V, Section 3 of the
University of the Philippines Election Code.
3. Members of the CEB. The CEB shall be composed of the following: 1.
The NCPAG College Secretary, or his/her OIC in case of absence, 2. Two
(2) members of the NCPAG faculty, 3. Two (2) students who are not
affiliated to any student organization or political party based in
NCPAG.
4. Student Council Positions. Contested positions for the upcoming
elections are:
Executive Council
One (1) Chairperson
One (1) Vice-Chairperson
Four (4) Administrators (to be elected at large by all the members of
the General Assembly)
Legislative Council
Four (4) Undergraduate Councilors (to be elected at large by the
members of the Undergraduate Assembly)
Four (4) Graduate Councilors (to be elected at large by all the
members of the Graduate Assembly)
5. Qualifications of Candidates. To qualify for any of the Student
Council positions, a candidate must possess or satisfy the following
qualifications:
a. Must be a bona fide enrolled student of NCPAG;
b. Must be of good academic standing in the college; policies of the
NCPAG on academic standing shall apply;
c. Must have a residency of at least one semester in NCPAG
d. Must have a regular load of fifteen (15) units for BAPA and six (6)
units for graduate students; and,
e. Must not have any pending case with the Student Disciplinary
Tribunal, nor has been found guilty in any disciplinary case of any
act involving moral turpitude as defined by the Revised Penal Code.
The candidate must complete in duplicate a Certificate of Candidacy
form (inclusive of the Certificate of Candidacy, Residence, and
Academic as well as Conduct Eligibility) and submit the same together
with the following supporting documents not later than 12 noon of the
13th of March, 2003:
a. bio-data
b. 2 x 2 ID picture
c. platform (party platform for those with party affiliation,
individual platforms for independent candidate)
Note: Platform should be typewritten or computer-type in 8.5� x 11�
bond paper. The candidate/s should affix his/her/their signature/s
over his/her/their (respective) name/s. The names of the official
poll-watchers should likewise be submitted to the CEB, provided that
it is understood that one party is allowed only one watcher at a time.
For independent candidates, he/she is allowed to only one watcher at a
time, as well.
6. The Electors. To qualify to vote, a student must be duly registered
and currently enrolled in the BAPA, MPA, or DPA degree program at the
NCPAG. Those enrolled in residence while finishing their degree
requirements (e.g. thesis or dissertations) are qualified to vote.
Cross registrants, however, are not qualified to vote except in their
primary unit.
7. Election Calendar. The Electoral Board, together with the incumbent
Legislative Council of the NCPAG-SC, shall determine the election
period. The election period shall start on the first day of filing of
certificates of candidacy and last for not more than four (4) weeks,
unless extended by the CEB due to protests and appeals, among others.
For the 2003 Election period, the following election calendar shall be
observed:
2003 NCPAG STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION CALENDAR
March 10 � 13 Filing of Certificate of Candidacy
(Monday � Thursday)
March 13 Deadline for filing Certificate of Candidacy with supporting
documents
(Thursday, 12 noon)
March 13 CEB Meeting to Review Certificates of Candidacy
(Thursday, 1pm)
March 13 Release of List of Candidates
(Thursday, 5pm)
March 14 Deadline of Filing of protest on Candidates
(Friday, 12 noon)
March 14 CEB Meeting on Protests
(Friday, 1pm)
March 14 Release of Final Official List of Candidates
(Friday, 5pm)
March 15 - 20 Official Campaign Period; Room to room campaigns with
permission
(Saturday- Thursday) from professors
March 20 NCPAG Convocation, Miting de Avance
Last day for campaign
March 21 Election day
(Friday, 9am � 7pm)
March 22 Announcement of Election Results and Proclamation of Winners
March 24 Last day of Filing of Election Protest
March 25 CEB Meeting to deliberate on Protests
March 26 Release of Decisions
March 28 Oath-Taking of the New Set of Officers
8. Campaign. Allowed campaign materials shall consist of flyers,
ribbons, nametags for identification and other materials not falling
under the list of prohibited campaign materials. The maximum size of
posters shall be that of regular cartolina size.
The following are prohibited campaign materials:
a. Material gifts with party name and/or logo or candidate�s name
b. Machine-made buttons, badges, pins and stickers
c. Bookmarks
d. Matches or lighters
e. T-shirts with line-ups or party names (either worn by candidates or
supporters)
f. Streamers or banners bearing party name or line-ups; and
g. Other forms of political gimmickry as may be determined by the CEB.
Posters, buntings and similar election materials should be placed only
at designated areas. Stickers attached to College properties (e.g.
furniture and fixtures) are not allowed.
9. Clean up. It is the responsibility of each party to clean up their
election materials after the election. There shall be a bond of P
500.00 to be required of each party and a bond of P250.00 for each
independent candidate to ensure that they will clean up the places
where they placed campaign materials. Failure to clean up one week
after the elections shall mean forfeiture of the bond and
disqualification of guilty parties and individuals from the next SC
elections. Forfeited bond shall be used to defray the expenses for
cleaning up. Unexpended amount will be turned over to the NCPAG-SC.
Room-to-room campaigns are allowed but only with the permission of the
faculty in charge at the time designated by the latter.
All other issues or questions not clarified regarding the campaign and
other subjects herein shall be submitted to the CEB for decisions.
10. Elections, Canvassing, Proclamation and Protests. Elections shall
be held at the polling booths at the CPAGE at the dates and time
earlier stated. Canvassing shall be done immediately after the voting.
A report on the results of the elections shall be prepared and signed
by the Chairperson and members of the CEB. Proclamation of the winners
shall follow the rule of plurality, i.e. one garnering more votes wins
for a contested position with two or more candidates. In case of a
lone contender for a particular position, he/she should garner a
confidence vote equivalent to 1/3 of the total number of votes casted.
Proclamation shall be done immediately and publicly. Protests shall be
filed with the CEB not later than 5:00pm of March 24, 2003.
11. Penalties. Disciplinary Action shall be imposed on parties that
violate these guidelines. For the first offense: formal warning;
second offense: disqualification of four party candidates (excluding
the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson); third offense: disqualification
of the whole slate.
For individual candidates who violate these guidelines, the sanctions
shall be: First offense � Formal warning; Second offense �
Disqualification; Third Offense � Disqualification as an elector in
the forthcoming NCPAG-SC Elections
Drafted and signed this 10th day of March, in the year of the Lord,
Two thousand and two, by the members of the UP NCPAG Student Council
Peter J Carreon
Chairperson
Raymond Ver Santos
Legislative Council Speaker
Arnold Michael Tejero
Vice-Chairperson
Esmond Drew Esguerra
Councilor
Karen Adriano
Treasurer
Rowena Magpusao
BAPA Representative
For the approval of the CEB:
(affix signatures over printed names of members of the CEB) |
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