Central Comelec to push special elections for 4 vacant CSC posts

The UST Central Commission on Elections (Central Comelec) will conduct a special election on Nov. 20 to fill the four vacant positions in the Central Student Council (CSC).

In a memorandum released on Tuesday, the Central Comelec announced that a special polls will be held for the positions of president, vice president, treasurer, and auditor.

The said posts were declared vacant after proclaimed winners Steven Grecia (president), Gabriela Sepulchre (vice president), Daveson Nieto (treasurer), and Richard Javier (auditor) decided to resign last Sept. 14.

“The rules that shall be followed in the special elections, which will fill in the vacancy in the CSC Executive Board, shall be governed by the provisions in the CSC Constitution and a resolution that shall be released by the CSC,” the memorandum stated.

The Section 4 of the UST CSC Constitution of 2007 states that in case of a vacancy in both the presidency and vice presidency, the secretary shall act as the president and the Central Comelec shall call for a special election.

Moreover, the Section 5 of the constitution also states that in case of vacancy in any other position in the Executive Board, each member of the CSC shall nominate any local council executive board officer.

The CSC shall choose three from the nominees through secret ballots to become candidates. The winner shall become the officer and shall deemed resigned from the local council executive board officer.