by Jona Claire Turalde
Incumbent councilor Clarisse Peralta of BUKLOD CSSP (BUKLOD) is the sole candidate for College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Student Council (CSSP SC) Chairperson, based on the first official list of candidates released by the College Student Electoral Board (CSEB) on March 30.
Current Sociology representative Jamievee Bautista of SALiGAN sa CSSP (SALiGAN) will be competing against incumbent councilor Gabriela Zenia Sayon of BUKLOD for Vice Chairperson.
Nine bets are vying for the seven available councilor seats in the council, with five candidates from BUKLOD and four from SALiGAN.
BUKLOD is affiliated with university-wide party Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (ALYANSA). Rival SALiGAN is a member organization of Students’ Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP).
BUKLOD has led the CSSP student council for the past eight years, with incumbent Chair Audrey Lagbas also from the same party.
On the other hand, there is still no Geography representative listed and an independent candidate running for Philosophy representative is unopposed.
The preliminary list of candidates follows:
Chairperson
Clarisse Anne Peralta (BUKLOD)
Vice Chairperson
Gabriela Zenia Sayon (BUKLOD)
Jamievee Bautista (SALiGAN)
Councilors
Mariel Louise Cunanan (BUKLOD)
Philippe Jefferson Galban (BUKLOD)
Isah Clarise Lilia (BUKLOD)
Vien Carlo Mendez (BUKLOD)
Lorenzo Miguel Relente (BUKLOD)
Maryam Hisham Casimiro (SALiGAN)
Christine Faye Dumagan (SALiGAN)
Allyson Michael Jude Maraon (SALiGAN)
Hanceely Marxell Villa (SALiGAN)
Department Representatives
Anthropology
Ileana Ysabel Cabochan (SALiGAN)
History
Alexandra Mojica (BUKLOD)
Linguistics
Jan Irminelle Silvallana (BUKLOD)
Konika Kub-ao (SALiGAN)
Philosophy
John Carlo Katigbak (Independent)
Political Science
Ma. Regina Angelica Bagaforo (BUKLOD)
Althea Dominique Maliwanag (SALiGAN)
Psychology
Patricia Kimberly Chua (BUKLOD)
Jon Alec Eclipse (BUKLOD)
Sociology
Jenica Jae De Vera