By Camillle Joyce M. Lisay
Initiative for Genuine Involvement, Transparency and Empowerment (IGNITE) continues its four-year dominance in the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) Student Council (SC), after clinching nine out of 16 seats including the top two posts.
Tiffany-Anne Uy of IGNITE was declared the new chair garnering 176 votes over Jameson Austria of PALS-NCPAG with a 70-vote margin, while Nathalie Gabrielle Tatualla defeated rianne Rose Agustin for the vice chair post with 153 votes. Ivan Francis Evangelista, also under IGNITE, will represent the NCPAG in the University Student Council.
IGNITE also clinched three out of five administrator seats with PALS getting the remaining seats. Both parties get an equal share for the four councilor positions, with Czarlo Demetrio getting the highest number of votes with 162.
Meanwhile, Jacob Fajardo of PALS failed to secure the Juniors Batch Rep seat after losing from abstain votes by a 12-point margin.
Since 2012, IGNITE has secured majority of the seats in the council, garnering 13 out of 16 posts in the 2015 NCPAG SC polls.
Voting at CPAGE officially closed at 7:05PM, with 10 votes manually counted due to late payment. The turnout for this year is 47.41%, with 302 overall votes cast out of 637 students qualified to vote.
The complete list of new officers is as follows:
CHAIRPERSON
Tiffany-Anne A. Uy (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 176
Jameson D. Austria (PALS-NCPAG) – 106
VICE CHAIRPERSON
Nathalie Gabrielle A. Tatualla (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 153
Arianne Rose S. Agustin (PALS-NCPAG) – 119
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATOR
Kathleen Mai J. Cardoz (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 125
Mary Gwyneth Ann A. Paredes (PALS-NCPAG) – 141
FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR
Robert V. Velarde (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 142
Ric Arvin B. Agapay (PALS-NCPAG) – 125
INTERNAL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATOR
Anne Clarice L. Ng (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 134
Celina Eunice Cheyenne DR. Abueg (PALS-NCPAG) – 133
SOCIO-ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATOR
Maria Danica O. Soriano (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 145
Ronna Shane M. Belaro (PALS-NCPAG) – 131
WAYS AND MEANS ADMINISTRATOR
Merry Kristie M. Francia (PALS-NCPAG) – 189
Abstain – 113
COUNCILORS
Eleangel Dawn S. Cortel (PALS-NCPAG) – 111
Czarlo T. Demetrio (PALS-NCPAG) – 162
Mark Cedrick Jorell T. Lustado (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 134
Alvin Ace A. Melano (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 154
Zaianne D. Moraga (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 145
Bernice Joyce V. Oliberos (PALS-NCPAG) – 139
Alexis Caesar E. Sanchez (PALS-NCPAG) – 131
SOPHOMORES BATCH REPRESENTATIVE
Elijah Isabella P. Ednalino (IGNITE-NCPAG) – 21
Christen Diana P. Gallinera (PALS-NCPAG) – 35
JUNIORS BATCH REPRESENTATIVE
Jacob S. Fajardo Jr. (PALS-NCPAG) – 26
Abstain – 38
SENIORS BATCH REPRESENTATIVE
Cyril Katherine S. Manongdo (PALS-NCPAG) – 38
Abstain – 30
NCPAG REPRESENTATIVE TO THE USC
Ivan Paolo D. Evangelista (IGNITE-NCPAG)
Nicole Anne Kahn P. Parreño (PALS-NCPAG)