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Maki Lim | Posted on February 21, 2008The Sanggunian elections for this year should not be held.
The Sanggu’s situation is too problematic for it to move on and hold elections. At least last year, we could have attributed the Sanggu’s problems to political immaturity and the infancy of the two-party system.
This year, it has become more evident that what has been happening in Sanggu is plain dirty politics. There hardly is a way for the students to know about the internal politics in Sanggu, like the personal issues of one officer against another, because of the lack of transparency (which could well have been its product). There are only stories coming from officers frustrated by the happenings inside. (Don’t reason that they are just propagandist rumors, because that would only prove my point even more.) The mudslinging during last year’s elections, for example, can still be attributed to political immaturity and the infancy of the two-party system.
Recently, I have been hearing so many things about what had brought about the controversial events, and I do not think they are just rumors. I also do not think that they are mere consequences of “the absence of clear-cut leadership,” as someone’s claim-to-fame line goes. The resignations? The ouster? Call me a conspiracy theorist but I believe (and partly because someone told me) that they were part of a partisan maneuvering to gain (more) power.
Where does this seemingly senseless and baseless theory come from? Aside from the accounts of someone inside Sanggu, this draws from the vagueness of the statements of the people involved. Upon reading them, one gets the feeling that something is still lacking in them, that something is being left out.
Even after Sanggu’s open forum, which was advertised as the event where the true story would be told (from the point of view of only certain people, of course), some questions remain unanswered. What really happened is still unclear. What was then an issue of a lack of transparency now becomes an issue of stifling the truth. Other than this, I cannot think of a better way to reflect the actions of the Arroyo administration on the ZTE scandal (along with many others).
Hence my call to postpone the elections. The Sanggu must first prove my (and others’) theory wrong. Let there be transparency, if only in the Satinitigan controversy. This is not merely a personal issue of Satinitigan, as some say. Neither does the shedding light on this issue “lie on Karl alone.” Just as the ZTE scandal is an issue of every Filipino, so is the Satinitigan ouster an issue of every Atenean.
A student government should not be like the current Sanggu. A student government, especially in a university aiming to mold future leaders for this nation, should not mirror the (at best) disturbing state of the Philippine government.
During Boyet Dy’s presidency, when the ‘Hello, Garci?’ scandal broke out, and when the Arroyo administration urged the people to move on after the President said sorry, the students posed a question to the administration in a tarpaulin. I pose that same question now: “How could we move on without the truth?”
Si Maki Lim ay ang Punong Patnugot ng Matanglawin.
wen batocabe Says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:53 pmhey maki!
your points may be considered controversial, but you’re definitely right in most of them.
it’s about time that the entire Ateneo community be aware of the politics inside the sanggunian. more so, for Ateneans to know the different political maneuvering(s) done by some of the officers just to gain more power, as what you said in your article.
however, what i don’t agree with is your point suggesting that politics shouldn’t be found inside any student council. (i’m not sure if i got your point correctly so feel free to disregard my contention if so.) because as far as i know, politics will always exist as long as there is a ‘power relationship’ at stake. it may not be too political as what is happening right now, but there will always be politics embedded in it, which we can’t remove no matter how hard we try.
probably, it’s because of this too much idealism that is why we are always caught off guard with the different things happening inside the sanggunian. moreso, why we still can’t address this so-called political problem inside it.
marc Says:
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:54 amMr. Lim, how would the party system mature if it wouldn’t experience the downside of politics? Do they have something to gain for politicking? Publicity perhaps, but it’s not tangible.
All we have to do is let the election be held, let the parties mature, and let the system push the Sanggunian to its limits. WAIT.
eli Says:
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:47 pmThere was no political power agenda at work in Karl’s “ouster.” The fact of the matter is that there was no way he could have continued functioning as president because he wasn’t enrolled.
Stop using him to further the “dissent” between both parties, to plant crazy ideas in the mind of the student body, and to tarnish reputations of good people, including Karl himself.
Leave the guy alone, please.
Mish Says:
February 26th, 2008 at 1:00 ami agree with eli. stop judging.
lesbx Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pmMr. Lim is not judging anyone.
Mr. Lim is also a scholar, and he knows how it is like to be one. If an ordinary scholar’s life is never easy, how much more Mr. Santinitigan’s situation? He held a great position and responsibility other than his school work.
He’s just asking for the truth regarding Mr. Santinitigan’s resignation as Sanggu president. The situation is alarming…the news was so sudden. He didn’t judge Karl..he was just asserting very Atenean’s right to know what’s happening in their student government.
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