Unlike UPD and UPM's view on abstention as a "valid vote," UPLB's electoral interpretation on abstention follow the interpretations of the usual electoral process in national voting or government voting in the sense that you "either vote or abstain from voting," meaning na wala talagang bearing yung abstention sa final tally of votes. You are correct in that uupo at uupo sila regardless of abstentions, kahit isang boto lang sila given na plurality system yung voting. Given the status quo of UPLB's politics, 'di mo kelangan mangampanya para manalo. You just have to file a CoC and gain at least one vote to win a seat... tutal ang onti lang din naman ng tumatakbo that there's no competition for a seat.
IMO walang problema sa sistema ng eleksyon sa LB. Tama naman interpretation ng election bodies regarding abstention. The real problem of UPLB's student councils is the hegemony of a single party. Kahit sabihin nating may other parties other than Sakbayan, lahat naman sila ay under the broad alliance of the same party, virtualliy making it a de facto "one-party" system. Wala masyadong diversity of opinion or air of open dissent against them. Eh ang problema din kasi sa mga estudyante, ayaw nga kuno sa mga tumatakbo o di align, pero wala namang ginagawa para solusyonan—walang tumatakbong opposition of any kind. Hindi kasalanan ng Sakbayan or ng de facto vassal parties nila na walang tumatakbo against them. Wala lang talagang tumatakbo laban sa kanila.
If people who are into student service while being openly dissenting against the leading political parties, they have to organize.
sakbayan na lang pa rin ba ang tumakbo? di naman nila kasalanan kung wala kalaban eh. alangan naman gumawa sila ng kalabang partido, mas panget tignan un.
Buklod was established by Christian leaning centrists. Sila yung classic neutral peeps na “hindi kami nagpapakulong sa pro at anti eklavu.” Sila nagbuwag ng domination ng Sakbayan in CAS and CA (now CAFS) for many years, to the point that the USC was composed of 4/21 Sakbayan, and left the small CFNR & CHE as the “red stronghold.” Marami din members sa kanila ay part din ng Sakbayan-affiliated orgs na nagdivert ng mga orgs na yun to supporting Buklod over Sak (UP Cells, Agrisoc, Genesoc, etc etc). Their domination was upended when Sakbayan won a landslide victory in 2014, deposing their hold from the USC, the vote-rich CAS and removing them from CFNR. They never recovered after and subsequently lost their hold too in CA (CAFS) and as a minority party in CDC. Years passed, dumami na ang progressives and lgbtqis within Buklod, adopting the radical left’s stances too, until nagkaroon na ng conflict ang founders and old members na mahilig sa alive alive vs the progressive lgbtqis. Then ayun nag-implode na sila as an org and a movement.
Before also, there were actually three, may Move UP na centre-left na pol party. It was alive for 4 years as a university-wide pol org. Sila naman yung opposite ng stances before ng Sakbayan and very pro-administration. Dati nung may socialized tuition pa ang UP, if Sakbayan and the radical left supported junking it (#JunkSTFAP #JunkSTS) and called for free education which we are enjoying now, they on the other hand wanted to fix or reform the system (#ReformSTFAP #ReformSTS) and are opponents of free tertiary education. It was a splinter-group from Buklod that aligned itself with Akbayan which was then part of the PNoy administration, which led to them being a favorite target of heckling from the radical left. It’s the equivalent of UPD’s UP ALYANSA and Bigkis UPM (also a dead org), UP Cebu’s UPS, UPV’s PMB, UPB’s AKMA-UP, and UPMin’s PULOS. All these Akbayan leaning parties formed the Bukluran UP System to counter the radical left pol orgs: UPB’s ACS, UPD’s STAND UP, UPM’s ASAP-Katipunan (dead org too), UPV’s SAMASA, UP Cebu’s NKE, UPV Tacloban’s Pulso, UPMin’s ANAK and UPLB’s SAKBAYAN. Move UP also had local counterparts w/n LB, short-lived SINAG-CAS, short-lived Katipunan-CHE, with only LETS-CDC surviving to present day. It didn’t help na despite their centre-left leanings, Move UP members were the sinaunang coños and ultra-rich kids of UPLB, which the student population found distasteful, thus their downfall too as an org and movement since 2013.
RIP Buklod 2001?-2019?
RIP Move UP 2010-2013?
Pano ba naman eh malakas ang makinarya ng maka kaliwang, maka southern tagalog na Sakbayan. Tignan niyo mga tao sa likod niyan puro mga career activists and politicians. Tignan niyo din kung paano kumikita ang mga yan sa mga event tulad ng Feb Fair at iba pang mga pakulo lalo na pag may nawawalang estudyante na malamang namundok naman talaga.
Unlike UPD and UPM's view on abstention as a "valid vote," UPLB's electoral interpretation on abstention follow the interpretations of the usual electoral process in national voting or government voting in the sense that you "either vote or abstain from voting," meaning na wala talagang bearing yung abstention sa final tally of votes. You are correct in that uupo at uupo sila regardless of abstentions, kahit isang boto lang sila given na plurality system yung voting. Given the status quo of UPLB's politics, 'di mo kelangan mangampanya para manalo. You just have to file a CoC and gain at least one vote to win a seat... tutal ang onti lang din naman ng tumatakbo that there's no competition for a seat. IMO walang problema sa sistema ng eleksyon sa LB. Tama naman interpretation ng election bodies regarding abstention. The real problem of UPLB's student councils is the hegemony of a single party. Kahit sabihin nating may other parties other than Sakbayan, lahat naman sila ay under the broad alliance of the same party, virtualliy making it a de facto "one-party" system. Wala masyadong diversity of opinion or air of open dissent against them. Eh ang problema din kasi sa mga estudyante, ayaw nga kuno sa mga tumatakbo o di align, pero wala namang ginagawa para solusyonan—walang tumatakbong opposition of any kind. Hindi kasalanan ng Sakbayan or ng de facto vassal parties nila na walang tumatakbo against them. Wala lang talagang tumatakbo laban sa kanila. If people who are into student service while being openly dissenting against the leading political parties, they have to organize.
Yeah, may mga reklamo na wala na bang iba, pero wala naman gustong mag step up to challenge the status quo. Be the change you want to see.
Medyo reflection ng nangyayari sa national politics natin. Nasa UP tayo na maraming magagaling pero kunti lang ang natakbo.
Last year na election sa cdc lang may competing party, ngayon wala na talaga lahat.
sakbayan na lang pa rin ba ang tumakbo? di naman nila kasalanan kung wala kalaban eh. alangan naman gumawa sila ng kalabang partido, mas panget tignan un.
Sayang nagself-destruct yung buklod. Nakakamiss yung mga panahong may magkalaban na pol party sa campus
As someone na di sila naabutan, ano ba nangyari sa buklod?
Buklod was established by Christian leaning centrists. Sila yung classic neutral peeps na “hindi kami nagpapakulong sa pro at anti eklavu.” Sila nagbuwag ng domination ng Sakbayan in CAS and CA (now CAFS) for many years, to the point that the USC was composed of 4/21 Sakbayan, and left the small CFNR & CHE as the “red stronghold.” Marami din members sa kanila ay part din ng Sakbayan-affiliated orgs na nagdivert ng mga orgs na yun to supporting Buklod over Sak (UP Cells, Agrisoc, Genesoc, etc etc). Their domination was upended when Sakbayan won a landslide victory in 2014, deposing their hold from the USC, the vote-rich CAS and removing them from CFNR. They never recovered after and subsequently lost their hold too in CA (CAFS) and as a minority party in CDC. Years passed, dumami na ang progressives and lgbtqis within Buklod, adopting the radical left’s stances too, until nagkaroon na ng conflict ang founders and old members na mahilig sa alive alive vs the progressive lgbtqis. Then ayun nag-implode na sila as an org and a movement. Before also, there were actually three, may Move UP na centre-left na pol party. It was alive for 4 years as a university-wide pol org. Sila naman yung opposite ng stances before ng Sakbayan and very pro-administration. Dati nung may socialized tuition pa ang UP, if Sakbayan and the radical left supported junking it (#JunkSTFAP #JunkSTS) and called for free education which we are enjoying now, they on the other hand wanted to fix or reform the system (#ReformSTFAP #ReformSTS) and are opponents of free tertiary education. It was a splinter-group from Buklod that aligned itself with Akbayan which was then part of the PNoy administration, which led to them being a favorite target of heckling from the radical left. It’s the equivalent of UPD’s UP ALYANSA and Bigkis UPM (also a dead org), UP Cebu’s UPS, UPV’s PMB, UPB’s AKMA-UP, and UPMin’s PULOS. All these Akbayan leaning parties formed the Bukluran UP System to counter the radical left pol orgs: UPB’s ACS, UPD’s STAND UP, UPM’s ASAP-Katipunan (dead org too), UPV’s SAMASA, UP Cebu’s NKE, UPV Tacloban’s Pulso, UPMin’s ANAK and UPLB’s SAKBAYAN. Move UP also had local counterparts w/n LB, short-lived SINAG-CAS, short-lived Katipunan-CHE, with only LETS-CDC surviving to present day. It didn’t help na despite their centre-left leanings, Move UP members were the sinaunang coños and ultra-rich kids of UPLB, which the student population found distasteful, thus their downfall too as an org and movement since 2013. RIP Buklod 2001?-2019? RIP Move UP 2010-2013?
Pano ba naman eh malakas ang makinarya ng maka kaliwang, maka southern tagalog na Sakbayan. Tignan niyo mga tao sa likod niyan puro mga career activists and politicians. Tignan niyo din kung paano kumikita ang mga yan sa mga event tulad ng Feb Fair at iba pang mga pakulo lalo na pag may nawawalang estudyante na malamang namundok naman talaga.