SAMAHAN Communications

Ateneo de Davao University, E. Jacinto St., Davao City 8016

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ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY
SAMAHAN Central Board member:Ateneo de Davao Student Government
A member of BUKLOD ATENISTA: Alliance of student governments of Jesuit tertiary education institutions
Date: September 15, 2014
Time: 4:10PM
Venue: F305

Minutes of the First Reading of the SAMAHAN Constitution Draft
Attendance:
Constitutional Commissioners
1. Maxine Raphaelle Angala, Office of the President
2. Jazzmin Enfactana, Office of the Secretary-General
3. Benjie Martinez, Office of the Treasurer
4. Karen Monterde, General Assembly
5. Cavin Cabarlo, Campus Clubs Organization
6. Trisha Marie Villa-Abrille, Accountancy Department
7. Ivan Capin, Business and Management Department
8. Shannie Mae Piedad, Computer Studies Cluster
9. Tracy Villanueva, Humanities and Letters Cluster
10. Alexca Callao, Natural Sciences and Mathematics Cluster
11. Jason Cyril Tajores, School of Education
12. Rogelio Adlawan, School of Engineering and Architecture
13. Matthew Anasco, School of Nursing
14. Jacobo Luis Ayala, Social Sciences Cluster

Absent:
1. Benjie Martinez, Office of the Treasurer
2. Karen Monterde, General Assembly
3. Cavin Cabarlo, Campus Clubs Organization
4. Trisha Marie Villa-Abrille, Accountancy Department
5. Ivan Capin, Business and Management Department
6. Shannie Mae Piedad, Computer Studies Cluster
7. Tracy Villanueva, Humanities and Letters Cluster

CALL TO ORDER
Having reached a quorum, the meeting was called to order at 4:10 PM by Alexca Callao, Presiding
Officer. Opening Prayer was led by Ms. Maxine Raphaelle Angala. The Commissioner-Secretary read the
roll of the Honorable Commissioners.







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ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY
SAMAHAN Central Board member:Ateneo de Davao Student Government
A member of BUKLOD ATENISTA: Alliance of student governments of Jesuit tertiary education institutions
A. Reference of Business
The Deputy Chairperson, in her opening speech, welcomed everyone to the 1
st
reading and said that
even though they are not in quorum, they are grateful of the presence of everyone.
The privilege speech from the Chairperson of the Constitutional Commission, read by the Commissioner
Rogelio Adlawan highlighted that he calls for mass cooperation.
A privilege speech from the President of the SAMAHAN Central Board was given. He said that he trusts
the Constitution Commission and the leaders present here today to let the constituents understand
what is written in the constitution. He also said that this would systematize the functions of the whole
student government.

B. Business of the Day

The Commissioner-Secretary read the business of the day, and the time allotment for the agendum.

It has been agreed that the pending motions which came after all the discussions in the previous
sessions and caucuses shall be approved.

The first pending motion: It has been agreed by the Constitutional Commission that the term
Adjudicator shall be changed to Justice, Associate Justice, and Chief Justice as to where the term
is appropriately designated. There were no objections from the Commissioners.
The second pending motion: It has been agreed by the Constitutional Commission to amend Article VIII,
Section 3, Paragraph 3, and it shall be read as:
Any vacant position in the Students Supreme Court shall be filled in through an
appointment by the President from a list of at least three nominees from the
SAMAHAN Judicial and Bar Council on the affected Cluster.
There were no objections from the Commissioners.
The third pending motion: There was a pending motion coming from the Deputy Chairman of the
Constitutional Commission to change all elected terms to appointed as regards to its
appropriateness in the proper language in the Constitution. There were no objections from the
Commissioners.






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SAMAHAN Central Board member:Ateneo de Davao Student Government
A member of BUKLOD ATENISTA: Alliance of student governments of Jesuit tertiary education institutions
The fourth pending motion: It has been agreed by the Constitutional Commission to amend Article VIII,
Section 4, Paragraph 9, adding have after the first word, changing the form of be to been.
There were no objections from the Commissioners.
The fifth pending motion: It has been agreed by the Constitutional Commission that they strike out or
remove Paragraph 2, of Section 2, of Article X. There were no objections from the Commissioners.
The sixth pending motion: It has been debated by the constitutional Commission that the term via is
inappropriate to be used in this Constitution because it appears to be informal. There were no
objections from the Commissioners.
The seventh pending motion: The Constitutional Commission moves to correct the Roman Numeral of
the Transitory Provision from XII to XIII. There were no objections from the Commissioners.

The eight pending motion: It has been examined and agreed by the Constitutional Commission to
remove the phrase after the semi-colon succeeding the word provided that until the declarative
mark in Section1, paragraph 2 because it is now inappropriate in todays situation. There were no
objections from the Commissioners.

The ninth pending motion: It has been examined and agreed to remove paragraphs 3 and 4 of Section 2
as they are not applicable now like the provision following in paragraph 1 of Section1. There were no
objections from the Commissioners.

The tenth pending motion: It has been agreed by the Constitutional Commission that Article VIII, Section
3, par. 3 shall be amended, and it shall be read as:

The 2014-2015 SAMAHAN Constitutional Commission shall be a de facto Students
Supreme Court for one semester commencing after three days from the ratification of
this Constitution. It shall then be dissolved when the semester ends.

The SAMAHAN Judicial and Bar Council shall submit a list of candidates for being
Members of the Students Supreme Court to the SAMAHAN President under the 1982
SAMAHAN Constitution.

The incumbent President under the 1982 SAMAHAN Constitution shall appoint the
first Members of the Regular Members of the Students Supreme Court.

There were no objections from the Commissioners.

The eleventh pending motion: It has been agreed by the Constitutional Commission to move Section 6
to be Section 7 to give way for a new provision to be in Section 6 as to arrange the provisions logically.
There were no objections from the Commissioners.







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224 2411 local 8371 | www.samahan,addu.edu.ph
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ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY
SAMAHAN Central Board member:Ateneo de Davao Student Government
A member of BUKLOD ATENISTA: Alliance of student governments of Jesuit tertiary education institutions
The twelfth pending motion: It has been agreed by the Constitutional Commission to create a new
provision, and it says:

Amendments may only be introduced three years after the ratification of this
Constitution.

There were no objections from the Commissioners.

The thirteenth pending motion: The Constitutional Commission moved that they approve the budget
proposal, and shall not be considered as a resolution of the Commission. There were no objections from
the Commissioners.

The fourteenth pending motion: The Constitutional Commission moves to admit the Draft to the first
reading of the Commission after having approved all the motions. There were no objections from the
Commissioners.


C. Questions

Q: When did the plan for the new constitution started?
A: It started 3 or 4 terms ago. The commissioners during Maureen Villamors term started on the 2
nd

Semester.
Q: Whats the purpose of the readings/plebiscite?
A: Enable for the People to be aware of the constitution with regards to proceedings weve undergone.
To be able to know what weve decided. With the plebiscite, we planned it to be on the 2
nd
semester to
be seen as new horizon that the Ateneo should endeavour.


D. Adjournment

Since all of the business of the day has been done, the meeting adjourned until Wednesday, September
17, 2014, 4PM. The meeting ended at 5:05PM.














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224 2411 local 8371 | www.samahan,addu.edu.ph
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ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY
SAMAHAN Central Board member:Ateneo de Davao Student Government
A member of BUKLOD ATENISTA: Alliance of student governments of Jesuit tertiary education institutions
Prepared by:

(Sgd.)
TRISTAN ANGELES
Member, Documentations Team
SAMAHAN Communications


Noted by:


(Sgd.)
DENNIS MARK CASAS
Committee Head
SAMAHAN Communications


Approved by:


(Sgd.)
MICHAEL ZACHARY LEYSON
Secretary-General
SAMAHAN Central Board