
A Recuperating ABSC From Lazo and Avila (And Quitoy)
STRUCK BY controversies and distrust, the Faculty of Arts and Letters Student Council (ABSC) is taking light but bold steps in regaining the Artlets’ trust. Those plaguing issues did not fall on deaf ears, but generated much interest among Artlets—as the supermajority is still walking on eggshells.
The trust shattered into pieces when P 50,000-worth of Artlet activity funds went missing under the watch of then-council Treasurer Julienne Avila and then-council President Marie Jann Klaire Lazo.
The ax fell against the two officers who were held guilty of gross negligence of duties, and as consequence, did not receive their certificates of good moral character and were not given the reimbursement for the cash advance they paid to cover the lost fund. Avila also served 50 hours of commun...