
A search for leaders: Understanding the lack of candidates for PRO
By CRIS EUGENE T. GIANAN and FATE EMERALD M. COLOBONG
IN THE two times that the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) Commission on Elections (Comelec) opened the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the position of Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Artlets Student Council (ABSC), a position that has been vacant for about five months now, not one Artlet showed up to file a candidacy.
The first filing of COCs was held on Sept. 13, while a second attempt was held on Oct. 15. The glaring disinterest of Artlets in vying for a seat in the council has led the Flame to ask: what could be the reason for the absence of candidates for PRO?
Lack of qualified candidates
For Comelec Chairperson Giselle Manzano, election rules and the shift to K to 12 may have contributed to th...