COT Kalayaan Stands Strong Without VP

by Timothy Gerard Palugod

Kalayaan’s College of Technology (COT) lineup has no vice-presidential candidate.

It is an automatic win for their rival party’s vice president John Joseph Ong, but Kalayaan’s presidential candidate Renze Covacha reiterated that there should be no more partisanship once you’re seated in the council.

“Meron kaming circumstance na inimbitahan yung isang tao from kabila, tapos at the last day of filing [of candidacy], part [na] pala siya ng kabila. Alam namin na dito na siya sa VP, pero last day of filing tsaka siya lumipat,” said Covacha.

Renz Covacha, a third-year engineering student from the last batch of the engineering program, is also the incumbent COT student council Vice President.

With regards to the issue of merging the College of Computer Studies (CCS) and the College of Engineering (COE), Covacha explained that it is already an old issue. “Alam na namin sa sarili namin na ito na yung legacy namin. Ito na yung magbibigay sa amin ng time para maipamahagi yung mga learnings na natutunan namin sa school,” he added.

Furthermore, Covacha mentioned that the students in the college should be united. “Ito na, naging isa na tayo. Dapat i-impose natin na isa lang yung college at kakaunti na lang tayo. Dapat meron nang unity sa college natin,” he said.