THE CONSITUTIONAL Commission (Con-Com) resolution was approved in the Sanggunian Central Board (CB) meeting last July 12.
The Con-Com will be the official body tasked to assist the CB in amending the 2005 Sanggunian Constitution.
The CB is granted the power to call a Con-Com as stated in Article XVII, Section 2 of the constitution.
According to the resolution authored by Sanggunian Vice President Ryan Yu, the Con-Com will be forwarding all amendments to the CB for approval.
The commission will begin by gathering suggestions for constitutional changes from the student body.
The Con-Com will process the said amendment suggestions, and consultation with concerned sectors and groups will be made.
Once approved, the suggestions will then be presented to the CB and will be put to a vote.
These amendments will be officially proposed when the target number of votes from the CB is reached.
If an amendment is approved, the CB will then coordinate with the Ateneo Student Concern Center, which is the body responsible for making the proposed amendments public.
The amendments will be finalized through a constitutional plebiscite.
Con-Com vs. Con-Con
Student Judicial Court Magistrate for Audit Danielle Gaite said the CB should now clarify the difference between a Con-Com and a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con).
Yu clarified how the CB understood the distinction based from the resolution.
“The Con-Con is a unit that can directly forward proposed amendments to the plebiscite while the Con-Com is a recommendatory body that consults sectors and forwards amendments to the CB,” he said.
