10/09/2026
๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐
The President of the Philippine Political Science Association, Dr. Reynold D. Agnes, held a brown bag session in Room 401 inside the University of San Jose-Recoletos from 2:00โ3:00 PM, where he talked about and discussed the topic "๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐: ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ."
During his session, he discussed different topics regarding politics. He emphasized the importance of delving deeper into Philippine politics and political issues, such as political dynasties, vote buying, and questioning the system. Dr. Agnes mentioned that as citizens, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ. He emphasized that Filipinos can easily take the power back when it comes to political dynasties, and this is during electoral periods, by learning to vote critically and staying informed about our politics because, as per Dr. Agnes, โ๐ญ๐๐ฒ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐, ๐ญ๐๐ฒ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ซ๐.โ He also mentioned the stigma that comes from the issue of โvote buyingโ and labeling those people as โbobotante.โ ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, โ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐?" He later connected this to his topic that ๐
๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ when it comes to questioning the system and the government.
This brown bag session served as a tunnel of new perspectives regarding Philippine politics for the Josenian political science students. The Josenian Political Science Society expresses its heartfelt gratitude to the Philippine Political Science Association and to Dr. Reynold D. Agnes for his wisdom and knowledge, and for taking his time to discuss an important and insightful topic.
Caption by | JPSS 2nd Yr Board Representative
Photos by | Mitchelle Bacarisas