13/11/2025
๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ช๐ฆ | ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐: ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
Pasay City โ The Arellano University โ Jose Abad Santos Political Science Department, The Parliamentarians, conducted the Interdepartmental Debate: The Great Dialogue on November 7, 2025, at the Annex Building, Room 225.
The program began at 9:00 a.m. with Ms. Ashley Anne Sta. Ana, Organizational Officer and Master of Ceremonies, leading the opening prayer, National Anthem, and AU Hymn.
Mr. Arvic Luis Panay Jalos, Minority Leader, delivered the opening remarks, highlighting the significance of debate, followed by a message from Dr. Enerio L. Sagusay, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
The board of judges included Mr. Bennette Estrada, Ms. Sandara E. Mina, and the Adviser of the Supreme Student Council, Ms. Deborah A. Acab.
The first round focused on the motion โIs corruption avoidable in any system?โ with the College of Arts and Sciences representatives, Mr. Joannes Paulo and Ms. Princess Venus Patiรฑo, taking the pro side against the Commission on Electionsโ debaters, Mr. Ivan Rejolio, Ms. Daniel Jade Eungenio, and Ms. Justin Adrien Mora, on the con side.
The second round discussed the motion โIn favor or against: Charter Change,โ where Educ-Parliamentarians, represented by Mr. Ranze Layco Lanuza and Mr. Oyeh Montajes, took the affirmative side, while the College of Arts and Sciences opposed.
In the final round, the Educ-Parliamentarians (Affirmative) faced COMELEC (Negative) on the topic โDoes Artificial Intelligence steal jobs?โ
At 2:00 p.m., the awarding ceremony took place. The Educ-Parliamentarians placed second, the College of Arts and Sciences ranked first, and COMELEC claimed the championship, earning the right to represent the campus in the upcoming interbranch competition.
The event concluded at 2:20 p.m. with closing remarks from Ms. Iyana Melise B. Montarde, Parliamentarian President, followed by a photo opportunity.
๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด, ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.