AKLAS MISSION-VISION

AKLAS MISSION-VISION

OUR MISSION

The Alyansa ng Kristiyanong Lakas (AKLAS) was founded in 1986, after the 1^st EDSA Revolution as a socio-political party intended to serve every Thomasian. As a party, AKLAS has seen the best and the worst of the university, and has been an integral part of the university’s socio-political landscape.

As a party, AKLAS espouses three major principles, namely: SERVANT LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND PROFESSIONALIZED STUDENT SERVICE. All these principles have been embodied and is still embodied by every member of AKLAS.

SERVANT LEADERSHIP: AKLAS believes that true leadership is one rooted in servant hood; the type of leadership instituted by Christ Himself. An AKLAS leader is a leader of service to every Thomasian at any given time and at any random circumstance.

SOCIAL JUSTICE: AKLAS believes that enjoyment of rights is best in an environment that promotes justice for all. AKLAS has forwarded this principle by inking the Magna Carta of Students’ Rights, the first university student council-initiated charter in the Philippines. An AKLAS leader fights for justice for the oppressed, and provides due process to the offender.

PROFESSIONALIZED STUDENT SERVICE: AKLAS believes that every student deserves the most professionalized service he can get. The AKLAS leadership has made sure, over its 21 years of existence, which every student is treated with professionalism and that goods and services due him is provided at the most expedient mean and time.

AKLAS has been at the forefront of the university political scene since the late 80’s, and has established itself as a strong force on the side of the students at all times, and at all costs.

AKLAS currently has an established local political backbone consisted of eight (8) local political parties, whose visions and missions are rooted upon the AKLAS ideology.

OUR GOVERNANCE

· The AKLAS governance shall be one of justice for all. AKLAS shall ensure that the student council shall be the optimal provider of justice to all students by making sure that institutions are utilized for the welfare of the students.

· The AKLAS governance shall be one that promotes students’ rights and welfare. AKLAS shall always be at the forefront of promoting students’ rights and welfare, not only for Thomasians, but for all Dominican students in the Philippines. A testament to this commitment is the inking of the Magna Carta for Students’ Rights of UST.

· The AKLAS governance shall be one that focuses on the holistic development of a Thomasian. AKLAS shall be a student council with programs, curricular, co-curricular, and extra curricular, geared to develop every facet of a Thomasian, regardless of college, faculty, institute, or school affiliation.

· The AKLAS governance shall be one that advocates unity amid differences: AKLAS has never, and shall never look at what separates every Thomasian: college affiliation, socio-economic background, or political belief; instead, AKLAS shall focus on what binds us: being Thomasian.

OUR VISION

· AKLAS envisions a progressive and dynamic student council, with minimal control of administrators, in determining its policies, programs, and projects for the student body.

· AKLAS envisions producing a roster of the most competent student leaders, both in the university-wide and local political arena, illumined by faith and geared towards providing the students with optimum satisfaction through the party’s programs.

· AKLAS envisions a non-apathetic, and socially participative Thomasians aware of their rights and active in the processes of policy-making, and project implementation of programs designed to develop them further.

Chairman's Welcome Message

WELCOME MESSAGE
John Carlo M. Masajo
Chairperson, AKLAS
AY 2007-2008

To my fellow members of the advisory council for this academic year, officials of the allied local parties, distinguished partymates, fellow Thomasians, greetings!

The previous two years have proven to be a challenging year for the party. Last 2005, the party was only able to seat one candidate among the six it fielded; and in 2006, zero out of the four candidates it fielded made it. The party has faced the departure of several affiliates in various colleges because of increasing distrust on the party leadership and the weakness of the party itself.

When I assumed the leadership of the party last June 2007, I confronted the loss of three more affiliates in bailiwick colleges of the party. This leads me to a certain level of discomfort, since a party I have left in good hands several years back is now an inch away from being total rubble.

But through the collaborative effort of the advisory council, and the advisory councils of the eight remaining affiliates, AKLAS has managed to survive the turbulence of the past semester.

And now, as we approach the 2008 CSC and LSC elections, I know for a fact that through our collaborative effort, working as a team and a party, we shall prevail.

UST's tomorrow begins today. AKLAS!