The Presidents Speak

A Garnetor will be our next President.

Such were Awie's ominous words, giving the empty-handed Bangsawan house something to cheer about.

Awie, wearing an utterly fascinating airplane worker outfit with color coded pockets, that turned out to be the official UTP Mechanical Engineering Club tee, delivered a veiled barb at Akmal's misconstructed statement the night before that "The President has no use." It was a verbal slip, and I assume Awie was taking it lightly. Simply, Awie informed us that Akmal threw both candidates a challenge: Are you complicated enough to be the next President?

First contender, weighing in at much less than Hizami, if exterior appearances are a good barometer: Abang Daud, or, to the National Registration Department, Mohd Hisyam bin Jamari. He regaled us with the origins of his moniker "Abang Daud" - apparently he got that label during an Induction Week game. He added a personal tinge when he mentioned his doctor uncle, also named Daud, and how he remembered his uncle when people call him Abang Daud. Simple yet poignant.

Thrust of speech: He believes he's "close to you guys" and he knows he has the ability to be a leader. In another cleverly worded statement, he exhorts all to "vote for who I am, not who I will be", and in another quintessential Daud-ism: "I'm just me." He argues he's not a busy person, merely active, as many people may refrain from voting him due to his presidenc..ies of MARA Scholars and Ecotrip.

Hizami ended the day with a thunderous voice and equally thunderous applause, beseeching the audience for their trust. He admitted words can be deceiving but appealed to the populace to see the passion and fire in his eyes, and know he bares his soul to public scrutiny that night to fight for our rights. Well said - now do it. His central tenet of governance - to bring democracy to KYUEM shores.

He will not condone the marginalization of SC as a mere representative body and sees it as a body taking real action on behalf of the students. He believes in closer rapport with SC and other student representative bodies, e.g. Muscom, Veritas (?), house coms, clubs and societies, for in an oft-repeated statement, "The SC is not on a pedestal, it must not be detached from the students." He ended by declaring the time for silence is over and proclaimed "I will fight for you, Your fight is my fight."

Veritas will fight for any of you. As you are elected through the democratic process, so we will fight for that very democratic process to set root and bloom through our reporting.

Good luck, candidates, and though we would sincerely love to say "May the best man win", eventually, all we long for: May the college win.