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JM Suelo: Profile of a CPUR President

2018-2019 CPUR President, JM Suelo formally accepts the Key of Responsibility from 2017-2018 CPUR President, Jan Christian Española.

The newly elected President John Michael Suelo (more popularly known as JM) of the CPU Student Republic hails from the province of Capiz and is the only son of Mr. Efren Suelo and Mrs. Lorelie Suelo. He is currently a second year Law student. He earned his Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree from Central Philippine University.

His first political engagement with CPU is as governor of the College of Arts and Sciences Student Council in 2011. He was spokesperson of the Law Students before running for the CPUR Presidency as standard bearer of the Reform Party. Student politics aside, JM was Mr. CPUR (2ndRunner Up) in the Search for Mr. CPU in 2015.

The athletic campus personality maintains his healthy outlook with a healthy lifestyle. One of his regular activities when not in the classroom is body building or working out at the CPU Lifestyle Learning Center. Not only his active outlook on life but more importantly his intelligence may have inspired his fellow students to vote for him. During the campaign, he spelled out his capability to govern using his acro-name: S-trengthen the checks and balances during his watch, U-phold the rule of law, E-mpower the students, L-ead by example, and O-perate intelligently.

Suelo is proud to be “President” at age 23.

God is Love

CPUR President Jan Christian Española holds a heart-shaped coin bank personally molded by  Eduardo Llanera whose son, Allen, has Tetralogy of Fallot. For inquiries on how to purchase the coin bank please contact any officer of the CPUR.

In the Bible there was a man who was afflicted with leprosy. He kneeled before Jesus and begged Jesus to “clean him.”

“If you want you can make me clean,” the man said to Jesus. The man meant for Jesus to clean him not only physically, but also spiritually. At those times spiritual cleanliness and holiness were considered the same by the Jews.

There are various commentaries in the Old Testament with regarding leprosy. The Jews considered leprosy a punishment from God because the person has committed sin. Lepers were considered dirty and in the realm of religion, they were considered “spiritually unclean.” They were also outcasts of society.

The lepers were regulated by the Jews to stay at least fifteen feet away from “clean people.” They and their families were not allowed to work. So the only choice they can have was to become beggars.

The man begged for Jesus to clean him both spiritually and physically so he can live and work among men. The Lord Jesus pitted him so much that he held his hands and told him, “I want you to be clean.”

The inequity against the poor and the needy could have changed when Jesus came into the world. But even at present, there are still people who are afraid to mingle with the poor and the needy. They look down on them and consider them sick, dirty, and the “garbage of society.” They distance themselves from these people or they send them away.

Because Jesus loves his people equally, he didn’t care about touching the leper. He cured and cleaned them. Jesus also visited the sick and cast out demons from the possessed.

Amidst all the pain and injustice we experience, we must remember that Jesus loves and blesses everyone who believes in him. Above all else, in this season of love we must not forget that God is Love.