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By-elections underway to fill gaps on council
Previous charges of electoral fraud shadow current elections
Jarred Coxford
Issue date: 11/27/07 Section: News
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Because he had run for council as part of the UNITY slate last Spring, Chivi said he is still a supporter of the slate.
Chivi, current president of the Concordia International Students Association, believes that the current council should be concentrating more on students rather than on allegations of electoral fraud against councillors Rosenshein and Kogut.
"If I was a part of the CSU council, I would pay more attention to student life and student problems rather than petty politics," he said.
The motion to eject UNITY councillors Rosenshein and Kogut, by upholding a Judicial Board (JB) decision last spring, was tabled in October by Go!Concordia councillor Matthew Forget. It was never addressed by council chair Sarah Rodier in the October meeting, and was put off for another month in the November meeting when UNITY councillor Colin Goldfinch motioned to have the case reviewed by council in December.
Referendum Question Number 4
The fourth question on the referendum ballot for this week's by-election is stated exactly as follows: In accordance with the By-laws published on the Concordia Student Union's website (www.csu.qc.ca) and available for consultation at the voting both, Do you agree to some minor by-law changes that have been approved and recommended by the CSU Council of Representatives, the governing legislative body of the CSU, to make the CSU more accountable and transparent to it's members?
The fourth referendum question was motioned at a CSU council meeting on October 10 and made public on November 5.
CSU Council candidate and official 'no' opposition to the fourth question on the referendum ballot, Beisan Zubi, says that the question is "misleading" because "you don't know what the changes are - how transparent and accountable is that?"
The by-laws mentioned in the question were only made available to the public last Friday according to Zubi and McSharry, which Zubi says "is far too late." The 13-page document is now available online at the CSU's website and will be available at the polling stations for reference.
I'm not taking a stance against whether or not [referendum question number 4] should pass or not," said Zubi, "I'm taking a strong stance against the fact that [the CSU] hasn't told anybody what it is."
Chivi said he is not familiar with this issue at this point.
Chivi, current president of the Concordia International Students Association, believes that the current council should be concentrating more on students rather than on allegations of electoral fraud against councillors Rosenshein and Kogut.
"If I was a part of the CSU council, I would pay more attention to student life and student problems rather than petty politics," he said.
The motion to eject UNITY councillors Rosenshein and Kogut, by upholding a Judicial Board (JB) decision last spring, was tabled in October by Go!Concordia councillor Matthew Forget. It was never addressed by council chair Sarah Rodier in the October meeting, and was put off for another month in the November meeting when UNITY councillor Colin Goldfinch motioned to have the case reviewed by council in December.
Referendum Question Number 4
The fourth question on the referendum ballot for this week's by-election is stated exactly as follows: In accordance with the By-laws published on the Concordia Student Union's website (www.csu.qc.ca) and available for consultation at the voting both, Do you agree to some minor by-law changes that have been approved and recommended by the CSU Council of Representatives, the governing legislative body of the CSU, to make the CSU more accountable and transparent to it's members?
The fourth referendum question was motioned at a CSU council meeting on October 10 and made public on November 5.
CSU Council candidate and official 'no' opposition to the fourth question on the referendum ballot, Beisan Zubi, says that the question is "misleading" because "you don't know what the changes are - how transparent and accountable is that?"
The by-laws mentioned in the question were only made available to the public last Friday according to Zubi and McSharry, which Zubi says "is far too late." The 13-page document is now available online at the CSU's website and will be available at the polling stations for reference.
I'm not taking a stance against whether or not [referendum question number 4] should pass or not," said Zubi, "I'm taking a strong stance against the fact that [the CSU] hasn't told anybody what it is."
Chivi said he is not familiar with this issue at this point.
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