Tuesday, May 24, 2011

I Will ^NOT Be Supporting the Amendments to the Liberal Constitution

It is ridiculous. They shall set a date? For a leadership vote? Which is not the same as the leadership vote will occur sometime between Nov 1, 2012 and February, 28,2013 That is to say, what stops them from saying in December 2012, "we set a date" of June, 2014? Good Gawd!!

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

JUNE 18, 2011 EXTRAORDINARY CONVENTION

1. The members of the Party assembled in convention, as a Special Resolution, amend the Constitution to add as section 82(1) the following:

Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Constitution (including, but not limited to, section 54):

(a) the meeting of the National Board of Directors required by subsection 54(3) as a consequence of the resignation of the Leader in May 2011 shall be held at any time on or before October 1, 2012; and

(b) at the meeting referred to in Paragraph (a), the National Board of Directors, in consultation with the Caucus and the Council of Presidents and on five (5) months' notice to the Party, shall set a date for a Leadership Vote between November 1, 2012 and February 28, 2013.

This subsection (1) shall no longer be of force or effect on the later of the conclusion of the Leadership Vote contemplated by Paragraph (a) and February 28, 2013.

2. The members of the Party assembled in convention, as a Special Resolution, amend the Constitution to add as section 82(2) the following:

Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Constitution (including, but not limited to, section 65), the next biennial convention of the Party (which is the rescheduled biennial convention of the Party originally called for June 17, 2011) including the related in-person meeting of the Council of Presidents shall be held on January 13 to 15, 2012 at Ottawa, Ontario. This subsection (2) shall no longer be of force or effect on January 15, 2012
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Question -- please answer.

I imagine the amendments will be approved.

Suppose they are rejected.

We have a consitution in place. OK. But what would be the short term, medium term outcomes of that result?

What I am saying is, for the membership to make an informed decision, doesn't it need to know the "either/or" that the Board would pursue, depending on the outcome of the vote?

Craig Chamberlain said...

I just posted the question, James.

A Eliz. said...

Reason why the Liberals will never get it right and why we, in the long run, lost the election, ever since Martin back-stabbed Chretien..people do not forget.

Skinny Dipper said...

With a potential long delay in the leadership vote, the Liberals will lose on fundraising.