VP election referendum

Changes could soon be coming to the MSU’s Board of Directors elections. Earlier in October, the Student Mobilization Syndicate presented a petition with over 800 signatures to the VP (Administration) asking that all MSU members be eligible to vote for the three VPs (Administration, Education, Finance) in addition to the President. This request will be discussed at the upcoming SRA meeting on Nov. 1, where members will vote to take a stance on the issue. Based on this vote, the SRA will make a recommendation that students vote in favour of or against the election of VPs. The SRA will take a stance on this referenda because it is a Constitutional amendment, unlike, for example, the newly passed health care coverage referendum.

MSU President Ehima Osazuwa was ecstatic at the thought of opening the VP elections to the MSU at-large. “I’m very excited that students get a chance to decide what they want. That’s been my biggest position so far,” he said. He added, “[Whether students] want to elect VPs at large or not, I’m glad they will finally get that chance.”

Despite his excitement, Osazuwa also expressed concern over how the student body will vote. “It’s going to be close because it needs to be two-thirds affirmative. So two thirds of the people who go to the polls need to say yes and that includes abstainers,” he explained.

Regardless of the SRA’s vote to endorse the amendment or not, it will go to referendum this winter.