While I disagree with my colleagues and their decision, I trust that their vote was cast not on the grounds of making their re-election bid easier, moving the process along to get to their agenda, or strengthing a friendship bond, but on a desire to make one of, if not the most important offices stronger and more efficient.
I hope we do not look back on this in three months time as a mistake and I wish Verin the best of luck as Secretary of Forum Affairs.
Meh.
While I will certainly say that Ilikeverin's performance in the last election was... less than stellar, to put it lightly, it is nonetheless the case, given that Ilikeverin has done his last election and that he probably will be replaced in the new administration, that attacking him further on the matter is not likely to help things. He already knows that a lot of people strongly disapprove of his performance. He won't be getting a second chance to do it and we won't be getting a second chance to do the election with someone else. We just have to go with what we've got, at this point.