Socialist Party - National Executive HQ

[Cranberry]

Voting is hereby closed, with the following result:

Cranberry is elected Party Leader of the Socialist Party of South America.

x T. Cranberry
General Secretary

[Cranberry]

I hereby resign as General Secretary.


With the position of General Secretary vacant, a special election shall be held to fill the position.

24 hours for nominations / declarations

[Murica!]

I guess I declare my candidacy for Gen Sec then.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I shall run for the now vacant post of General Secretary.

[Cranberry]

24 hours to vote

1. Sibboleth
2 . Murica

[PJ]

1. Al
2 Murica

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

① al
② murica

[Murica!]

1. Murica
2. Al

[Filuwaúrdjan]

1. - Al

[Cranberry]

I'll go ahead and close voting, congrats Al, you're General Secretary now.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Thank you comrades for your confidence in me.

[Cranberry]

Given the unprecedent, unexplainable and unexcuseable total absence of comrade Crabcake, MP, in fulfilling her duties as Member of Parliament since the date of his election, I hereby move for a revocation of her mandate in parliament gained through election on the party list of the Socialist Party. The move must be seconded by at least two members of the National Executive. Mrs. Crabcake, MP, shall then be considered as being expelled from the party list, and thus from parliament, and the next-ranking member on the party list without a personal mandate (in the present case, Nr. 1 - Mr. Cranberry), shall take the seat in her stead.

x T. Cranberry
Party Leader

[Filuwaúrdjan]

X - Al, General Secretary

[PJ]

X- PJ

[Hifly]

Err..Mr Leader with all due respect you were not the next ranking person on the party list at the last election. We are obliged to work with the list that was used at the election. This is the standard procedure that is used in countries using our electoral system.

[Cranberry]

Mr. Hifly, I have to respectfully disagree. As of our party constitution, the first spot on the party list is automatically reserved for the party leader. With the beginning of my mandate as party leader, I thus jumped forward to the first spot on the party list. The next position on the party list without a personal mandate being the number one spot, Crabcake's mandate will be transferred to that spot - currently occupied by me.

With the motion being seconded by two additional members of the National Executive, Crabcake's seat in parliament is hereby considered revoked, and Mr. Cranberry, the first person on the party list without representation in parliament, shall take the seat.

[Hifly]

You're presence as No.1 on the party list will only be effective for the next election. For filling vacancies under the current electoral system we must use the party list as per the last election. This is standard and correct procedure. You cannot take the seat and it isn't the decision of this executive as to who takes the seat. It automatically falls upon me.

Secondly, this executive cannot remove Crabcake's mandate in parliament. Either Crabcake must resign, or if the bill proposed by PJ passes it falls upon the Speaker.

[Cranberry]

Precedent in such a case does not exist, so it is up to us to set this precedent. Party leadership decided this would be the way to go, alas, that's how it is. You are obviously the next one to get into parliament once another member resigns / is expelled.

Secondly, again, it is up to us to set precedent, which we did through this.

[Hifly]

FFS

[Simfan34]

Why doesn't CrabCake merely resign?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The whip has been withdrawn from Murica. Further disciplinary action is being considered.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

And he promptly rats. Hilarious.

Well comrades this means that there is a vacancy on the National Executive. If anyone is interested in taking the vacant seat then please contact me. I will also start a new thread because I can't edit the front page of this one, but thats a technical matter.

[Cranberry]

Does this not also mean that Murica has lost his seat in parliament and Hifly should take it in his stead? After all, voters voted for the Socialist Party and clearly want that seat to be filled with a Socialist, not some random backbencher with issues.

[Murica!]

Does this not also mean that Murica has lost his seat in parliament and Hifly should take it in his stead? After all, voters voted for the Socialist Party and clearly want that seat to be filled with a Socialist, not some random backbencher with issues.

Random backbencher? Not only did I form your party, but I was also a member of the National Executive! I request that you retract your slanderous statement!

[bore]

I'm registering as an official member of this party.