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No confidence in the Executive?

One of the proponents of the motion, Mr Peter Barker, a law student, says that the reasons why seventy-five people signed the petition for an SGM that he helped to circulate "range from the way in which Procesh was handled to opinions expressed on South Africa."

Mr Barker said that the no-confidence motion was the result of a "spont[unclear: a]neous upsurge" of opinion. He said that the signatories had mainly been obtained from "law and accounting students" and said that he personally knew "a good number of them."

Mr Barker refused to answer a number of questions put to him by a Salient reporter on the reasons for the motion of no-confidence. He said that his personal reason for signing the petition and helping to circulate it was that "there were a considerable number of students who were dissatisfied with certain members of the Executive."

"The majority of the people who signed the petition were dissatisfied with Knox and Phelps and with Margie Bryson as President." he said. The majority of the signatories were very clear about their attitudes towards Colin Knox and Denis Phelps but they were not so clear about their attitude to Margaret Bryson.

Mr Barker said that his personal opinion on the performance of individual members of the Executive was irrelevant. He refused to make any specific reply to a question about his attitude towards the Executive's performance but said that it was implied in the motion of no-confidence that he was dissatisfied with some members.

Mr Barker said that he had not liked the manner in which Procesh was abolished. He said he was aware that the decision had been made by the Students' Representation Council but said that this did not affect in any way the no-confidence motion.

When asked for the names of other persons who had signed the petition for an SGM, Mr Barker said that he was not going to "speak for other people" as they might not want their names published". Mr Barker would not give any further information about the no-confidence motion to Salient. "People who feel strongly either way will go along to the meeting and vote according to their consciences," he said.

Among the signatories to the petition arc C. Anastasiou, Miss A. Cromie, R.A. Davies, H.M. Fay, R.A. Green, P.R. Kyle, B. Stainton, P.D. Stevens and D.N. White.

The motion of no-confidence will be discussed at an SGM to be held next Monday night in the main common room on the second floor of the Student Union Building. The meeting will commence at 7 o'clock. Also on the agenda is a matter concerning the appointment of the Editor of Salient (see other story).