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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 11. May 28 1979

Corruption in Exec and SRC?

Corruption in Exec and SRC?

Peter,

It is my understanding that at the Executive meeting on Wednesday 15th there was considerable discussion over the amount of the Honorarium to be paid to the Education Fightback campaign organizer, who was to be elected at SRC the next day. Specifically the executive were bating this sum on their assumption that Simon Wilson would be duly elected at SRC.

Now this makes a mockery of SRC democratic principles, because Exec had already chosen a man for that position, and decided to pay him whatever they thought that specific man's needs deserved, before the Wednesday SRC.

Fuck, I wish I had friends on the Exec whom I could convince to give me more money and get me elected at an SRC.

Further, I consider it to be an abuse of Presidential privilege when the president attempts to suspend speaking to a motion immediately before a speaker, whom the president disagrees with, is about to speak. (Specifically I am referring to Gerard Winter.)

These instances are Corruption, and we must not let them go unchallenged because these people are in control of our students funds. I must point out that I have no qualms over Simon's election, and that Phil Sowman was the only person on Exec to oppose the honorarium.

William Donald McDonald.

(It is my understanding that at the Executive meeting on Wednesday 15th, no member of the Executive was aware that Mr Wilson intended to throw in his honours course and stand for election. Furthermore it is beyond me how anyone can claim that 9 Exec members can ensure that an SRC of over 200 will elect any particular individual to any position - ed.)