In my editorial on NUSSU elections, I contended that the election was illegitimate because 2 clubs have yet to complete their elections. To quote my editorial,

“The situation is analogous to the Singapore Parliament convening to decide the members of the Cabinet when two Group Representative Constituencies have yet to complete counting their votes.”

I cited the constitution stating that Clubs have up to the tenth week of the first semester to complete their election and NUSSU council have up to the eleventh week to convene to elect the executive committee.

Some people were obviously not happy that I wrote the editorial because I questioned the motive behind rushing the election without all the proper representatives being present.

I was the Honorary Assistant Secretary before, and no one comes close to me in my knowledge of the constitution, save for fellow secretaries. Since even the higher ups does not know?their own constitution, I shall highlight a couple more clauses to prove that what I wrote was entirely true.

The constitution did state that the first meeting of the incoming Union council must be held two weeks before the AGM. It also says that the AGM is to be held in September. The last important thing to note is that the constitution states that no general meeting can be held in vacations.

Working backwards, the last possible day of September to hold the AGM is the 30th, which is a Saturday. It might be recess week, but recess week is not vacation. Vacation strictly refers to the period outside of the two academic semesters.

Since the first meeting must be held two weeks before the AGM, it can be held on 16th September, Saturday. It can even be held on the 15th, Friday, if students do not want to come back on the weekend.

Arts had its internal elections on 12th September, and Sports had theirs on the 10th. If the first meeting of the incoming Union council is held on the 15th or 16th, it is still in accordance with the timeline set by the constitution, and all clubs would have duly completed their elections. The first meeting of the Union Council would have been valid.

Anymore comments on my article being “fiction”?