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I’ve suggested that we need "clarity" on this leadership question, a simply delay vote without a specific alternative is a weak choice. Faced with an immediate vote and a possible two year delay, the quick vote might be preferable. I’ve floated June 2012, or thereabouts, as a sensible compromise, it gives us some time, but it doesn’t handicap our renewal evolution waiting to long for a leader. If I’m reading the questions put to me, as well as what Jeff is inferring in his post, there is an openness and we WILL have a more specific question, which to my mind is good step forward.
A clear question put to the membership for a direct vote, that scenario strikes me as pretty much getting it right, under the circumstances. Those concerned about the Constitution, I hear that sentiment on strictly philosophical grounds, but I’m not sure it digests how this amendment "goes down", this process respects the membership, it doesn’t go around them. The Liberal Constitution isn’t some document worth of tablet form derived from Mount Purity, let’s face it, much of it has been crafted by hacks and insiders. As well, this particular stipulation we are amending was just put in last cycle, it’s not some long standing tradition we are trampling over. That said, I appreciate the concerns, we do have to respect our tenets, it’s just here, this one instance, isolated in nature, I see the grassroots deciding so I’m good with it. If the precedent is any action that deviates from the letter of the Constitution necessiates a direct vote by the membership, how is that offensive?
I look forward to a specific question, and hope it addresses some primary concerns. Is the process perfect? Absolutely not, but if it centers around democratic expression, it’s a positive development for a party that needs much more of this direct interaction.
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