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OXFORD STUDENT peachment or internal disciplinary procedures. A motion of impeachment is debated in the chamber after impeachment motions are initiated by any ordinary member. In 2019 the President at the time, Brendan McGrath, resigned before a motion of impeachment could be debated in the chamber. A motion of impeachment had received the required number of signatures on the society’s noticeboard. However, McGrath resigned before it could be debated in the chamber. McGrath’s resignation was triggered by multiple resignations in the wake of a blind student being dragged from the chamber by security.
CHAOS IN UNION CHAMBER: Mass Walkout over ‘Bully’ President Image credits: Jason Chau
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ver forty students walked out of the Oxford Union Chamber in protest of alleged bullying and suppression by the President Michael Akolade Ayodeji at the Union debate on June 2nd, Thursday. Earlier, a standing member of the Oxford Union Committee publicly ex-
The Elected Member, Joe Murray, Pembroke College, asked a series of questions that accused the President of “consistently [dismissing] the opinions of female members of committee” and “bullying members of [his] committee”. He concluded by asking: “Do you think in light of these matters you should resign?”
Jason Chau and Andrew Wang pressed discontent at the President’s decision to withdraw their paper speech. Paper speeches are speeches given by members of the Oxford Union Committee in the historic Thursday debates. Disha Hegde alleged she had been given less than 24 hours of notice that she would no longer be speaking, after making arrangements for family and friends to watch.
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Each term, members of the Committee have the opportunity to make a paper speech in the highly-attended Thursday Debates. The motion of the debate in whcih Hegde was scheduled to speak at was ‘This House Believes The Raj Lives On’. A notice was also given that two members of the committee would pose
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questions to the President focusing on the treatment of Hegde and the committee in general. These questions are understood to have meant to take place prior to the Thursday Debate. Under the society’s rules the President, a sitting officer, can be removed only under a motion of im-
Magdalen JCR President and Treasurer Face Individual Votes of No Confidence
On Monday June 6th at 5:30pm, the Magdalen JCR discussed both a Motion for the Removal of the President of the JCR, and a Motion for the Removal of the Treasurer from the JCR. The email announcing this General Meeting, sent to members of the Magdalen JCR by the Vice President notes that “in line with section 62.2c, a number of Members equal to at least five percent
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of the total number of Members have, by notice in writing to the Vice-President, requested that a resolution to remove a Committee Member or Officer be proposed to a General Meeting”. The email then continues that “such a Read more on page 5
Notably, the Librarian, Charlie Mackintosh from New College, considered to be second in seniority to the President, also submitted questions in the Public Business Meeting. The submitted questions focus on the withdrawal of the paper speech but also asked whether it is true that the President had “reduced [other] female members of committee to tears on several occasions.” In a post made to Facebook before
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I am bringing this to the chamber, as a public business meeting, because too many in the Union do not feel heard. I am doing this on behalf of them. Accountability is crucial in any student society. Elected Member of the Secretary’s Committee, Joe Murray
