Sunday, December 07, 2008

An idea to resolve the leadership dilemna

Assuming that Dion resigns this week, this is what I propose, which is an amalgamation of ideas.

Since the constitution would only allow the caucus an emergency vote should Dion resign without a convention, I propose the following:Let the caucus decide, but only upon the "guidance" of the membership. Allow a riding vote or a one member one vote scenario, but the caucus would have to follow the vote of the members. It is a work around that allows the best of both worlds. It gets around the constitution, but allows members a say. Non?

Therefore, if Rae or Iggy gets the most membership votes, then the caucus would have to vote for that candidate. Now if it were a riding vote, then that MP would have to vote for the candidate that won that riding, regardless of their affiliation.I think it works, quite exited actually about this idea. If everyone is in agreement then we should promote the hell out of this idea and make the executive listen!

The vote by the members would be non-binding, but the MPs would have to agree ahead of it to follow the result when they vote for a new leader. Is there any reason why anyone would oppose this idea?

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