After six hours of intense debate, over 200 AMS Assembly and at Large voted to safeguard the freedom of the press on Monday night.
Following two motions proposed by AMS President Owen Rocchi that would allow AMS Assembly to make decisions on behalf of The Journal’s executive and editorial operations, students voted to oppose both motions at the Special General Assembly. Voting was conducted online and voters were informed by Secretariat Sylvie Garabedian that names and vote choices wouldn’t be public.
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The first motion, which would require The Queen’s Journal’s Editor(s) in Chief to submit written reports to the AMS Secretariat within 72 hours of receiving notice, failed with 59.9 per cent of the 240 voters voting against the motion. The breakdown showed 139 votes against the motion and 93 in favour, with eight abstentions.
The second motion required that policy related to section 14.1.4 of the AMS Constitution be presented to the AMS Assembly for approval by April 30, as well as establish an Ad-hoc Committee to the review of policy, with a mandate to be presented to the December Assembly. Of the 203 voters, 66.8 per cent opposed the motion, with 131 votes against and 65 in favour, while seven abstained.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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