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Presidential elections damp squib

Jonathan Trout

2 May 1997 — 1 min read

At time of going to press, the re-run of the 1997 ICU Presidential Sabbatical Election was looking to be another low key affair. Following last term’s overwhelming vote for new election, only three candidates have put their names forward, Clare Buston of Biology and Managment, Olly Newman C&G Academic Affairs Officer, and Al Hussein, a third year physicist.

So far only one of the candidates has been fully seconded, with only one of the other two looking likely to achieve the full twenty seconders necessary to ensure full candidature before the papers come down later today.

This year’s incumbent, Eric Allsop, expressed his surprise at the lack of "high profile" candidates, and rumours abound that one of the candidates did not understand the term "constitution", whilst another was unaware of the existence of the ICU Council, and also of the name of the present President.

The usual rumour-mill surrounding the Sabbatical Elections has been quiet this time round, suggesting no "big names". Could we be looking at another New Election? We could not possibly comment..

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