Thursday, July 10, 2008

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With accusations of me having selfish thoughts, this post is to clarify all questions.

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Q : What is a 'Motion of no confidence'?
A : It is motion put before a body or organisation when a group of people had lost trust and confidence and do not believe the person currently "having power" is able to continue his/her duties as efficient as before.

Q : What does it do?
A : If a certain number of people voted for the motion, it means that the body/organisation had really lost trust in the person/people involved. In this way, there will be a re-election for the posts/seats the person/people are currently holding. Only 1/4 majority is needed.

Q : What if it failed?
A : If it failed, the people who supports the motion could pre-announce a re-contest in 5 days. If not, the Motion of No Confidence would be deemed void.

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I have the freedom to speak, according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which applies for all teenagers, children, etc, under 18 years old.

Article 13

1. The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right
shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all
kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the
form of art, or through any other media of the child's choice.
2. The exercise of this right may be subject to certain restrictions, but
these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary:
(a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others; or
(b) For the protection of national security or of public order, or of public health or morals.

I would like to hereby apologise for fallacious and emotional statements that are directed to the person by the pseudonym "Disgusted.". The person in focus attempted to halt my attempts to express and carry out my political beliefs in the leadership of this class, which I had put in a lot of effort to pen down in the previous blog post. Such attacks to my hard work in expression of my stand and justification enraged me, leading me to write such unprofessional and emotionally-based statements.

My irrational musings and words of irritance may have, unfortunately, offended certain people. During my period of extreme annoyance, harsh words and improper, inappropriate language escaped from my mouth. Such words may have led some of you to lose confidence in me and caused you to believe my political statements to be fallacious. I admit that I am in the wrong and I will to the best of my ability not perform such crude acts ever again.

However, despite the fact that "Disgusted" has attempted to throw my beliefs out of the window, I still continue to stand firm in my beliefs. I may have been wrong about my comments (such as calling Disgusted a jackass), but I believe that my political beliefs reflect what many of the people in the class feel about our political leaders of the class. I thus ask for your support in the upcoming Motion of No Confidence vote to bring 101 a better tomorrow.

Jonathan Soh.