Igor!!!

My prediction was correct, though in a sort of cheap way. Suken Vakil and Igor Tregub settled on two censures, one for campaigning within 100 ft., and one for an unattended sign. (Sorry, John) So we were spared the six consecutive hearings. We know Igor had already been willing to accept such a settlement, and Vakil's reasoning was that, because his witnesses sort of changed their story, he couldn't push the case anymore.

One change was that, supposedly, the calls made impersonating Igor were "joking" and had "people in the background" or something.

But the hearing turned out a lot more interesting than you'd expect from a settlement hearing, because the Judicial Council totally dressed down Vakil, essentially saying that he made the charges in bad faith.

The accusations made by the amicus brief seem to be correct. Vakil "thought" that Igor had filed charges against SA, violating the no-file agreement they had "informally, tenuously" had. But then stopped thinking that. Or something. His rationale quickly changed to "it was important enough to justify filing charges anyway." The following are interesting timings:

First Vakil filed the charges under seal. Then, according to Igor, he asked Igor if he had filed charges, essentially violating the no-file agreement. Vakil denied this, but I'm pretty inclined to think Suken "One-Day-Chalk" Vakil is full of crap.

First Vakil "got complaints" by some folks about Igor calling (presumably before the elections, and a week before the filing deadline). Then, when the filing deadline rolled around, he "quickly" filed the charges under seal. And then he decided to find out more about these folks' stories.

The reason Vakil gave for filing under seal was because he was, supposedly, afraid of people. Igor is so popular that Vakil would've been in mortal danger had his charges been discovered. Of course, since he'd eventually have to have a hearing, it's tough to see how doing this was going to protect him. Recall that the amicus brief suggested it was done to avoid Daily Cal coverage, and I should note that Vakil expressed incredulity and, perhaps, disappointment when he heard from the Daily Cal reporter that the Daily Cal was still publishing, just not every day.

Anyway, in summary, the situation is resolved, and Vakil is pretty much full of crap.

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 5/09/2006 10:14:00 PM #
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I wonder if the shady way this was handled will sicken enough people in Student Action for their party to break up into two again like in the APPLE days.

Does anyone have thoughts on that?

# posted by  jimf : 3:01 PM, May 10, 2006

 

I think the groups like APPLE and Greeks Unite should split off. Even if they don't run their own executives they will force SA to actually work for students and be responsive to their needs. As it is SA is a monster that rolls over smaller independents and minor parties.

I hope everyone who held a sign or passed out stuff for SA knows exactly what their party leader did.

# posted by  Anonymous : 10:05 PM, May 11, 2006

 

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