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RANDY SAVOIE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday & Saturday 11113-87 Ave. (across from the TELUS Building) THEgateway WWW.GTWY.CA Volume 105, Issue 29 news 3 News Editor Email Richard Catangay-Liew [email protected] Phone Twitter 780.492.7308 @RichardCLiew Volunteer News News meetings every Monday at 3pm in SUB 3-04 ‘I’m feeling a bit at peace:’ Sleiman admits to vote tampering Alex Migdal One student admitted to being he cast and stood by their side as tered their personal information on to disqualify Sleiman a second time NEWS STAFF @ALEXEM anxious that Sleiman had the infor- he voted. He defined consent as the his cell phone. He also would not Wednesday, Sleiman deemed it a mation to access their confidential student having verbally agreed to reveal the other candidates he voted personal attack. In a stunning reversal, Samer Slei- Bear Tracks and eClass accounts. vote for him. for on the ballots he cast. He shot back with a formal com- man admitted Thursday to tam- Another recalled trying to cast Sleiman said none of his cam- plaint that slammed Nguyen for pering with votes in the Students’ a vote for presidential candidate paign volunteers knew about his abusing her power and showing a Union election, hours after drop- Navneet Khinda before Sleiman “I don’t think I should strategy, although the tenth student “deep disregard” for the SU’s judi- ping his second disqualification ap- pulled the phone away and said “no, in the ruling alleged they were ap- cial process. peal amid new allegations of fraud- no, no.” represent a body where proached by a member of Sleiman’s On Thursday, he shifted his tone. ulent voting tactics. Sleiman said he couldn’t remem- students believed they team. “One person I must apologize to In a sit-down interview, a stoic, ber the exchange about Khinda, but were wronged in the But Sleiman ultimately is Jessica Nguyen,” Sleiman said. soft-spoken Sleiman repeatedly cit- said there was no reason not to vote admitted that he should have been “I thought she was a very fair CRO ed his “carelessness” for the mount- for the now president-elect. voting process.” disqualified. and I think we need to start a new ing controversy that has embroiled “I talked to 300 students over SAMER SLEIMAN “I don’t think I should represent page.” the executive election since his those two days,” he said. “I can’t re- 2015–16 ViCe-PRESIDENt (OPERATIONS AND FINANCe) a body where students believed Following Sleiman’s concession, ouster Friday. member every specific thing.” CANDIDATE they were wronged in the voting Nguyen said that justice had pre- When asked whether he tam- Sleiman said he secured the con- But Sleiman declined to disclose process.” vailed, but called the experience pered with votes, Sleiman paused sent of every student whose ballot what took place after students en- When Nguyen revealed her intent disappointing. before conceding. “After reading “I have nothing against Sam as a the emails, I believe that I did, al- person. I like him a lot. I just have to though it was an act of carelessness do my job,” she said. on my part.” “I didn’t go into managing this The emails, detailed in the Chief election wanting to disqualify any- Returning Officer’s second ruling one. I don’t think any CRO wants to against Sleiman, brought forward disqualify anyone.” 10 students who largely condemned Sleiman repeatedly apologized to the Vice-President (Operations and the U of A student body and asked Finance) candidate for stripping them to have faith in the Students’ them of their ballot. Union. Upon reading the fourth email He also congratulated his oppos- Thursday, Sleiman said he knew he ing candidate Cody Bondarchuk, had to concede. who secured 79 per cent of the votes “I’m feeling a little bit at peace,” in the VP (Operations and Finance) Sleiman said hours later. “I felt like I race against None of the Above. was almost in a war zone.” “Cody ran one of the cleanest In the message that triggered his campaigns I’ve ever seen,” Sleiman decision to quit, a student told CRO said. Jessica Nguyen that Sleiman had As the focus shifts to mending an approached them in CAB to show election that the CRO called tainted, them how to vote. Sleiman acknowledged he faces his “He lent me his phone and I typed toughest battle yet. in my CCID and he took care of the “There’s a famous quote that says, rest,” the student wrote. ‘It takes 30 seconds to destroy trust “I did not press the buttons my- and w20 years to regain it,’” he said. self or see the ballot. I also did not “And my next step is regaining log out.” trust with people, whether it takes More damning allegations five minutes for some or 50 years emerged from other students. COMING CLEAN Samer Sleiman admitted to tampering with SU Ballots this election season.