Elections for the National Student Union continue to get complicated:
Tonight (Wednesday) the elections for the position of the National Students' Association will take place, but the Election Committee disqualified a number of chairmen from voting - claiming that they did not attend the association's meetings.
Following this, the two candidates for the position of chairman of the association asked the election committee not to enforce the clause - in order to grant the right to vote to all the chairmen.
Today at 17:00, the elections for the position of the National Student Union will take place.
This is a body that represents all students in Israel, and over the years has led various protests, including the level of tuition, the cost of living and more.
In the upcoming elections to the student union, two officials will be elected, the first is the chairman of the association and the second is his deputy. Chairman of the Ono Academic Campus) ran for the position of chairman of the association, Ido Bruchstein (Ruppin College), who wants to be his deputy. Gates of Science and Law.
Yesterday and today, a number of chairmen of student associations across the country (who make up the student union) received a message from the Election Commission that it disqualifies them from voting.
This was based on the claim that the same chairmen were not present at the meetings of the presidency of the student union.
The Election Commission decision comes after one of the chairmen approached the Election Commission, calling on them to disqualify the right to vote of some of its members.
This caused a stir among the chairmen of the association, as it is a very passionate battle.
Following this, the two candidates for the position of chairman of the association, Elhanan Fleheimer and Yarden Ben-Zvi, appealed to the Election Commission in order to cancel the decision.
The National Association of Students explained today that "a request was submitted by one of the chairmen of the associations, to enforce the bylaws around the issue of voting and attendance at meetings. ".
As mentioned, these are particularly passionate elections, as first published in "Israel Today".
One of the candidates for the position of deputy chairman of the association is Shaked Benfashi, a key activist of the Yesh Atid party, and who until about two weeks ago served as deputy chairman of the party's youth.
Members of student unions who are supposed to elect the chairman testified that Knesset members of the Yesh Atid party put pressure on them to elect her - contrary to the opinion of the Election Commission, which prohibits the involvement of political elements in the process. The chairmen, according to them, urged them to enlist in the move. He responded that he "does not run any of the candidates and wishes everyone success."
