Re: [lac-discuss-en] [lac-discuss-es] VOTE ANNOUNCEMENT (ES): Votar en 2019 LACRALO Elecciones y Principios Operativos

Dear Humberto,  
 
As Carlton has said, there is no retroactivity being applied. The terms of the 
chair, secretariat and an ALAC member's terms are ending in 2019 under our 
previous OP. With the new OP, new positions and new terms for the chair and 
secretary and the new positions apply from now on.  
 
As you have stated, your proposal is to have a person in region D to be chair 
for a further two years and a person from region B be secretary for a further 
two years. Your proposal offers the current chair and secretariat to be chair 
and secretariat for three years in all.
 
I do not understand the rationale in picking the chair elect and secretary 
elect from Region B and Region A respectively, nor the selection of another 
ALAC member from Region C.
 
 
If I understood your proposal, if implemented it would mean that: 
- one region will have both ALAC seats every other year.
- the Chair will be from region D for 5 years from 2018 to 2026.  
- the secretary will be from region B for 5 years from 2018 up to 2024. 
 
But I may have misunderstood. To prevent misunderstandings, I suggest that a 
table be done showing how the terms of the positions and how the election cycle 
would work for each year, up to 2026 so we all in LACRALO can fully understand. 
 
I will do the same for "my" proposal also. 
 
Kind Regards,
 
Dev Anand
 
 
On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 3:13 PM Humberto Carrasco <hcarrascob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 Dear Friends,  Through this email, I allow myself to make a proposal of what I 
understand these elections should be.  I do not agree in giving retroactivity 
to the principle of rotation. This means that the current leaders (president 
and secretary) will only be one year, instead of 2 years as established by the 
new operating principles. This is a discrimination that has no basis.  Nor do I 
agree with the interpretation that Dev presents in its mail about what he 
understands about the rotation principle. Devâ??s interpretation was not what 
we talked about in Puerto Rico. According to my interpretation of the principle 
of rotation, this should work in the following way and in order to explain my 
point I will use my case as an example: When I finish my period as ALAC MEMBER 
(2020), there will be elections for this position. My interpretation of the 
principle of rotation has two consequences:  1.- A negative aspect: To choose 
the person who assume the position of ALAC Member, this person cannot be from 
the Andes sub region to which I belong.  2.- A positive aspect: For the next 
election of Chair - vice-chair and secretary vice-secretary (2021) there is no 
impediment that someone from the region of the Andes should run.  For these 
reasons, I would like to make the following proposal that starts from the 
current positions and sub regions:
 
PROPOSAL  * To start with the current leadership positions respecting the 
principle of Non-Retroactivity of the Law. * Possibility that all current 
leaders can be reelected. * New positions will be elected (vice Chair and vice 
secretary).  The proposal is the following:
 
  PERÃ?ODO 2019 â?? 2021
  CARGOS
  REGIÃ?N
  Chair
  D: MERCOSUR
  ElectedChair
  B ANDES
  Secretary
  B: ANDES
  Elected Secretary 
  A: CENTRAL
  ALAC Member 1 
  C: CARIBE
  Advised by LACRALO to serve within NOMCOM
  C: CARIBE
  ALAC Member appointed by NOMCOM 
  Member elected by NOMCOM
  
 
 
 I suggest taking Dev&#39;s proposal and mine and submitting them to a vote of 
LACRALO so that we can move forward.