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With only five days left until the vote, Nico Braset Duque, a candidate for vice president (management) of the AMS executive team JNN who did not vote, suddenly withdrew.
Duque, ArtSci ’24, notified Calder Bryson, CEO of AMS, that he was withdrawing his candidacy via email on January 31 at 4 p.m. Duque cited “differences of opinion” within Team JNN as the reason for his resignation. journal.
“I simply believe that as a team, there were a lot of differences of opinion between us, which is why I felt that I could no longer play a role in this team,” Duque said.
AMS policy does not allow the remaining candidates, Jason Kim (Comm ’24) and Noah Mawji (ArtSci ’24), to continue campaigning. The AMS leadership team is nominated, approved, and campaigned as a team. All three candidates must be on the ballot.
Duque said he believes a successful AMS management team needs to present a united front. He regrets that he will no longer be able to make a difference in Queens as a member of the AMS leadership.
Duque declined to comment on what specific differences prompted him to withdraw.Kim and Mausi said: journal They are meeting with AMS’s CEO tomorrow to “determine their options” but still intend to run for the executive position.
“Noah and I will continue to run for office and bring strong leadership to campus. We remain passionate about serving our student body,” Kim and Mausi said in a statement. journal. “We wish Nico all the best in his future endeavours.”
For Duque, addressing financial transparency within the university and AMS would have been a top priority. He said the campaign will focus on issues affecting Queen’s University students, including mature student funding, physical accessibility on campus, online student services, shared housing, and support for students who are victims of discrimination and violence. He said he learned.
“I’ve come to know about a lot of the issues that we have here in Queens that I wouldn’t have known about if it weren’t for the people I’ve met and consulted with,” Duque said.
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