CHANGE POLITICS MOVEMENT:SELECTION PROCESS OF THE CHANGE POLITICS SET OF CANDIDATES
Version 15 May 2009
10 - 31 May 2009: Nomination Period
Any member of the Change Politics Movement can nominate a candidate or candidates for President, Vice President, and Senatorial slate. However, the nomination should go through adeliberation process. The deliberation process should be conducted by a collective of at least 10duly registered members of CPM.The deliberation within the collective will seek to determine whether the nominated candidatemeets the Change Politics selection criteria, using a pass-or-fail framework. Candidates who getan approval from a simple majority (50% +1) of those deliberating can be formally nominated.The collective may approve more than one (1) candidate for the same position. The nominatinggroup must submit a written nomination, which will include details of the deliberation process(i.e., reasons for nomination, date, venue, names of participants, etc.), by email or fax, to thenational secretariat, with copy furnished to the city/provincial/regional coordinator, if existing.The nominating collective may withdraw its nomination at any time before the first votation.Members are reminded to use the selection criteria in assessing candidates.
1 June – 31 July 2009: Deliberation Period
This is the deliberation period for the members of CPM; this is a period of discussion anddiscernment on the criteria for selection and its application to the nominated national candidates.The provincial chapters will organize fora and dialogues with the nominated candidates tointeract and discuss with them the agenda for change and reform that they will implement whenelected. Members are encouraged to tap the internet in accessing information on the differentcandidates and to share the results of their fora and other exchanges with the nominees online. Nominees or nominating groups will be given the opportunity to provide feedback on andrespond to issues that will arise about the nominee through the website, e-groups, and other available venues. Updates on the results of deliberation processes of the different chapters will be uploaded to the website. This will provide more information about the nominees.Only members whose registration has been received by the national secretariat as of 5:00 PM of July 24, 2009 will be allowed to vote.Prior to the first votation, all nominees who have not yet publicly declared their intention to runwill be asked by the national council whether they intend to run or not, and for what particular office. Nominees who indicate that they are not interested to run for any national office will not be included in the final list of nominees.The final list of nominees will be circulated to CPM members by email and SMS (text) and posted on the website on 30 July 2009.
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