Al-Mudallal: A Binary Equation

Don't be foolish, anyone who has been tracking the story with any real alacrity for the issue can see that Al-Mudallal's impeachment was a necessary action, the only travesty was that she won and, if you read the Broadside, you would see that it was not because of some innate rightness of her case but because our student senate is apparently too unintelligent and/or easily manipulated to vote her out, that and the system of impeachment was broken. Perhaps her 'crime' was not the worst of crimes, but you break the rules you should face the consequences. As it stands now, by not kicking out somebody who has clearly broken the laws of the body, the student government has cut itself off at the knees. By lacking the gumption to remove one of their own, the body of the student government has robbed itself of presidential oversight, moral high-ground and community respect, all at once.

Oh, Al-Mudallal's crime may not have been technically illegal according to Virginian State Law, and it may not have had negative effects on us, the student body, that are immediately apparent. However, she is a member of an organization with rules, and she broke those rules.

It's that simple.

When you break the rules, you should - no, you NEED - to face the consequences. Anyone with half a brain and the least bit of knowledge about the SG's constitution can see that she went against the very laws she was sworn, as a leader in our community, to follow. That she walks away scot-free makes a mockery of the Student Government. The same goes for the rest of those in her administration and her supporters who faced impeachment. The SG has (well… 'had' now) a moral and legalistic authority. Rules may not always be black and white, but in this case they are.

Let us face facts, Aseel Al-Mudallal is a self-interested, egotistical, stubborn and foolish girl who played fast and loose with the rules. She should have been removed from office by the SG. Their failure to do so is a perversion of the body. End Of Story.