SWP versus Derwin - the saga continues

national | politics / elections | news report Saturday November 15, 2003 13:42 by SIPTU bureaucrat

Branches nominations

Des Derwin, the independent socialist candidate for the SIPTU vice Presidency has received two nominations so far.

Derwin was nominated unanimously by the Electronics and Engineering Branch. He also received a nomination from the Education Branch in a very tight vote.

In a small Education Branch meeting, Derwin slipped home by a single vote. The SWP candidate, Derek Delaney came third. As predicted, not all of his votes transferred to Derwin.

The SWP continued to seek a nomination for their candidate elsewhere, meaning that the disastrous possibility of a split left vote has been lessened but not eliminated.

Yesterday, Delaney's own branch was meeting to decide its nomination. I'm not yet sure how it voted. If he failed to get a nomination from his branch then the SWP's sectarian stunt could be coming to a grisly end.