Voting Time

Since joining University Malaya as a Faculty Member back in 2004, today was the first time I had to exercise my vote in selecting the new Dean. In the years gone past, this had gone uncontested and the whole selection exercise went on without a fuss. Apparently not so this year. There was some opposition to the incumbent and the Faculty Members were feeling the heat.

The selection was done via a ballot paper, and it was held through out the week until this Friday. Since I would be away from Wednesday, the only real opportunity I had was today. Since it was pretty late when I got to the Faculty Ofice, there was hardly a queue. According to the Committee, there were close to 600 members in the Medical Faculty alone eligible to vote, and it was pretty slow going today still. Maybe some of the members were away on school holidays and would only be back later in the week.

Hopefully the resu,ts would be made known later this months. In the meantime, here's hoping for a fair election. May the best candidate wins.