{"id":174702,"date":"2023-06-06T05:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=174702"},"modified":"2023-06-06T05:13:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:13:06","slug":"congress-iium-makes-10-demands-to-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=174702","title":{"rendered":"Congress IIUM makes 10 demands to Union"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Fasihah Zulkifli<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOMBAK, 4 June 2023: Congress IIUM held a peaceful demonstration by providing recommendations on future IIUMSU elections and by demanding for 10 students rights to be met by the IIUM Student Union. The demonstration was held on 1 June 2023 at 1 pm and moved from Edu Caf\u00c3\u00a9 to the Human Sciences (HS) Dry Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dressed in white and red, the students marched from Edu Caf\u00c3\u00a9 to HS Dry Area and called out 10 demands that they would like to see achieve with regards to:
1. autonomy,
2. almanac and KPI,
3. centralised student welfare,
4. holistic student welfare,
5. harmonisation,
6. National Student Union,
7. effective communication,
8. check and balance,
9. financial stability, and
10. unionism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IIUMSU Election Campaign Director, Aisyah Farhana binti Mohd Fisal said, \u0153The strike is part of the advocacy plan to urge the Student Union to be accountable for the betterment of students rights in future.\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also hoped that there will be more eligible candidates contesting for positions in future elections since there was no voting in this years election due to the lack of contenders. She also called for more student participation in the Election Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n