After two tension-filled meetings, the Student Government Senate's Orange and Blue Party issued a press release accusing the Unite Party of attempting to appoint unqualified senators to cabinet positions.
The Orange and Blue senators opposed the confirmation of three Unite Party appointees to the positions of Family Affairs Secretary, IMAGE Executive Director and Legal Affairs Secretary, according to the release.
In last week's meeting, problems arose when Sen. Ashton Charles requested that SG appointments be approved by block voting rather than individual voting to save time.
Because senators from the Orange and Blue Party had problems with the qualifications of the nominees, Sen. Jonathan Ossip motioned for senators to vote individually.
After a long battle back and forth between Ossip and Charles over voting procedures, Ossip allowed the senators to vote in block form.
In the release, Ossip, the Orange and Blue Party leader, said that the majority parties "used underhanded parliamentary tactics to push through the appointments as quickly as possible with little review or debate."
"These actions show the continued cronyism and disregard for good governance that the Unite/Gator Party has decided to continue in the administration of President Jordan Johnson," he said.
In last week's meeting, Orange and Blue Party members expressed frustration over the family and legal affairs secretary nominees because neither appointment was experienced, Ossip said.
Sen. Alan Yanuck said last week that he was concerned with the appointment of Ankur Lakhani to represent IMAGE, an SG agency that videotapes senate meetings.
Lakhani lost last semester's video files, and a procedure to try to retrieve the files will cost about $750 with only a 60 percent chance of success, Yanuck said.
Lakhani was eventually approved, as were the two other nominees in question.
