Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) held a referendum this week, proposing a change to Chapter 1.5 of the constitution. Following three days of voting and approximately 35 minutes of counting it has been announced that the wording of chapter 1.5 will be changed.
Chapter 1.5 which previously read “The Union shall pursue these objectives independent of any political, racial or religious ideology”, will now read “The Union shall pursue these objectives independent of any political party or religious organisation”.
Additionally there will be the insertion of an additional clause into Chapter 8.1 of the constitution, reading “The Union may only adopt a position of no confidence in a government as a matter of long-term policy”.
838 students voted in the referendum, resulting in a turnout rate of approximately 3.8%. Of these votes, there were 468 yes votes and 333 no votes, meaning that the yes vote won by 58% to 42%.
