Maowi Sacks Izzy as Deputy Councilor for World Assembly Affairs
Written by Deepest House
(Europeia – June 30, 2020) – Councilor of World Assembly Affairs Maowi announced that Izzy agreed to leave his post as deputy councilor in the aftermath of the Standards on Police Accountability resolution vote held by the World Assembly.
The Europeian News Network published a story in the very early hours June 30 titled WA Deputy Burning Bridges in World Assembly. The article lambasted Izzy for this behavior in responding to criticisms to his resolution proposal.
“We have been trying to address the matter internally but were unable to make progress in that way,” Maowi said. “I have talked to Izzy and we agreed that he would step down from the position of deputy councilor.”
When the news broke in the region, several citizens commented on how the behavior reflects on the former incumbent deputy and the region as a whole.
“This was brought to my attention a couple days ago,” said former president and honored citizen Common-Sense Politics. “Shame it went the way it did. Bad look for Izzy and a bad look for us.”
Particular criticism was levied against Izzy for language used in direct messages and his subsequent blocking of veteran World Assembly member Araraukar. Izzy, for his part, took exception to being called-out for blocking Araruakar.
“I have the right to block unwanted communications and attempting to weaponize that against me is frankly a disturbing thing to do,” Izzy said.
While Izzy received criticism for this actions, others were also willing to offer some defense of him, even if not too spirited.
“I agree that this doesn’t look the best for Izzy and truthfully he probably should’ve handled it better. However, I think it is also important to remember that this was a topic Izzy was clearly very passionate about … ,” said Lime in response to the ENN article. “This isn’t to say Izzy’s reaction was appropriate, however I’d be more than prepared to give him some leeway based on those factors.”
The thread in the World Assembly General Assembly derailed quickly, with Izzy and opponents of the resolution engaging in heated debate almost from the jump. For nearly a week, the former deputy councilor engaged in debate without any apparent oversight or intervention from Councilor of World Assembly Affairs when the discussion became heated.
The EBC reached out to Councilor of World Assembly Affairs Maowi for comment on this potential lack of oversight that allowed the situation to balloon out of control.
"I'd say the posts on that thread started getting past the point of usual General Assembly debate around June 21; the next day I DM-ed Izzy to ask him to change his attitude to the criticism he was receiving," Maowi said. "Obviously he'd put a lot of effort into the draft and it had considerable merit, and I didn't want to just cut him loose there and then. ... We continued the discussion on and off after that, and I tried again to tell him in very clear language to change his attitude a few days later ... ." the councilor of World Assembly Affairs said.
As noted in the ENN piece, the resolution ultimately failed to pass.
NOTE: This story is breaking and may be updated with additional information.
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