Due to an
alleged violation of the
national GOP's Rule # 11 (bans favoritism of one candidate while more
than one candidate exists), an Executive Committee member within the
GOP calls for the resignation of RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
Washington, DC, May 07, 2012 --(
PR.com)-- Jeffrey Bales, a
Member-at-Large of the Pima County GOP Executive Committee (Tucson,
Arizona), says:
“Due to violation of the RNC's Rule #11, I call for Chairman Reince
Priebus to resign immediately. It is un-American and beneath the
standards established by the Republican Party to violate this rule. It
is unethical to support a single Republican Presidential candidate
(Mitt Romney) while other Republican candidates remain in the race.
"Further, I call upon Mitt Romney to denounce this behavior and ask
that the RNC repair the breach of trust by including the other
remaining Republican Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul, in any
dispensation of funds, effort and labor. It would benefit all Americans
if Mitt Romney would further clarify the fact that 2 candidates remain
if he challenged Dr. Ron Paul to a debate."
Rule #11 states:
"Rule No. 11 Candidate Support
(a) The Republican National Committee shall not, without the prior
written and filed approval of all members of the Republican National
Committee from the state involved, contribute money or in-kind aid to
any candidate for any public or party office except the nominee of the
Republican Party or a candidate who is unopposed in the Republican
primary after the filing deadline for that office. In those states
where state law establishes a nonpartisan primary in which Republican
candidates could participate, but in which the general election may not
include a Republican candidate, the candidate endorsed by a convention
held under the authority of the state Republican Party shall be
recognized by the Republican National Committee as the Republican
nominee.
(b) No state Republican Party rule or state law shall be observed that
allows persons who have participated or are participating in the
selection of any nominee of a party other than the Republican Party,
including, but not limited to, through the use of a multiparty primary
or similar type ballot, to participate in the selection of a nominee of
the Republican Party for that general election. No person nominated in
violation of this rule shall be recognized by the Republican National
Committee as the nominee of the Republican Party from that state."
Official RNC rules are available online at:
http://www.gop.com/images/legal/2008_RULES_Adopted.pdf
This call for resignation is based upon statements released by the RNC
on 4/25/12 that said,
“Governor Romney’s strong performance and delegate count at this stage
of the primary process has made him our party’s presumptive nominee,”
Mr. Priebus said. “In order to maximize our efforts I have directed my
staff at the R.N.C. to open lines of communication with the Romney
campaign.”
and
“It’s my intention to have a seamless and complete merger between the
presumptive nominee and the Republican National Committee,” Mr. Priebus
said. “That means political, communications, fund-raising, research and
the chairman’s office, along with the governor’s main operational team,
are completely merged.”
Jeffrey Bales is available for commentary.
Contact information:
Jeffrey Bales
Pima County GOP Executive Committee page:
http://www.pimagop.org/index.cfm/executive_committee.htm