🔗 Share this article Student Society Future Leader Removed Following Conservative Activist Comments The activist and student leader took part in a discussion at the student society in spring The president-elect of the Oxford Union has been removed from his position after losing a no-confidence vote that followed his controversial social media posts about the conservative activist. The vote against George Abaraonye achieved the required two-thirds threshold to oust him from his position, according to an statement from the society. Contentious Posts The controversy erupted after the student reportedly shared messages on social media that seemed to welcome the death of Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot while addressing a university in the United States. According to reports, one social media message reportedly read "Charlie Kirk got shot loool" - using an elongated version of the phrase 'lol'. The president-elect is also said to have written in a messaging group with fellow students appearing to welcome the incident. Election Results The vote of confidence was conducted over the recent days, with outcomes revealed on Tuesday. Society announcements indicated that over twelve hundred votes were cast supporting no confidence, while just over five hundred were against the motion. The announcement confirmed that the future president was deemed to have stepped down in following the society's regulations. The Oxford Union announced the outcome of the confidence motion on this week Procedural Disputes Voting operations were informally suspended early on the previous day after the election official was allegedly subjected to "interference, threats, and inappropriate behavior" from several representatives. In a response, the student asserted that the vote tally had been stopped because election administrators believed "no valid outcome could be reached as a result of process errors". His response categorically refuted that any representative appointed by the student had participated in threatening or obstructive conduct. Continuing Controversy The president-elect maintained that extremely serious issues had been submitted to the governing body and that he continued as president-elect. His comment added that George was "grateful and honored to have the backing of significantly more than half of university members" who voted to have a "safe election and resist attempts to subvert democracy". Opponents have argued that any failure to remove him would "demonstrate internationally that the Oxford Union has chosen ideology over integrity". Charlie Kirk was shot dead while addressing a college in September External Reactions On recently, Mikey McCoy read out an public message to the society on The Charlie Kirk Show broadcast. The letter criticized the union of becoming a place where "student leaders publicly celebrate the killing of a ideological rival". The statement warned that if Mr Abaraonye were to remain in post, Kirk's allies would "personally contact every U.S. political figure who has ever graced the union's chamber and advise them against future participation". The society had previously condemned the student's comments after Kirk's death and confirmed that concerns submitted about him had been referred for official review. The president-elect had been one of multiple members to discuss with the activist at the society in spring.