After having been in the Juridical Commission (JC) for one year already as Commissioner and before that another year as Sub-commissioner, Claudio Gennaro (AEGEE-Cagliari) was not ready to leave and decided to run for another term. We spoke to him to find out more about himself, his motivation and plans!
The AEGEEan: First of all, can you tell us a bit more about yourself?
Claudio: This question always makes me think more rather than the others before writing something. I’m 22, a highly motivated AEGEEan since November 2011, law student, teamwork enthusiast and member of AEGEE-Cagliari with a never-ending post Erasmus syndrome.
What is something AEGEEans would not expect of you?
I’m a fan of the best band of our time: the Oasis.
How did you join AEGEE?
I was interested in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in my area and one day at the university I saw a flyer of an aperitivo [Italian for happy hour, ed.] organised by AEGEE. The same night I joined my first local, which was AEGEE-Agrigento, and applied for my first event, a New Year’s Event in Valletta. From that moment, nothing would have been the same anymore.
What is your experience within AEGEE?
I’ve been a board member of AEGEE-Agrigento for two years, as Public Relations (PR) Responsible and Secretary. I’ve also been main organiser of three Summer Universities and several exchanges and conferences. I’ve been speaker of the Human Ressources Committee (HRC), sub-commissioner of the Juridical Commission for one year and Commissioner since Spring Agora Patra.
What do you do in your life outside of AEGEE (if any)?
Apart from my student career, I’m interested in the world of the startup companies, I play
the guitar and try to convince all my friends to join AEGEE.
You were already in the Juridical Commission for one year as Commissioner and another year as Sub-commissioner. What made you decide to run for another year?
If I have to choose only one thing, for sure it would be my awesome colleagues and all the people with whom I worked during this period of time. I really enjoyed every single day and aspect of our job and I’m looking forward to start another term with even more motivation and enthusiasm.
What has been your favourite part about the work for the Juridical Commission?
Being able to help people clarify their doubts and questions. I always tried to be as available and kind as possible with everybody who ever contacted the Juridical Commission for any issue. Human relations must always stand upon bureaucracy.
If you get re-elected, what is something you would do differently than you did the past year?
There isn’t only one aspect I would like to improve. With one year of experience on my back, I would work to develop the overall efficiency of the commission, its internal organisation and external influence.
How do you plan to maintain the independence of the Juridical Commission?
First, protecting the real will of those who contributed to write our Corpus Iuridicum Aegeense (CIA) from those who try to manipulate its meaning to achieve benefits from it. Second, not being influenced by anybody of our network while taking decisions or giving interpretations. That’s the mission of every jurist.
Do you have any plans regarding the CIA when you are re-elected?
If elected, I will continue working on the path of simplification and coherency we already started. Our CIA is already a good juridical text, but has wide margins of improvement.
One of our readers asked: May you, please, point out the most relevant aspects of your candidature?
Sure. An aspect that I believe to be crucial is developing a task that we already do on daily basis, which is assisting our members in the drawn of legal texts. This is something I really care about since it can be incredibly helpful for many people on both the local and European level. I would like to create a template for contracts and documents, as well as being available for calls and chat with whoever would be in need of legal assistance, as I already did regularly during my term.
Written by Svenja van der Tol, AEGEE-Nijmegen