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The Manitoba NDP has put off a decision on whether to adopt a one-member-one-vote method for electing future party leaders.

Delegates attending the party’s annual convention Saturday supported a motion by Manitoba Federation of Labour president Kevin Rebeck to refer three resolutions on the issue to a committee.

Rebeck and several other delegates said it would be a mistake to decide the issue now, during the heat of a leadership campaign.

"We’ve been going through a difficult time in our party and it’s been challenging and there’s been some lack of clarity, I think, on some rules. And we’ve worked hard to adjust that. I think there are some areas that need some attention and some work," Rebeck said.

The NDP’s delegate system for choosing leaders has been widely criticized, within and outside the party, as undemocratic and concentrating too much power in the hands of organized labour.

Several delegates opposed the tabling motion, saying the current system needs to be changed and the time to do it is now.

"I don’t know why we have to delay this," said Mynarski city councillor Ross Eadie, who favours the one-member-one-vote method system. "I hate fighting against individual members to get on a (leadership) slate."