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Navajo Council plans override of presidential veto of their emergency election bill

The Navajo Nation Council plans to override Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly’s veto of their EMERGENCY LEGISLATION to add language to the tribal election code that would allow voters to decide with their vote if a candidate is qualified. Speaker Pro Temp LoRenzo Bates stated in a PRESS RELEASE that Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie, who […]

YouTube – Navajo Nation 10-9-14 hearing on the presidential qualifications of Chris Deschene

Here is the YouTube Video, “Navajo Nation 10-9-14 hearing on the presidential qualifications of Chris Deschene.” On Oct. 9, 2014, the Navajo Nation Office of Hearings and Appeals held a hearing on two election complaints filed after the Aug. 26, 2014, primary election by presidential candidates Dale Tsosie and Hank Whitethorne against presidential candidate Chris […]

Navajo Supreme Court hearing on enforcement of removal of Chris Deschene from voting ballot

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, My video of the Oct. 13, 2014, Navajo Board of Election Supervisors meeting finally uploaded to “Navajo Election Board opposes removal of Chris Deschene from voting ballot”… As you will hear and see, the NBOES discussed at length why each of them believed that their decision to continue with the Navajo Nation Nov. […]

Navajo Nation Supreme Court asked to order Election Board and Office and Chris Deschene to comply with Navajo law

A Writ of Mandamus was filed by the attorneys of presidential candidates Dale Tsosie and Hank Whitethorne with the Navajo Nation Supreme Court today, Oct. 14, 2014, to order the Navajo Board of Election Supervisor, the Navajo Election Administration and disqualified presidential candidate Chris Deschene to comply with the Oct. 9, 2014, order of the […]

Navajo Office of Hearings & Appeals final order disqualifying Chris Deschene

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, Here’s a copy of the Final Order Disqualifying Chris Deschene. HERE’S A STATEMENT FROM CHRIS DESCHENE REGARDING OHA DECISION TODAY, OCT. 9, 2014: From: Stacy Pearson Date: October 9, 2014 at 3:21:53 PM MDT To: Stacy Pearson Subject: DESCHENE Statement – For Immediate Release Media, please see the statement below from Navajo Nation […]

Is Navajo Nation presidential candidate Chris Deschene a “prima donna”?

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, First off, I hope that the deposition of Navajo Nation presidential candidate Chris Deschene by the attorneys for presidential candidates Dale Tsosie and Hank Whitethorne is FINALLY underway at private attorney David Jordan’s law office in Gallup, N.M. It is now 2:21 p.m. and the deposition was ordered to begin at 9 a.m. […]

Proposed Navajo Council legislation would remove Navajo language fluency for presidential candidates

Navajo Nation Council Delegate Lorenzo Curley is sponsoring proposed Navajo Nation Council legislation that would remove Navajo laws that mandate that presidential candidates speak the Navajo language fluently. Legislation 0281-14, which is titled “An Act relating to Law and Order, Naabik’iyati’ and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending language fluency requirements of the Navajo Nation Election […]

Navajo Nation Supreme Court orders Office of Hearings and Appeals to qualify or disqualify presidential candidate Chris Dechene

After a day-long hearing today, the Navajo Nation Supreme Court ordered the tribal Office of Hearings and Appeals to qualify or disqualify tribal presidential candidate Chris Deschene within five days. The tribal Supreme Court heard the appeals of the Office of Hearing and Appeals’ dismissal of two election complaints filed against Deschene by presidential candidates […]

Navajo Supreme Court strikes down Navajo Labor Commission decision regarding exemption to Navajo Business Opportunity Act

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AT THE NAVAJO COUNCIL CHAMBER, WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. The RDC did not have quorum until 11:10 a.m. but the committee started hearing a report from the Navajo Telecommunications Regulatory Commission at about 10:30 a.m. The RDC is now following its AGENDAAGRENDA and is now on Report from […]