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Term Limits for Navajo Council Delegates opposed by Law & Order Committee

Navajo Council Law & Order Committee meeting and they are now on Legislation 0197-14, Referendum on Term Limits for Navajo Council Delegates. SPONSOR, L&O COMMITTEE MEMBER DELEGATE RUSSELL BEGAYE 0197-14 allows council delegates to sit out one term after serving four terms/16 years, and go four terms or 16 years. with merging of new leaders […]

Term limit for Navajo Nation President opposed by Law & Order Committee

Navajo Council Law and Order Committee meeting and now on Legislation 0192-14, Referendum on terms limits for Navajo Nation President. SPONSOR, L&O COMMITTEE MEMBER DELEGATE RUSSELL BEGAYE this is to make clear that Navajo Nation president serve two terms and that this would become effective in 2018. term limits also allows other generations to have […]

Why have staggered terms for Navajo Council

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0025-14, WHICH WOULD AMEND NAVAJO LAW AND SET FOUR TERM LIMIT FOR PRESIDENT. THE SPECIFIC LAW TO BE AMENDED WOULD BE TITLE 2, SECTIONS 105 AND 1002. DELEGATE LEONARD PETE You have to experience life. and when you experience life, you can compare to dog with scarred nose and here and […]

Navajo Council votes against Tabling of setting four term limit for president

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0025-14, WHICH WOULD AMEND NAVAJO LAW AND SET FOUR TERM LIMIT FOR PRESIDENT. THE SPECIFIC LAW TO BE AMENDED WOULD BE TITLE 2, SECTIONS 105 AND 1002. DELEGATE NELSON BEGAYE If truly people have right to choose their leader based on Dine’ Fundamental Law then that is reason for unlimited terms. […]

Navajo Council serve staggered terms?

NAVAJO COUNCIL ON LEGISLATION 0025-14, AMEND TITLE 2 OF NAVAJO CODE, SECTIONS 105 AND 1002. DELEGATE ALTON SHEPHERD The way I made Amendment 1 was based on Delegate Leonard Tsosie’s comment that we need 16 years to make changes. We shouldn’t have to take that much time. I think two term limit would be an […]

Navajo Council opposes two term limit

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0025-14, WHICH WOULD SET TERM LIMITS FOR COUNCIL AND PRESIDENT TO FOUR TERMS. DELEGATE MEL BEGAY With this two year term limit, then that elected official who serves two terms will not do anything. And other tribes are way ahead of us. we are still trying to figure out what to […]

Term limit would disqualify some candidates for 2015 Navajo elections

NAVAJO COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0025-140025-14, AMENDING TITLE 2 OF NAVAJO CODE, SECTIONS 105 AND 1002. DELEGATE ELMER BEGAY what we are addressing the selection of leaders by the people. when i was thinking about running for council, i talked with medicine people. DELEGATE LORENZO CURLEY in very dynamic well informed democracy, i believe term limits […]