Ruling voids hiring special prosecutor
Language seeking special prosecutor was in invalid resolution

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — The Navajo Nation Council emergency resolution that placed President Joe Shirley Jr. on administrative leave also referred investigative reports on OnSat and BCDS to the Navajo Attorney General so that a special prosecutor could be hired to look into the matter further.

When District Court Judge Geraldine Benally ruled Monday that the resolution is unenforceable because Council did not follow statutory requirements, that meant that the language on hiring a special prosecutor is null and void as well.

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