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The Assembly of First Nations national advocacy group headed into its annual summer assembly rocked by an internal controversy that has exploded publicly in an all-out political feud with allegations of corruption and bullying, swirling alongside threats of litigation and challenges to Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald’s leadership.
The regional chiefs and national chief serve both as the AFN’s executive committee and as the board of directors for its corporate arm, the National Indian Brotherhood. The national chief chairs executive meetings and casts the tiebreaker during votes.
The executive committee purported to suspend Archibald after she went public slamming what she called “corruption and collusion” at AFN along with her unnamed political opponents.
A resolution calling for her firing was tabled at the AFN’s meeting in Vancouver but was soundly defeated on July 5.
Archibald is calling for a forensic audit of the AFN and specifically about contracts awarded various people including staff.
That resolution was tabled Wednesday with a vote scheduled for Thursday morning July 7.
Source of excerpts :APTN National News
