Grosseschnauzer
TNPer
This is one of those situations where there are no real rules to follow, and I am relying on existing procedures to fashion this announcement.
As many of you know, Dalimbar resigned today as Delegate, and until a special election is held within 2 weeks, Blackshear is serving as Acting Delegate.
If he is elected at the special election, then there will be a subsequent special election for Vice Delegate.
Blackshear has asked me to serve during this interim as acting Vice Delegate, and I have agreed to his request.
In order to avoid potential conflict of interest during this interim period, I am taking a leave of absence as Chief Justice. The Court has two serving Associate Justices, and they have the authority to appoint a temporary judicial officer to sit with them if the need arises during this interim for a three-member Court panel. We have several active members of the RA who have served on the Court in the past, and who are therefore qualified for such a temporary appointment.
Once the constitutional process of electing a new Delegate (and possibly a new Vice Delegate after that) is complete, my leave of absence will expire, and I will resume my duties on the Court.
As many of you know, Dalimbar resigned today as Delegate, and until a special election is held within 2 weeks, Blackshear is serving as Acting Delegate.
If he is elected at the special election, then there will be a subsequent special election for Vice Delegate.
Blackshear has asked me to serve during this interim as acting Vice Delegate, and I have agreed to his request.
In order to avoid potential conflict of interest during this interim period, I am taking a leave of absence as Chief Justice. The Court has two serving Associate Justices, and they have the authority to appoint a temporary judicial officer to sit with them if the need arises during this interim for a three-member Court panel. We have several active members of the RA who have served on the Court in the past, and who are therefore qualified for such a temporary appointment.
Once the constitutional process of electing a new Delegate (and possibly a new Vice Delegate after that) is complete, my leave of absence will expire, and I will resume my duties on the Court.