From The Kayenta Today blog:

Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. put on administrative leave to allow further investigations into OnSat, BCDS

October 26th, 2009

Administrative leave will allow appropriate law enforcement authorities access to further information within the Office of the President/Vice President

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — By a vote of 48-22, the Navajo Nation Council put President Joe Shirley Jr. on administrative leave with pay during the pendency of investigations and possible prosecution of ethical, civil and criminal charges by the Navajo Nation through a special prosecutor. The Council’s actions today, Oct. 26, are the result of three investigations that allege wrongdoing by the president and key members of his staff within the Executive Branch of the Navajo Nation.
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