President orders his VP to quit interfering in Desert Rock affair

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. has directed Vice President Frank Dayish Jr. to “curtail any and all efforts to intervene” in the Desert Rock resistance movement.

“By the authority vested in me as President of the Navajo Nation and pursuant to 1 N.N.C. (Section) 203(C) and 2 N.N.C. (Section) 1005(B), I write to inform you that I am personally addressing matters related to the Desert Rock Energy Project situation.

“I am working closely with the Navajo Department of Justice and representatives of Din Power Authority,” Shirley said in a Dec. 19 memorandum to Dayish and copied to Attorney General Louis Denetsosie.

“To avoid conflicting and inconsistent messages from the Office of the President/Vice President, I hereby direct that you curtail any and all efforts to intervene on this matter,” Shirley told Dayish.

Gallup Independent