13.13.010 Purpose

The right of the enrolled members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to elect representatives to protect and promote the best interests of all Tribal members is an important right. Along with the right to elect, is the right to remove any representative who has demonstrated the inability or unwillingness to carry out their elected responsibility. The following process is adopted to protect these rights. The process is not designed to be used as a manner of harassing, vexing or annoying an elected official nor an elected government. In order to ensure an orderly hearing and to ensure that the individual subject to the removal proceeding receives their due process rights, pursuant to Article VIII, Section 2, of the Tribal Constitution and in accordance with this section of the Tribal Code, the following procedures that will be employed at the Tribal Council meeting assembled for removal purposes.