By majority decision, the Local Government Commission (LGC) on Tuesday passed a motion to delegate statutory functions, including the approval of temporary appointments, to the Chairperson and Vice-Chair—a move that is being seen as conflicting with the law by the opposition, which plans to challenge it in court.
The motion was tabled by Chairman Julius Faerber and passed by a simple majority.
In his motion, titled “Motion to delegate specific tasks to executive management of the Local Government Commission,” Faerber – who served as Chairman of Region Three for over a decade – argued that the once per month statutory meeting of the Commission is not enough to address the plethora of issues that face local democratic organs.
