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Investigation continues on Vigueras
The Pointer
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Last week, the Student Government Association ad-hoc committee to impeach Chief Justice Arturo Vigueras met to discuss the complaints filed by Kirk Cychosz, vice president, and Saul Newton, speaker of the senate.
After SGA attempted to impeach Vigueras last year, he has learned to safe guard his rights better, based on previous experience.
Vigueras asked for the removal of Newton and Senator Sam Glenzer from the committee for the most fair and unbiased proceedings.
“…because they have already proven to be biased enough, also as proved by the article found in ‘The Pointer;’ the speaker of the senate made the motions. So there is obvious conflict of interest there, as long as the same with Senator Glenzer,” said Vigueras at the ad-hoc committee meeting.
“I will also ask for the Student Life Issues Director [Matt] Guidry to be dismissed as well because he has previously spoken on previous bias. He has sat on a previous committee meeting to impeach me a year ago. And there is an obvious bias there.”
Newton and Guidry resigned compliantly. Glenzer did as well, after arriving late to the meeting and acting confrontational toward Vigueras.
“I am entirely preconceived and though I disagree with the fact that my statements in the newspaper were necessarily preconceived because I think they are just stating the nature of the job and the nature of someone who is not doing their job,” said Glenzer. “I never suggested you were failing at your job in that quote, although I do think you are failing at your job.”
The committee had to seek more committee members to reach quorum. Later that night at the student senate meeting, the committee sought newly elected senators because it was decided they would have the least amount of bias.
Vigueras also asked for an impartial non-student to observe the hearings that will take place.
“I know there is not going to be a way for this committee to be neutral. At this point, I will ask for a … conduct officer to be present during this hearing in order for this committee to move forward,” said Vigueras. “There is no way for this committee to conduct its business in a partial way. I just want another safeguard.”
Because of the nature of the time in the school year, the committee struggled to find a time when they could hold the hearing. Vigueras’ term is up next week.
The hearing will continue to take place Thursday, April 30, after the SGA senate meeting, which takes place at 6 p.m. in the Dreyfus University Center Legacy room.
