How can the Navajo Nation government be compared to state and federal legislatures, this is the bases the Navajo President uses when pushing the reduction of Council?
• No, the Navajo Nation government should not be compared to state and federal legislatures. The Navajo Nation is unique in many ways. We are a unique people with a unique type of government and the Navajo people should not be forced into adopting a system that they do not agree with. The Navajo Nation has unique needs and there is absolutely no way our tribal legislature can be compared to governments of a metropolis or a state government. • It is true the Navajo Council through Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan initiated the study to gauge its effectiveness and to use the study to help improve services to the Navajo People. Instead, the Navajo President has used the study to continually criticize the Navajo Council as being ineffective. A similar study has not been done yet on the Executive Branch to gauge their effectiveness. The Navajo people have complained about the underperformance, overrepresentation and the inefficiency of the Executive Branch and the Office of the President. The Nav
