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USG Judicial rules on impeachment
By Sashana Campbell
On September 26, 2012
The United Students Government Judicial Council delivered its first verdict of the fall 2012 semester
Monday night.
The case, USG v. Assistant Vice President for Public Relations Mariya Yankova, involved USG claims that
Yankova has been incompetent in her position and has not met deadlines.
The council decided that it was unconstitutional to hand down an impeachment because of the
precedent set by the Martinez v. Lipka case from last fall. The court recommended that the USG senate
body vote to impeach Yankova.
In the hearing, USG President Sara Garfinkle and Rules and Regulations Chair Miguel Pereira represented
the plaintiffs. Yankova represented herself and argued for the defense.
In opening statements, Garfinkle said that Yankova's performance is not up to par and is affecting
her fellow executive board members. She went on to say that Yankova is not providing USG the best
opportunity to be successful in advertising its programs. Yankova, in her defense, said that she would
prove herself worthy of being involved with USG despite her slow start in the position.
Garfinkle called two witnesses, having Executive Vice President Christina Germann and Administrative
Vice President Andrea Wright give testimonies for the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs submitted into evidence documents that stated Yankova received training three times,
claiming that she would have been prepared for her position within USG.
Germann, who directly supervises Yankova, testified that she sent emails to Yankova notifying her of
deadlines for tasks such as updating the USG blog, using USG media services to advertise programs and
setting up Bengal Connect. She also said that several other deadlines were not met.
"I didn't meet deadlines," Yankova said, "but my supervisor told me that the work was good and didn't
offer any suggestions and she didn't outline any consequences in the future for late work. I'm a new
member to the USG executive board and the senate and I didn't have enough help starting out."
Assistant Chief Justice Anthony Frank commented on the lack of guidelines in the USG constitution.
"(The) USG constitution is very vague and doesn't outline a timeline for work to be handed in," he said.
Mid-way through the court proceeding, Chief Justice Andy Stein had to stop to address the issue of
members of the gallery using phones, talking to the plaintiffs and passing papers between one another.
Stein addressed the misconduct in the courtroom in his verdict.
"It is vital for USG Senators and Officers to be professional during their time in the corporation," he
wrote. "This professionalism was not shown during this case."
Sashana Campbell can be reached by email at campbell.record@live.com.
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