UCF Student Government Association Senator and Deputy Pro Tempore Jereme Pozin’s impeachment proceedings will move forward today during a key senate committee meeting, where members will form questions they’ll use during his upcoming removal hearing, according to an SGA senator.
The meeting of the Legislative Judicial and Rules Committee, or LJR, will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the SGA Senate workroom.
In an exclusive interview with KnightNews.com conducted Wednesday afternoon, Pozin said he shouldn’t be removed and disputed the accuracy of the impeachment affidavit.
“I would never go around saying we get paid for not doing sh-t,” Pozin said, referring to what SGA member Adam Brock alleged in the affidavit. “It’s fabricated. It’s completely false. ”
Other SGA officials who talk to KnightNews.com about this have not been identified, because UCF and SGA leaders have ordered them not to talk to the media.
SGA sources tell KnightNews.com they hope this discovery process will be complete by July 29. Pozin’s removal hearing, which will take place in front of the whole senate, could happen immediately following the discovery process’s conclusion.
Meanwhile, confusion is growing as to how UCF interprets Public Record Law.
Initially, KnightNews.com was told by UCF that it had to redact, or black out, students’ names from the impeachment affidavit. Since then, the SGA Senate has sent press releases with Sen. Pozin’s name included. Pozin’s name is also posted in the SGA office where agendas for today’s meeting are displayed publicly.
KnightNews.com has been in discussions with UCF’s attorneys in the General Counsel’s office to try and determine UCF’s policy on releasing public records. We have requested that the office provide a statement, “with particularity,” to explain UCF’s conclusion that the names of complainants and accused in a Student Senate impeachment affidavit are exempt from public disclosure, even though the Senate sent out a press release with his name unredacted.
UCF’s attorneys claim they have already complied with this request guaranteed in Florida Public Record Law, however, research conducted by KnightNews.com indicates they have not fully complied.
Since the disagreement over records began, several SGA leaders have leaked the unredacted document to KnightNews.com because they believe the UCF General Counsel is wrong in its decision to keep Pozin’s name redacted and shielded from public view when releasing the affidavit.
Check back for updates on these developing stories.
