Corrupt President

Urgent advice please.....

A structural change to a property in our community was proposed at the past 2 AGMs of our community. On both occasions the proposal was rejected and the owner told that he, under no circumstances, was to proceed with the building.

I have just learned that the President has agreed to this structure and that work is to go ahead.

How do we stop this?

Our costitution states that all modifications and structures must have the permission granted at a full AGM, however they seem to be ignoring the wishes of the residents and going ahead anyway.

There must be some legal way to stop this urgently because my fear is that once the building work starts, there may be no way to stop it.

I would be very grateful for any help with dealing with this difficult situation.

Kenny, if this was agreed at the AGM and you have the minutes verifying it then you should take those minutes down to the local police and file a "denuncia" against the individual doing the works....and whilst you're at it the president too for allowing this to go ahead in the first place.

If you file the denuncia they have to follow it up and it's probably the quickest way of getting the work suspended.

Also, have you spoken to the administrator about it?  They may have another suggest but the local police is the best bet for speed.

Thanks Justin.

 Kenny G ; Good advice from Justin on the denuncia as a speedy way to stop the works.

However a couple of points also need to be considered before proceeding with the same.

1 President - Has he been contacted directly in writng to ask if he has consented to the works despite the community twice voting against the same.To denounce him without the same would be unwise.

2. Administrator- The letter needs to be served on the office holder also.

3.As  a community member you  should contact the local Town hall to establish if a licence has been granted for the works by them . If not you can proceed to make a instanica aginst the works which will bring the Town hall to the site quickly to also stop the same.

On all 3 counts enclose the minutes of the 2 AGM's & send by a minumum of registered post to each of the President & Administrator giving them 7 natural days to reply and if unsatisfied after 7 days explain to 2 both the action you will proceed with.You can proceed with the action at the Town hall immediately as if they have not applied for a building works licence the instancia will add weight to your denucia.

A further way to stop the works is to get 25% of the community together to sign a demand for a Extraordinary General Meeting of the community to decide on the actions to take.If the President & Administrator have  allowed the works to proceed against the Actas of the 2 AGM's then both should resign at the meeting & replacements be sort . 

I hope this helps & if you PM me I will send you the relevent form copy for the EGM call.

F. Parkinson Jacksons Admin.