FSIN chief Bobby Cameron is running for office again, despite argument of a criminal record making him ineligible to hold office.

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It’s campaign season and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is also conducting its election for the chief and executive members.

FSIN voting day is Thursday at the annual General Assembly in Saskatoon. Three-year terms are up for grabs for the chief, first vice-chief and third vice-chief. The current chief, Bobby Cameron, and third vice-chief Aly Bear are running for chief, and that is where the controversy exists.

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Robert Merasty, who ran for chief in the last election, has submitted a letter through his lawyer, Grant Sharfstein, that questions Cameron’s right to run because of his criminal record.

Cameron was convicted of break, enter and theft on March 31, 1993, as originally reported by Jason Warick, a CBC reporter, on Sept. 27, 2023.

Cameron remained in office and is running again for the federation’s top job.

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