*RA WCom: About the Auroville Council and Auronet post titled "Peaceful Re-Possession of ACUR...

*RA WCom: About the Auroville Council and Auronet post titled "Peaceful Re-Possession of ACUR Office Space"* Dear Community, We hope you have seen the statement from the Auroville Council yesterday, 15th, about the forcible takeover of the meeting and work space in the Town Hall, which took place on the 14th of November. Also yesterday, there was an unsigned posting on Auronet disguised under the name of the 'Working Committee', which defines the Auroville Council as "a group which has been not formally recognised under the current framework of governance of the Auroville Foundation." This is absolutely false and outrageous. The Auroville Council was created at the insistence of then Chairman of the Auroville Foundation, Shree Kireet Joshi, and is a committee formally constituted under Section 19 of the Auroville Foundation Act. This statement shows shocking ignorance of the basic tenets of the Governance of the Auroville Foundation by people who persist in claiming to be the 'Working Committee of the Residents' Assembly' and are instead cooperating with and actively supporting the attempt of the existing administration to dismantle and discourage any participatory system of governance while violating the true intention and spirit of Auroville. We echo the Auroville Council in strongly condemning this act, as well as the continuing pattern of attempting to marginalize and aggressively suppress the participation and voice of the wider body of Auroville's residents in its growth and development. In service, Aravinda, Bharathy, Chali, Matthieu, Prashant, Valli The Working Committee selected by the RA