After Mayor Ras Baraka signed a sister cities agreement with a fictional Hindu nation founded by a fugitive, such relationships will have to be approved beforehand.
a nonexistent sovereign nation created by a fugitive wanted in India on criminal charges.
“We did not have any city funds or taxpayer dollars,” in the agreement or the relationship, McIver added. Moving forward, she said, her office would research the legitimacy of the jurisdiction or request involved and complete a “checklist” for review and approval by the mayor and the chairman of the city’s international relations commission.
is a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. created in 1956 to foster world peace and stability through a global network of inter-city relationships.posted on Kailasa’s YouTube channel shows Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Councilman Luis Quinatana, the city’s international relations commission chairman, and an unidentified woman representing Kailasa signing documents in blue binders during a ceremony inside the council chamber at City Hall. Afterward, they posed for pictures.
No one responded to requests for comment at Kailasa’s email address or through its online portal, and its founder could not be reached.
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