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The Board of Directors of the National Capital Commission was quietly shuffled last week in advance of what’s poised to be a contentious public meeting, given the ongoing controversy over the Memorial to Victims of Communism.

On Wednesday evening, the NCC announced via Twitter that four members of the board were stepping down, to be replaced by five new appointments.

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“The people who left, their terms had expired, and this is just a normal replacement of people,” said Russell Mills, the chair of the Board of Directors.

“I phoned them all last week, and welcomed the new directors to the board. All of the people who had left were well beyond the expiry of their terms. We had been asking for the government to deal with that and appoint some replacements.”