Paul Himan is vowing to fight a court ruling that ousted him from the leadership of the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta (WIPA)..On Monday, in an exclusive phone interview with the Western Standard, Hinman said he will appeal the court's decision. .A Court of King's Bench justice reviewed all the submissions and evidence and rendered a judgment on October 21 that upheld the suspension, and subsequent removal from leadership. This includes the awarding of all costs for the proceedings to the WIPA.."My lawyer took the stance that this is about following the bylaws and the natural rule of law which they failed to do," Hinman said..In August, the WIPA filed a court order against former leader Hinman and the court made a decision to remove him..On Monday, the Provincial Board of Governors of the WIPA provided an update to the Western Standard regarding the legal action brought against the board by Hinman. ."The members are extremely disappointed in the old Provincial Board of Governors. They called and held an AGM. They stonewalled the members for hours. They refused to answer or accept any motions at our AGM," Hinman said..Hinman said he believes they eventually "out of frustration or desperation realizing that they'd lost control of the meeting, they walked out, trying to declare that the AGM was over.".Hinman claims the Provincial Board of Governors refused to accept the outcome of the voting. .Hinman noted one of the reasons the Wildrose Party is up and running is because the members and the people believe in the democratic process and a peaceful transition of power. ."This old board of governors has continued to break our bylaws by making false allegations and insinuations of things that are just wrong. They know what's wrong," Hinman said.."My lawyer took the stance this is about following the bylaws and the natural rule of law which they failed to do. And the judge basically, we don't believe, followed the precedents and the rule of law. They broke the bylaws.".Hinman said his intention right now is to appeal the court's decision soon. ."We'll wait until the transcript comes out. And we can go over it and carefully review the precedent-setting cases.".Hinman claims the decision was made based on a case from 2007 and new precedents have been set since then. He plans to appeal and return to the WIPA.."I can't just walk away from the members who've been so supportive."
