While it is true that a National Assembly has jurisdiction
over all Baha'¡ affairs within its national boundaries, with obligation to
monitor budgets and finances in order to safeguard the fiscal integrity of its
institutions, it is usually not practical for the Assembly itself to seek; to
administer either the operations or the finances of an institution such as a
school or a radio station. Indeed, National Assembly administration is likely
to slow down the functioning of its subsidiaries, and therefore, a level of
autonomy is desirable for such institutions, in this case the radio
station.
(From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of
Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of Liberia, dated 24 July, 1988)
