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Lizama: I have a good chance at delegate post
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Posted on May 29 2008
Former Superior Court Associate Judge Juan T. Lizama has expressed confidence he will be voted as the CNMI’s first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
“I think I do have a good chance,” said Lizama in an interview with Saipan Tribune.
He said that starting on the day when he officially declares his candidacy, he will be out there just like everybody else.
“But my campaign, I want to be very positive with my campaign,” said Lizama, adding that he will run as an independent.
The Nov. 4, 2008 election, he said, is obviously one of the most important elections because of the delegate position.
“My purpose is a good purpose. And I hope that they will agree with me that their votes will go my way,” said Lizama who stepped down from the bench last Saturday after 10 years of serving as an associate judge.
On talks that he is not qualified to run as the law requires candidates to retire or resign from government position six months prior to the election, Lizama said he has read the law and analyzed it.
“I am comfortable with my thought and my position right now that I would be running,” he stressed.
In 2003, Lizama became the first judge in the CNMI to be retained to the post.
