The Washington Hearings

The stage is set for the NMI to strongly state its case against US Department of Interior’s OIA’s alleged overt political activities far removed from the make-believe need for major reform.

This is the last chance which the governor must seize to articulate obvious political interference in the democratic process and the forced wasteful spending of both local resources and US mainland taxpayers money in an agenda to impose another layer of government for the NMI–the US Textile Labor Unions.

The titular head of these isles must unequivocally state the sentiments of the indigenous people who had to endure destruction of their image by the work of misguided mediocrity in the US Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs. The governor must also point and question the wisdom of rewarding political stalwarts for alleged overt activities that seeks to compromise the democratic process by going after key members of Congress and the economic livelihood of the people of these isles.

Interesting that the lead detractor, Congressman George Miller of California, has remarked that the discovery of alleged political materials in computer hard drives that violate federal laws “is troubling”. Indeed, it is troubling for both sides of the Pacific in that it has forced the unnecessary expenditure of taxpayers money to arrive at the truth: the gradual unveiling of the US Textile Labor Unions’ agenda under the guise of “reform” via the Department of Interior’s proposed repeal of immigration control and minimum wage.

The Textile Labor Unions can’t muscle-in via the front door, thus the back door option all gift-wrapped with icing of propped-up allegations such as “abortion, prostitution, abuses, imprisonment, indentured slaves, etc.” No wonder that union members have filed complaints with the less than trusted National Labor Relations Board protesting use of their union dues for political agendas totaling some $500 million.

Interesting too that our Washington Representative has been awfully mute on an issue that threatens to compromise our very rights to self-government. Isn’t the issue at hand the very reason that the founding fathers of the Covenant Agreement ensured the inclusion of a Marianas Washington Representative? Why has our representative conveniently dodged the issue almost completely? Isn’t this the most substantive issue that threatens lasting investments in these islands and total ruination of the democratic process? Why the obvious role of a mute? Perhaps, Mr. Juan N. Babauta has an answer and we await for an explanation, sir!

The issue is about the rights of the indigenous people to self-government and the freedom to build upon wealth and jobs creation in much the same manner that our mother country has employed to bring economic prosperity as we have heard and read about over the last two years. It’s an issue that requires real leadership to articulate, in no uncertain terms, our often stampeded views by our labor unions’-backed detractors in the most powerful chambers on earth. We expect nothing less from your office, sir! Si Yuus Maase` yan ghilisow!