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Kumoi criticizes colleagues
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Posted on Apr 26 2000
Sen. Ramon S. Guerrero yesterday lashed out at the way the Senate is conducting its legislative business as he decided to move his office from the Legislature in Capitol Hills to a private building in Gualo Rai where he can best serve his constituents.
He wrote a memorandum to Senate President Paul A. Manglona informing him of his decision to relocate, but at the same time expressed his frustration over the lack of work in the upper house.
Since his swearing-in last January, the Saipan senator claimed there has been practically no committee meeting nor “leadership guidance” by majority members in the Senate.
Mr. Guerrero, who ran under the Reform Party and the lone minority in the upper house, also said that for the past four months, the senators have conducted sessions for only five times.
“I have been seen [walking] through the hallways of the both the Senate/House corridors, and probably [I have walked] over a thousand miles through those hallways trying to find something to do, but to no avail was there something to look forward to,” he wrote to Mr. Manglona.
“[W]ith all this frustration, I [have decided] to relocate my senatorial duties and my obligation to my constituents to an office more appropriate in the Garapan area, and transfer my staff along to serve the public that have elected me into office,” added Mr. Guerrero.
Because of the relocation, his Capitol Hills office will be vacated as soon as the new office is finished, but the senator maintained his duties during meetings in the Senate will continue.
There is no immediate reaction from Mr. Manglona or any of the senator on Mr. Guerrero’s decision, which he disclosed in a memo sent to the President’s office yesterday.
Mr. Guerrero, one of the only two newcomers in the Senate does not head any of the six standing committees, but is a member to several of them, including the powerful Executive Appointments and Governmental Operations Committee.
Last January, he sought an investigation into the bribery allegations on the controversial power project on Saipan, but the EAGI has yet to come up with its findings pending results of separate probe being conducted by the Office of Public Auditor.
