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On AG’s mounting controversy
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Posted on Jul 23 2005
On my way home a few Fridays ago, I listened to Harry Blalock’s commentary on the decision by the Attorney General to forego prosecuting a sexual harassment case filed by one of her own attorneys.
Attorney General Pamela Brown was and still is mired in controversy initially triggered by her contradictory legal opinions on the fate of nominees after the 90-day period expires. Her legal opinion is applicable to everybody else except herself, as succinctly explained by Mr. Blalock.
The attorney who blew the whistle on sexual harassment and selective prosecution was subsequently terminated. Then there’s Ms. Brown’s vacillation between the role of an AG and that of the governor’s legal counsel. Her vacillation begs an answer: Who does she represent—the people of the NMI or the governor?
The controversies surrounding these issues are very unsettling. The mounting distrust for the office has permeated beyond the level of simple suspicion. It now makes the AG’s legal opinions or decisions highly questionable, given the misgivings or indecisions earlier on. Only the AG can clear the air on these matters in order to regain the trust of those she represents—people of the NMI—as the highest law enforcement officer. I trust she will do just that soon.
Let this government be a government of laws!
John S. DelRosario, Jr.
Koblerville
