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Floor leader: I’m not working for Kilili
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Posted on Dec 14 2008
A lawmaker supporter of Delegate-elect Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan has issued a statement in a bid to dispel rumors that he is moving to Washington, D.C. to work for new congressional member.
House Floor Leader Joseph James Camacho said he has heard several versions of the rumor, and wants to assure his constituents that he plans to finish his term as Precinct IV representative.
“I am not going Washington, D.C.,” Camacho said. “I made a commitment to be a representative for the good people of Precinct 4 and I intend to fulfill that commitment.”
The rumor was fueled by his and Sablan’s recent trip to the nation’s capital. During that trip, he accompanied Sablan as the delegate-elect attended the briefing for new congressional members and met with federal government officials. Since returning from the trip, however, he has been asked many times about whether he was moving to Washington.
“With each new encounter, the tales get bigger and weirder,” Camacho relates. “Some versions tell of me traveling to D.C. a few weeks ago with…Sablan so that I could look for a house or apartment. Other versions tell of me being the chief of staff or the legal counsel for our CNMI Delegate, [and] that I will be resigning as a Representative of Precinct 4. The most warp[ed] version so far that I have heard is that I will be leaving my family and [moving] to D.C. by myself.”
According to Camacho, he traveled to Washington with Sablan because it was “a very good opportunity to meet and talk with U.S. Congress members, congressional staffers and U.S. Department and Agency personnel.”
He said he has not accepted a job as chief of staff or legal counsel, or any other position, in Sablan’s new office. He added that his family is intact, and he has no plans to leave Saipan without his wife and son.
