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Inos, Naraja, Govendo up for retention election
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Posted on Feb 05 2020
Associate Justice Perry B. Inos, Presiding Judge Roberto C. Naraja, and Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo will be up for retention election this November’s mid-term election.
Inos, Naraja, and Govendo have not publicly discussed their intent to serve additional terms on the bench.
As an associate justice in the CNMI Supreme Court, this will be the first time for the 53-year-old Inos to undergo the retention election process. He was previously retained for another six-year term on the bench in 2012 when he was still an associate judge.
Inos ascended to the bench as an associate judge in the Superior Court on Sept. 22, 2008, after then-governor Benigno R. Fitial nominated him.
He became an associate justice in the CNMI Supreme Court in March 2013 after the CNMI Senate confirmed his nomination.
If the 64-year-old Naraja wants to serve six more years on the bench, this November will be his third retention election.
Naraja ascended to the Superior Court bench as an associate judge in 2001 when then-governor Pedro P. Tenorio appointed him. Two years later, then-governor Juan N. Babauta appointed Naraja as presiding judge, which is the position he currently holds.
In 2007 and 2014, voters backed Naraja’s retention on the bench.
If the 75-year-old Govendo wins his third term, he will be the oldest judge to sit on the CNMI bench.
Then-governor Babauta appointed Govendo as associate judge in 2003. In 2007 and 2014, voters overwhelmingly voted for Govendo’s retention.
Under a constitutional amendment, the question of whether justices or judges will be retained shall be put to a vote at a general election immediately before the end of that justice’s or judge’s initial term of office.
In 2003, Juan T. Lizama was the first judge in the CNMI to be retained on the bench.
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- Perry B. Inos
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- Roberto C. Naraja
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- Kenneth L. Govendo
