Pardon or respond, our dear governor! Please!
On March 4, 2015, I addressed you with my pardon request on behalf of my daughter. I had to do it by media after my many attempts to see you by visiting your office yielded no results. I understand how big the responsibilities are on your shoulders and that your time is precious and the community’s needs come first. You are a person of big heart and highest moral standards and work hard to lead our CNMI in the right direction. I admire you as governor. I believe in your thoughtfulness, professionalism and integrity.
My daughter Carmelita is still in prison and remains deprived of her five children. She has gotten no hope yet to join them in the near future. Each of my visits to her causes me a lot of pain because I cannot tell her anything negative or positive on the prospects of her getting freed. I am in the same trouble when I see my nephews’ asking eyes.
Definiteness is better than indefiniteness because indefiniteness is so torturous! I bow my grey head deeply and ask you for a decision on pardoning or not pardoning my daughter. Give us a definite response, please!
May Almighty God bless you! My family and I pray that you will be healthy and strong!
Teddy Guiao
Lower Navy Hill, Saipan
Buenas Sir,
For thousand of years, society had came up with ways to protect itself and there were repercussions to individuals who deviate from its norm. Your daughter violate the norm of our society and she needs to be accountable of her criminal acts. You may want to give it a break and concentrate on your grandchildren for their sake. We feel for you, but at the same time, life must move on.
Mr. Guiao, like what jun said, “we feel for you” for your daughter and her five children and most of all for you. But you fail to mention why your daughter is in jail in the first place and so that we can know if your daughter deserves to be pardoned because being pardoned for a crime the community needs to know and agree with the governor. I4one know that it is up to the governor to pardon a criminal at his discretion but the entire community should be aware of that particular persons crime(s) for it is our right as a community. Is it safe for us? is it safe for our children? is it fair for the other criminals? we deserve to know for the governor to exercise that authority. You commit the crime then you should be in jail to serve your time. Mr.Guiao, you should look for organizations and programs within the community to help you with those children while your daughter is in jail and in the meantime let your daughter stay in jail and hopefully she will realize the consequences of committing a crime just like other criminals that also have families. I4one belief that a person can be pardoned weighing the crime that was committed for the betterment of the entire community. I4one asked for 4all670 community members to pray for the families most especially the children of the criminals that are being affected. Because of their loved ones criminal actions that made them unavailable in their daily lives because they are in jail serving time for their crime