Delegate Gregorio Kilili C Sablan (Ind-MP) has filed a leave of absence, citing medical reasons. The CNMI\u2019s four-term delegate to Congress will undergo back surgery on March 2.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Sablan said he will \u201cbe in recovery for about two months\u201d after the operation.<\/p>\n
Sablan said he has been shuttling back and forth between the Commonwealth and Washington, D.C. in the last six year and that took a heavy toll on his back.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese last six years in the U.S. Congress have been filled with success, but they have also been hard on my health,\u201d Sablan said. \u201cNow the doctors tell me that my only choice is surgery to fuse some of the vertebrae in my lower back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sablan said the operation will be at George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C. He expects a full recovery.<\/p>\n
The lawmaker said he will \u201cnot be able to keep a full schedule at the House of Representatives\u201d during his recovery period, but he will try to keep in touch though email and telephone.<\/p>\n
Sablan just recently begun his fourth term as the CNMI nonvoting representative to the 114th House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
He was sworn in last January and is the first and only official ever to represent the people of the CNMI in Congress. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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