Gov. Ralph DLG Torres supports a Guam bill that would allow CNMI residents to drive in Guam using a CNMI driver\u2019s license and vice versa for Guam residents driving in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n
In a letter to Guam Speaker Benjamin J. F. Cruz, Torres expressed his support for Guam Bill 123-34, authored by Guam Sen. William M. Castro (R-Guam). He also supports Rep. Ivan A. Blanco\u2019s (R-Saipan) bill to allow the use of Guam\u2019s driver\u2019s licenses in the CNMI. That bill was introduced on June 23, 2017, as House Bill 20-91.<\/p>\n
Torres referred to both legislations as \u201ccommonsense legislations that marks a new era in the relationship of [the CNMI and Guam].\u201d<\/p>\n
Citing the CNMI and Guam\u2019s common history and culture, Torres pointed at Chamorro values such as respetu or respect, and amista or camaraderie.<\/p>\n
According to Bill 123-34, Guam currently has a reciprocity agreement with 25 U.S. states, including individuals within the armed forces, \u201ctherefore the same agreement should be afforded to the people of the CNMI.\u201d<\/p>\n
Castro used to live here; his mother has roots in the CNMI. Castro is a former director of Institutional Effectiveness at the Northern Marianas College.<\/p>\n
HB 20-91 proposed to allow holders of Guam driver\u2019s licenses over 16 to freely \u201coperate a motor vehicle upon the highways of the Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Current law states that foreign licenses are only valid for one month in the CNMI. A Guam license is considered a foreign license; therefore a Guam license holder must either stop driving on CNMI highways or apply for a CNMI driver\u2019s license. <\/p>\n
If both legislations pass their respective governments, the one-month limitation set by the CNMI would be lifted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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