{"id":360893,"date":"2022-01-31T06:06:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T20:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=360893"},"modified":"2022-01-31T06:06:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T20:06:18","slug":"allow-senate-minority-to-participate-in-impeachment-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/allow-senate-minority-to-participate-in-impeachment-review\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Allow Senate minority to participate in impeachment review process\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Paul A. Manglona (Ind-Rota) asked Senate President Jude U. Hofschneider (R-Tinian) last Thursday to include the Senate minority in reviewing and talks on impeachment resolution from the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

In a letter to Hofschneider, Manglona pointed out that, as it is right now, the two Senate committees that were appointed to review the impeachment resolution have 100% Republican membership without any minority representation.<\/p>\n

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The president earlier referred the impeachment resolution to the Committee on Judiciary, Government, Law, and Federal Relations, which is chaired by Sen. Karl King Nabors (R-Tinian), and Committee on Executive, Appointments, and Government Investigations, which is chaired by Sen. Francisco Q. Cruz (R-Tinian).<\/p>\n

Manglona asked Hofschneider to consider his request, considering that Gov. Ralph DLG Torres is a Republican.<\/p>\n

House Resolution 22-14 impeaches Torres for alleged commission of felonies, corruption, and neglect of duty.<\/p>\n

Manglona said Hofschneider\u2019s memo to Nabors and Cruz does not express the necessity for a swift turnaround with a firm deadline. He said the memo also does not instruct the two committees to draft impeachment rules or view the impeachment rules from the 18th Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is imperative that the Senate address this resolution as it involves government corruption and misuse of public funds,\u201d the senator said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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