{"id":363997,"date":"2022-03-11T06:04:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T20:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=363997"},"modified":"2022-03-11T06:04:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T20:04:58","slug":"senate-committee-on-impeachment-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/senate-committee-on-impeachment-created\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate committee on impeachment created"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senate President Jude U. Hofschneider (R-Tinian) formed yesterday a special committee that will look into House Resolution 22-14, which impeached Gov. Ralph DLG Torres for alleged commission of felonies, corruption, and neglect of duty. <\/p>\n

During the Senate\u2019s session at the Tinian Superior Courthouse, Hofschneider announced the appointment of senators to the special committee on impeachment hearing. They are Sen. Karl R. King-Nabors (R-Tinian) as chairman, Sen. Justo S. Quitugua (R-Saipan) as vice chairman, and members Sens. Francisco Q. Cruz (R-Tinian), Victor B. Hocog (R-Rota), and Teresita A. Santos (Ind-Rota).<\/p>\n

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Hofschneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI will be issuing a memo for your perusal,\u201d Hofschneider told committee members. <\/p>\n

Hofschneider earlier tasked King-Nabors and Cruz, chairpersons of the Committee on Judiciary, Government, Law, and Federal Relations, and Committee on Executive, Appointments and Government Investigations, respectively, to draft the Impeachment Rules.<\/p>\n

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King-Nabors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The joint committees agreed that House Resolution 22-14 that impeached Torres should only be tackled after the full Senate\u2019s adoption of the 28-page Impeachment Rules, which the full Senate did last March 3.<\/p>\n

The adoption of Impeachment Rules sets the stage for what is expected to be a partisan brawl between the Republican-controlled Senate and the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives that will decide whether to remove or not Torres as governor. Torres, who is the titular head of the CNMI Republican Party, is seeking re-election this Nov. 8 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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