{"id":366034,"date":"2022-04-11T06:06:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T20:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=366034"},"modified":"2022-04-11T06:06:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T20:06:06","slug":"senate-leadership-blocking-torres-impeachment-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/senate-leadership-blocking-torres-impeachment-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Senate leadership blocking Torres\u2019 impeachment trial\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two members of the Senate minority bloc asked the Republican-controlled Senate over the weekend to stop what the claim are efforts to block \u201cthe public\u2019s right\u201d to the impeachment trial of Gov. Ralph DLG Torres. <\/p>\n

Sen. Edith E. DeLeon Guerrero (D-Saipan) said in a statement that, despite Senate president Jude U. Hofschneider\u2019s (R-Tinian) insistence that the House of Representatives failed to timely submit the impeachment record to the Senate clerk, the Senate minority bloc believes that this statement is simply a \u201cruse to protect Torres\u201d at the expense of Hofschneider\u2019s reputation and the people\u2019s right to hold the governor accountable for his impeachable acts.<\/p>\n

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In the same statement, Sen. Paul A. Manglona (Ind-Rota) said the Senate Impeachment Rules are not only tainted and fashioned specifically to prevent the conviction of Torres in the event of a trial, but they highlight the extent the Senate leadership will go \u201cfor their puppet-master.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manglona said at the end of the day, the House, a body beholden to, and representative of, the people of the Commonwealth, lawfully impeached Torres, based on insurmountable evidence.<\/p>\n

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Manglona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cUnfortunately for the people of the Commonwealth, these Republican senators have chosen to do the bidding of their master,\u201d Manglona said.<\/p>\n

He said the Senate leadership is composed of Torres\u2019 fellow Republicans: Hofschneider, Francisco Q. Cruz, Karl King-Nabors, Victor B. Hocog, and his running mate in the coming Nov. 8 election, Vinnie F. Sablan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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