{"id":366675,"date":"2022-04-20T06:06:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=366675"},"modified":"2022-04-20T06:06:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:06:31","slug":"the-cnmi-deserves-a-fair-and-honest-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/the-cnmi-deserves-a-fair-and-honest-government\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The CNMI deserves a fair and honest government\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Tina Sablan (D-Saipan) says her campaign for this year\u2019s gubernatorial election is driven by hope for a \u201cwell-governed\u201d CNMI. <\/p>\n<p>With election right around the corner, campaign season is in full bloom and, according to Sablan, the focus of her and running mate Rep. Leila Staffler\u2019s gubernatorial campaign is \u201chope for a fair and honest government.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeila and I are excited to be running a campaign that is driven by hope for the future. We\u2019re getting a lot of positive feedback from people who believe in the vision that we\u2019re presenting and the kind of change that we are committed to delivering for the CNMI,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_359414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359414\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Christina-Marie-Sablan-mug-PW-11-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-359414\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sablan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She explained that the CNMI deserves a government that is fair and fiscally responsible\u2014overall a government that cares for its constituents. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think one of the top concerns is public corruption. People want and deserve a government that is committed to good governance. To us, Leila and me, that means a government that is fair and honest and fiscally responsible, a government that really cares about its people and will prioritize very scarce public resources for things that really matter for the long-term development and the well-being of the whole community. That\u2019s healthcare, infrastructure development, education,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>If elected governor, Sablan said the dream really is to help the future generation thrive through honest governance.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to build up all of these institutions and infrastructures so our young people, our future generations, can thrive. That\u2019s the kind of community that we envision. We believe that the CNMI can be one of the best places in the world. What\u2019s held us back has been our governance, our leadership that hasn\u2019t delivered transparency and accountability,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Sablan and Staffler are running against incumbent Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and his running mate, Sen. Vinnie Vinson F. Sablan (R-Saipan), as well as Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios and Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Tina Sablan (D-Saipan) says her campaign for this year\u2019s gubernatorial election is driven by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":359415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-366675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}