{"id":380964,"date":"2022-12-05T06:06:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=380964"},"modified":"2022-12-05T06:06:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T20:06:03","slug":"rep-babauta-seeks-retreat-for-house-members-before-sine-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/rep-babauta-seeks-retreat-for-house-members-before-sine-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Babauta seeks retreat for House members before sine die"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sheila J. Babauta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rep. Sheila J. Babauta (D-Saipan), one of the nine members in the 22nd House of the Representatives who will not be coming in the next House, has recommended holding a retreat as they are enter the final month of their term.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a House session last week, Babauta said the 22nd House is coming to a close just as a new administration is ascending into the Executive Branch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re turning a chapter. I think [for] nine of us, it will be our final month in the House,” she said.<\/p>\n

Babauta did not seek re-election last Nov. 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never had our retreat, which was something that I recommended at the beginning of our term. If you remember. colleagues, that we\u2019ve never gotten together,\u201d the lawmaker said.<\/p>\n

She said they\u2019re going to have their sine die, or final session, which is probably one event that they are all required to attend.<\/p>\n

Babuta asked House Speaker Edmund S. Villagomez (Ind-Saipan) to consider setting a date for their retreat.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we invite our families? \u2026It [will] almost be similar to the swearing in when we had that people come up and it\u2019s our final time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker said the sine die is going to be a great final session. \u201cI just want to prepare for that as much as possible because it\u2019s really been an honor serving in this 22nd Legislature,\u201dBabauta said.<\/p>\n

Aside from Babauta, the others who will no longer be members of the incoming 23rd House are Reps. Angel A. Demapan (R-Saipan), Richard T. Lizama (D-Saipan), Joseph Lee Pan T. Guerrero (R-Saipan), Christina E. Sablan (D-Saipan), Leila F. Staffler (D-Saipan), Celina R. Babauta (D-Saipan), Corina L. Magofna (Ind-Saipan), and Donald M. Manglona (Ind-Rota).<\/p>\n

Demapan was unsuccessful in his bid for a Saipan Senate seat. Lizama and Guerrero were defeated by Ramon Blas Camacho in the Saipan mayoral race. Sablan and Staffler were defeated in the gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n

Celina Babauta, Magofna, and Manglona will be going to the Senate.<\/p>\n

Speaker Villagomez said he is looking at Jan. 3 as the last session to close business.<\/p>\n

Rep. Vicente Camacho (D-Saipan) asked the Judiciary and Governmental Operations Committee chaired by Rep. R. Celina Babauta (D-Saipan) if she would put out as many of the bills that are in her committee before the January sine die.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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