{"id":405137,"date":"2024-02-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=405137"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Kilili-endorses-Propst-as-CNMI-s-delegate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Kilili-endorses-Propst-as-CNMI-s-delegate\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilili endorses Propst as CNMI\u2019s delegate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (D-MP) has thrown his support behind the candidacy of Rep. Edwin K. Propst (D-Saipan), who is aiming to succeed him in the U.S. Congress this Nov. 5 general election.<\/p>\n<p>In a video released yesterday by the committee-to-elect Propst, it showed Sablan saying he has decided to endorse and support Propst for the CNMI\u2019s delegate post.<\/p>\n<p>Sablan urged voters to support Propst in order to sustain the same programs that he has championed during his terms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Congressman Propst can carry that torch. I\u2019m asking you please support and vote for Congressman Propst for next United States delegate to Congress,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n<p>The video also showed Sablan being greeted and entertained by Propst and his wife, Daisy, at their home.<\/p>\n<p>Sablan will not be seeking a ninth term as delegate.<\/p>\n<p>Propst, who is running under the NMI Democratic Party banner, said yesterday in a statement that he is deeply honored to have Sablan\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p>Propst said Sablan has been the people\u2019s champion for eight terms, or 16 years, in the U.S. House of Representatives. He said he is grateful to have a mentor, a role model, and a friend to guide him along this journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always been about our people. I will do my very best to continue to put our people first as he has done,\u201d Propst said.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/07d9a2b3ac87421428946be42f1e8fa6.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (D-MP) has thrown his support behind the candidacy of Rep&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405137","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}