Our detractors in the US Congress are fully wary that the biggest problem we face here revolves around ineffective and inefficient law enforcement. Never mind that the various federeal agencies have balked and still have the audacity to point fingers. We must immediately proceed with down to the letter enforcement of local laws.<\/p>\n
This problem is further exacerbated by the lack of a top enforcement officer (a legally appointed Attorney General) to head and deliver effective and efficient enforcement of laws with authority. Law enforcement suffers in the hands of an assorted intermittent appointments of acting AGs since two years ago or even under the previous administration.<\/p>\n
The law on the appointment of an Attorney General clearly states that “if the appointment is not confirmed by the Senate within 90 days from the date the person was temporarily appointed, the appointment shall automatically terminate, the position shall become vacant, and the person nominated shall not be renominated”.<\/p>\n
The Senate has dealt with the appointment of an Attorney General since a year ago. Most senators have clearly expressed their opposition against the governor’s nominee Maya Kara for one reason or another.<\/p>\n
Subsequently, the administration pulled the nomination from suffering the 90 day statutory provision. To date, there still isn’t sufficient votes to grant the AG-designate the needed confirmation to serve as the top law enforcement officer of the NMI.<\/p>\n
The Senate’s virtual verdict on the nominee’s fate is a clear indication that it would reject the nomination of the AG-designate. The issue is no longer one of qualifications as much as the statutory rules on the fate of appointees and the constitutional authority of the Senate to confirm or reject any and all nominees. In short, the executive proposes for confirmation of its selected nominees for various key government posts. The Senate disposes, as it sees fit, the fate of all nominees. In the instant, there are clear indications it will never confirm the nomination of the AG-designate.<\/p>\n
If we may reiterate: the top most problem we face today is the obvious lack of effective and efficient law enforcement of the laws of the Commonwealth. We can’t treat this issue quietly and passively. Adding more laws to the books or shifting legal opinions from the various Acting AGs would do more harm than good for the image of these islands in effecting enforcement of its laws.<\/p>\n
It is more the reason that we need to have a legally appointed Attorney General who can guide the work of law enforcement here to the hilt with authority. As such, the AG-designate must gracefully exit the post so that the governor can appoint another nominee and hopefully the Senate could confirm a new Attorney Genera. Si Yuus Maase`!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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