Commonwealth Development Authority board chair Tom Glenn Quitugua is complaining that he feels alienated over recent \u201cuncooperative\u201d actions by the CDA management.<\/p>\n
Quitugua, who has kept his post despite calls from the Executive Branch for his resignation, claimed that the CDA management, headed by acting executive director Oscar Camacho, denied him travel authorizations to come to Saipan. Quitugua lives on Rota.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been asking for almost six weeks now to come up here to do my obligations. He\u2019s never been cooperative at all,\u201d said Quitugua in an interview on Saipan yesterday. <\/p>\n
The chairman said he used his own money to pay for his trip to CDA.<\/p>\n
Messages left with Camacho\u2019s office were not returned as of press time. <\/p>\n
Quitugua further alleged that the CDA administration disrespected his authority as chairman by asking another person to sign CDA documents.<\/p>\n
He claimed that the CDA administration gave those documents to board member Manny Sablan, who is the chairman of the Northern Marianas Housing Corp. board.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m surprised to find out that he [Mr. Sablan] is signing checks on my behalf. There\u2019s not even an attempt to inform me of this. I wouldn\u2019t do that. Whatever happened to the protocol?\u201d said Quitugua.<\/p>\n
He said he would discuss this matter with the CDA legal counsel.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will get to the bottom of this. Let\u2019s look at the proper protocol. Some follow their own instinct but I prefer to follow the law,\u201d said Quitugua.<\/p>\n
Quitugua said Camacho may have been \u201cbuckling down to the political pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of the seven-member CDA board, Quitugua, Sablan, and Antonio Borja refused to resign from the board.<\/p>\n
Their four colleagues meantime, who heeded the Fitial administration\u2019s call for resignation, regained their posts last week.<\/p>\n
Members Marcie Tomokanie, Edwin Hofschneider, Pedro Itibus, and Vincent Calvo, have been reappointed and sworn-in for another four years on the board.<\/p>\n
Quitugua said he welcomes his colleagues back.<\/p>\n
He said he is open to the likelihood of him getting voted out as chairman during an election of officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not met as a full board, though. When we do, I\u2019d surely respect their decision,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He assumed the post about eight months ago.<\/p>\n
He said that he is the first Rotanese to hold the position, which is usually reserved for members from Saipan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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