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Posted on Sep 17 2008
Hafa Adai Bruce,
Regarding your statement in Tuesday, Sept. 17, edition of [I]Saipan Tribune[/I] that I should resign my position as Resident Representative to the United States as I am running for a different elected office, I would like to refer you to Title II, Section 202 of the U.S. Public Law 110-229 that created the Delegate for the CNMI.
Section 202 entitled “Delegate to the House of Representatives from Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas,” provides that:
“The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be represented in the United States Congress by the Resident Representative to the United States authorized by Section 901 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America(approved by Public Law 94-241(48 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)). The Resident Representative shall be a nonvoting Delegate to the House of Representatives, elected as provided in this title.”
I trust that you will see clearly that I, as a Resident Representative to the United States, do not have to resign and then run for the same position, a Delegate to the House of Representatives. This is no ambiguity about the language of Public Law 110-229. I hope that you will make the necessary correction, and thank you for your understanding.
[B]Pete A. Tenorio[/B] [I]Washington Representative[/I]
