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Questions remain for Heinz’s manhoben
Youth supporters of the Heinz Hofschneider-Ray Yumul gubernatorial team were disappointed with Friday’s runoff election results. Some felt a question mark now hangs over their future.
Yet despite the results, JP Indalecio said he remains a “proud supporter” of Hofschneider and Yumul. “We voted right,” he said.
Xavier Borja, returning from college in Guam, and Marie Camacho, from college in the U.S. mainland, said they are both unsure of “what the future will hold” for young adults like them.
Camacho wonders how the winning GOP team would treat the youth that supported Hofschneider.
“We didn’t support them. But what is [Inos] going to do get our support and earn our trust?” she asked.
Borja wants other supporters to know that they should “face tomorrow with their chins up.” “Don’t be ashamed,” he added.
One supporter expressed regret that he did not register to vote because he was “busy with his job.” Now, he just asks that the Inos-Torres team “be a better role-model for youth.” He did not like some of the “politics” spun during the campaign.
Another supporter but non-voter, AJ, from Tanapag Middle School, said he joined to support the Heinz-Yumul team with his family and looks forward to voting in the next few years.
His friend, Masaki Kitami, 14, from Saipan International School, said he stopped by at the Heinz and Yumul headquarters to show support because he believed they would support his dad, Yoshihiro, who he said owns Mariana Resort and Spa.
Another Heinz manhoben, Elsa, a recent graduate from the University of Guam, said the trend of young unregistered voters was an issue during the campaign season. She said next time around they would definitely “push harder” to get eligible youth to register.
