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Senate wants to summon Cabinet heads on future plans
Members of the Senate intend to meet with key Cabinet heads and find out the departments’ respective plans.
At the regular Senate session on Thursday, Sen. Justo Quitugua (Ind-Saipan) brought the topic to the floor that was then supported by his colleagues.
Quitugua said the proposed meeting is intended for lawmakers to meet the department heads and discuss plans.
“I think it is time to have a face-to-face discussions with them,” Quitugua said, adding that the senators do not mean to conduct an “oversight hearing.”
“It is just for us to know what the department heads are planning to do in the next four years or if they have new plans,” he said.
Quitugua said lawmakers will also share with the department heads the community’s concerns.
“Community members do no go to the departments to express their concerns. They come to us and tell us all of these things,” Quitugua said. “Now that we know these concerns, we want to relay these concerns to the departments.”
Sen. Arnold I. Palacios (R-Saipan) supports Quitugua’s call, adding that the meeting will be “very relevant.”
Quitugua added that some of the senators “barely know” the heads of these departments.
The heads of the departments of Public Land, Finance, Public Safety, and Community and Cultural Affairs will be invited to the proposed meeting.
All of these Cabinet heads have been re-appointed by Gov. Eloy S. Inos to serve another four years.
Senate President Victor B. Hocog (Ind-Rota) said his office will send notices to the department heads for the meeting. No schedule was discussed.
