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GOP names Northern Islands mayor, Precinct 5 bets
Democrats to file candidacies today
Francisco Jerome K. Aldan is the Republican Party’s candidate for Northern Islands mayor, while the party also named last night Francisco Aguon as the second candidate for a House seat representing Precinct 5.
Aldan is program manager for the Northern Islands Mayor’s Office and has been serving as acting mayor because of the current mayor’s health condition. He has been a strong advocate for keeping the Northern Islands pristine for residents and visitors. Aguon, meanwhile, is currently a labor law enforcement officer at the Department of Labor. Aguon joins incumbent Rep. Antonio Agulto as Precinct 5 House candidates.
Ivan Blanco, chairman of the GOP Central Committee’s public relations team, announced this last night, shortly after the Republican Party board endorsed the two candidates.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party will be filing their petitions and candidacies today at the Commonwealth Election Commission, led by the gubernatorial tandem of Edward “Tofila” M. Deleon Guerrero and Danny Quitugua.
This brings to three the gubernatorial teams that have so far formally filed their candidacy, along with Gov. Eloy S. Inos and Senate President Ralph Torres (R-Saipan) of the Republican Party, and former governor Juan N. Babauta and former senator Juan S. Torres as Independents.
The Independent gubernatorial team of former speaker Heinz S. Hofschneider and Senate Floor Leader Ray Yumul (Ind-Saipan) has yet to file theirs.
Babauta-Torres platform
Moreover, the Babauta-Torres team laid out yesterday their 2014 platform, about a week after filing their candidacy. It covers economy, CNMI-specific legalized work status, tax issues, education, health care and federal relations, among other things.
The Babauta-Torres team is seeking legal status for five years—or a five-year work permit—for all current nonresident workers in the CNMI, to continue to work in the Commonwealth.
“This legal status is specific to the CNMI and is for a maximum of 14,000 nonresident workers, unless and until a lower number is set by the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security by his authority under 48 U.S.C. 1806 in the U.S. Code,” Babauta-Torres said.
