Ombudsman Office deserves probe

Over the last decade, we’ve been the target of microscopic review by liberal social democrats in Washington, on such issues as perceptual violation of human rights.

These liberals–with large labor unions constituency–were especially hard on the NMI for numerous instances of employers hiring illegal aliens.

Those found guilty of such crime have been soundly sentenced and dealt with accordingly as provided under pertinent laws of the NMI. But this isn’t what’s newsy.

Interior’s Ombudsman Office here has hired a Chinese (married to a US Citizen) who pleaded guilty to employing an illegal alien at a certain company.

Now, is this appropriate–spending Congressional approved budget allocation for Interior’s Ombudsman Office–to provide jobs for those convicted of crimes?

While I am a believer in rehabilitation rather than retribution, I find it difficult reconciling the constant employment of the so-called Glass House Syndrome against the NMI. Essentially, Interior and its liberal social democrats are saying it’s good for our purposes, but strictly forbidden in the case of the NMI.

Well, what’s good for the gander ought to be equally good for the goose, yeah? The usual dish of keeping the brown boys happy while you violate what you preach isn’t going to fly anymore than it already did.

Too, I am sublimely interested to know if Interior paid for its own set of hypocritical witnesses (alien workers) who delivered eloquent speeches before Congressional hearings, statements rumored to have been prepared by OIA. Unfortunately, they weren’t fully rehearsed as to fumble the ball (much to Interior’s chagrin) during questioning by committee members at a recent hearing.

Well, he was a Bangladeshi janitor who must have been coached about his rights only to misunderstand that personal rights works if one in fact has the requisite skills to demand for a better job. I suppose it’s a case of “little knowledge can be dangerous!”

I urge the following federal agencies to clamp down on the hiring of the Chinese convicted of hiring illegal aliens now attached to Interior’s Ombudsman Office here: US Attorney’s Office on Guam, federal personnel director in Washington, Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs, US Immigration, among others. It would be good to know if such hiring is appropriate. If so, how and why is it appropriate spending US taxpayers money at Interior’s convenience?
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It is also rumored that Interior paid for travel expenses to the US mainland for such witnesses as Carmencita Abad. It involved a clandestine operation on the part of OIA where the witness’s US visa was procured out of Palau.

Ms. Abad has linked-up with human rights groups traveling to college campuses preaching hypocritical views of exaggerated and self-concocted abuses while in the NMI. Nice try! I am sure her claims would instantly fizzle if we in fact research how she’s treated her former employees in Manila.

Interesting how Interior’s witnesses, who stood tall and proud before Congressional hearings, have never returned to the islands to settle alleged injustices. For all we know, Interior must have illegally worked out its own “Witness Protection” program either sending these people to places in the country with new identities or back home with money in their pockets–ignorantly paid for by US taxpayers–for being obedient.

It’s a waste of time, energy, taxpayers money from both sides of the Pacific. About the only people enriched by Interior’s scheme are its monied labor unions’ bosses and witnesses at the expense of taxpayers here and across the country. It’s time to clean this mess up once and for all in the name of justice!