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Legislative Bureau to have new chief?
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Posted on Jan 13 2005
A new Legislative Bureau director is expected to assume office today, even as the employment renewal of director Walter Macaranas hangs in the balance.
Macaranas’ contract is said to have expired last December. In the absence of a new contract, Macaranas could not report for work.
When asked, House leadership spokesman Charles Reyes said that as far he knows, Vice Speaker Tim Villagomez had signed the renewal paper of the director.
The contract was then forwarded to the Senate for concurrence.
Senate legal counsel Michael Ernest said he understands that Macaranas’ contract is pending at the Senate President’s office.
Since the bureau is without a director—with the death of deputy director Placido Tagabuel Wednesday—Ernest said a temporary director would be appointed soon, probably today.
He declined to name the temporary director, saying he has not seen the person’s “short-term” contract.
When asked, Ernest denied knowledge that Tinian-based Kimberlyn King-Hinds, chair of the Northern Marianas College Board of Regents, would assume the directorship.
Senate President Joaquin G. Adriano, who is from Tinian, was not available yesterday to confirm about the purported appointment of King-Hinds to the post.
