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Transition committee: Wrongdoing would be punished
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Posted on Dec 22 2005
Prosecution of current government officials or employees may result from the reports that transition committee members will be turning in next Friday, according to a ranking official of the incoming administration.
Overall transition committee chairman Martin Manglona said his members found acts of wrongdoing in the process of their assessing the Executive Branch and other agencies. Some of the cases are now under investigation.
“There will be some prosecution when the new administration comes in,” Manglona said. He refused to provide further details pending the submission of final reports next Friday, Dec. 30.
He expressed confidence that most of the committees and sub-committees would meet the deadline for filing their reports. He said many of them were now finalizing their reports.
This afternoon, Manglona will meet with Department of Labor and Division of Immigration officials regarding the processing of permits for workers and visitors. Adam Turner, a consultant of Gov. Juan N. Babauta, has also been invited to the meeting.
“They will make a presentation on possible ways we can process people in one week or less. Currently, processing takes a couple of months up to six months. That’s unacceptable. We already have the technology; we only need to utilize it,” said Manglona, who served several month as Immigration director under the Babauta administration.
At 5pm, transition committee members will gather at the Multi Purpose Center for their weekly status report.
On Wednesday, Manglona will meet with representatives of regulatory agencies such as the Division of Environmental Quality, Coastal Resources Management, and Historic Preservation Office.
They will discuss the one-stop permitting center proposal, which involves relocating regulatory agencies in one area.
Currently, regulatory agencies are located in separate villages.
The HPO, for instance, is at the airport area in the south part of the island. DEQ which used to share a building with the CRMO in San Jose, has moved to a building in Gualo Rai.
The meeting will be held 9:30am, Dec. 28, at the Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe.
The Saipan Chamber of Commerce is also expected to attend, Manglona said.
