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Admin to revive Governor’s Council
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Posted on Mar 02 2006
The Fitial administration is reviving the long inactive Governor’s Council, calling on municipal officials and the executive assistant for Carolinian affairs for a meeting later this month.
Created by the Constitution, the Governor’s Council is composed of the mayors, chairmen of the municipal councils, and the special assistant for Carolinian affairs.
The council’s main task is to advise the governor on government operations and local matters. The governor, according to the Constitution, should convene the council at least four times a year to consider matters concerning the relationship between the Commonwealth and its separate islands.
Gov. Benigno R. Fitial noted in a letter to that municipal officials and executive assistant for Carolinian Affairs Angie W. Iginoef-Mangarero that the council had been long neglected “to the detriment of the Commonwealth.”
“Given our formidable financial and economic challenges, the Lt. Governor and I believe that it is absolutely essential for the executive branch to work collaboratively with our municipal government, with all of our island mayors, as well as with our Legislature, with both the House of Representatives and the Senate. I firmly believe that this is the only way the CNMI can make substantial progress over the course of the next four years,” Fitial said.
The governor scheduled the first meeting for Saturday, March 11, 2006.
Press secretary Charles P. Reyes expressed confidence that the mayors would appreciate the governor’s move.
“There is no drawback to this. The Commonwealth could only benefit from allowing the mayors to have a say on issues,” he said.
