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Vol. 21 N0.153 Saipan, MP 96950 ©1992 IV/iarianas Variety Tuesday ■ October 20, 1992 Serving CNMI for 20 Years 9 mm. shells found at Legislature yard ELEVEN spent shells of what Only last August 26th, the the shootings even after all 9 mm. were believed to be nine-milli­ homes of Saipan Reps. Stanley T. service firearms of law enforce­ meter bullets were found scat­ Torres, Francisco DLG.Camacho ment officers have already been tered yesterday morning at the and Heinz S. Hofschneider were tested by ballistics experts. Legislature building in Capitol found riddled with bullets, all of Yesterday’s discovery of the Hill causing a momentary confu­ which were found to have been bullet casings had House members sion among legislators and legis­ fired from a 9 mm. pistol. again worried and baffled at the lative staff. Just the day before that incident, motives behind such actions. Pol ice operatives responding to the House leadership brought up House Sergeant-at-Arms the scene theorized that the bullets a plan to impeach Goverqpr George Dueñas, when asked about were fired somewhere else and Lorenzo I. DL. Guerrero for anything suspicious, said he was the casings were deliberately condoning acts, themembers feel, not aware of anything until a po­ thrown near the building, as if to were illegal. lice officer alerted him of'the tease investigators working on the Specifically, they criticized presence of the bulletcasings right recent shooting of the home of Guerrero for a $5.5 million dis­ near the entrance to the Legisla­ three congressmen last August. bursement from the general fund ture building. “This is something serious and without the benefitof a legislative “We did not notice anything we will not take these matters appropriation, and the allegedly suspicious until Summons/War­ lightly. If this is a joke, this is a illegal appointment of Civil Ser­ rant Officer Isidro Sablan came to bad joke which I feel is meant to vice Commission Chairman me and informed me of the find,” intimidate us, lawmakers. If that Francisco M. Chong as acting said Dueñas. is the intent, they are terribly mis­ Disaster Control officer. Sablan believes the bullets were Crime Scene Head technician Sgt Frank Kapileo (right) and Summons Officer Isidro Sablan inspects empty 9 mm. shells found yesterday in front taken,” said a visibly irked House Police have yet to find a solid not fired at the scene and were of the Legislature building in Capitol Hill.______Speaker Thomas P. Villagomez. lead on who were responsible for continued on page 5

A G : N o w hitew ash on contem pt case THE SPECIAL prosecutor on the capacity as the legal counsel for Hofschneider subpoenaed all welcomed the committee to in­ serits “a serious abuse of legisla­ alleged contempt charge levelled the corporation. original canceled checks issued spect such original checks at tive investigative authority” and against Commonwealth Utilities ‘There will be no whitewash by the corporation from the pe­ CUC’s Lower Base office any­ asked the latter to withdraw the Corporation Executive Director here,” said Cool in a telephone riod January 1990 to May 1992 time. contempt certification and tempo­ Ramon S. Guerrero will abso­ interview with the Variety. “The féportedly amounting to $99 mil­ Nevertheless, he considered the rarily suspend compliance to the lutely be given a free hand on the special prosecutor will not report lion. subpoena as nothing but a seizure subpoena. case. to the AG office and will be given Hofschneider’s committee is order “beyond the statutory and “The purpose of this was so that This was the assurance made a free hand in the case.” wrapping up an oversight inquiry constitutional authority of the we could refer the matter to the by Assistant Attorney General Guerrero was being cited by the into the financial condition of Legislature.” courts for declaratory judgment John F. Cool yesterday when House of