arianas %riet.r;:GNtvvs Mic~onesia's Leading Newspaper Since 1972 ~evvs Senate to sue governor By Zaldy Dandan Sen. Esteven King (R-Tinian) Manglona (R-Rota), who intro­ "The main issues here are one, He said the issue does not only Variety News Staff abstained. duced the resolution, said yester­ when does a bill really becomes a concern the Senate presiding of­ WITH the approval of Senate Senate Vice President Paul day the Senate legal counsel is law and two, what an acting gov­ ficer, but also the lieutenant gov­ Resolution I 0-16, the proverbial now preparing to file a lawsuit ernor can or can not act upon," ernor. stage is set for an unprecedented against Tenorio over the legality Manglona said. "We don't want a Manglona, as acting governor, Senate lawsuit against Gov. of Manglona's veto last June of repeat of what happened last vetoed the bill which Tenorio Froilan C. Tenorio. the minimum wage hike bill. June." Continued on page 15 The Senate on Friday voted 7 to 1 with I abstention to pass a reso­ lution "(instructing) the Senate legal counsel to defend the au­ thority of the presiding officer of By ~~rdl~d~ta'f<>rt;·· sented by Assistant Atty, Gen, as the custodian ofpublic lands. the Senate as acting governor and .· V~rietyl\/ews Stall ... ·· Thomas. E. Clifford, demanded The complaint stated that represent the Senate and pros­ /flIF.CNMI government sued damag~s againsphe i:lefendants. since 1990,.the six have occu­ ecute one or more actions in Com­ ye,sterday before the/S:uperior ·· The. amounr ofd.amages is to be ... pied certairipoitio11s of the land monwealth courts against such .Cotirtthesixfjlip!no~Am~ri-i' .· proven at trial.. in front of the· cliff on public defendants as appropriate .... " cans :who were accused of ... CliffordsuedsixRotaresidents land Tract 27 -I. House Majority Leader Tho­ ''.squatting''. ¢Il Rota•p:Ubli{. J9r~spa#ingandbreachofcon-. MPLC Board of Directors mas Villagomez (R-Saipan) cast allowed the defend'ants re­ Froilan C. Tenorio ·· iitjlcls.. .. .. .· . .... ·.. .. ..... ,.... ... .. .· : tr~e )aid ~e .govem- to the lone dissenting vote, while JJ~yer mairi bn th~ iaria for upto two t 111endsentjtledto i01medi.ate pos- years. so t6a(thef .could use ·;Ji~tr;:i dj:1;!#1i~11"!~ ·.···••··•····· that additi6na1Jimet6 relocate Only locals should b~nefit to new hdri1¢$; : \ ·· > ·· ~,,-¥;~~!~!:!~d Pursuariffo MPLC's deci­ from public lands-- Jones ) : ...•. qifford'sai~.••. C:NMtprin$S}he sion,. the cofopl~inf iaid, each (MPL T) would be deposited in a of the six defendants signed a Indigenous Revenue Trnst Ac­ Temporary Residential Permit count (IRTA) to be used only for .. ';~iltti~~i~t~:. Continued on page 15 medical referral, schools, roads, power, water and sewer constrnc­ tion. MPL T is the agency mandated by the CNMI Constitution to in­ vest the money derived from pub­ Iic lands. The interest income from these investments is then trans­ ferred to the CNMI's general funds. Jones said his bill would re­ strict the use of MPL T's interest income to persons of CNMI-de­ Dino M. Jones scent and not to taxpayers in gen­ eral "because the two groups are By Zaldy Dandan not the same." Variety News Staff With the creation of an IRT A, CNMI public lands belong exclu­ low-income persons of CNMI­ sively to persons of CNMI-de­ descent could also be given hous­ sccnt. Therefore, money earned ing loans. from the use of public lands should Jones said he is confident that be used exclusively for their ben­ his bill will be passed by the efit, House Minority Leader Dino House. ··1 already got assurance M. Jones (D-Saipan) said yester­ from some of the members. I'm day. sure the other members will also Jones on Friday prefiled a bill support it because this bill would benefit our local people." ON FIRE. A firefighter douses water into a burning van as another fireman opens the door. The van was providing that interest earned by caught .by fire of unknown cause in front of Elegance Restaurant in Garapan yesterday at noon. A lady the Marianas Public Land Trnst Continued on page 15 accountant of Microprint who was driving the vehicle was unhurt. -Photo by Ferdie de 1a Torre •neRienzo says DPS using 'delay tactic' By Ferdie de la Torre DeRienzo, on behalf of defen- chief public defender in his mo- Division of the Attorney > Variety News Staff dant Chen Guo Xiong, said rather tion filed yesterday before the General's Office is a separate CHIEF Public Defender Daniel than filing a motion to intervene Superior Court. entity and does not represent ! J. DeRienzo has branded as a in a criminal case, DPS. counsel The DPS, through counsel As- DPS, said the government law­ ' delaying tactic the Department should be giving legai advice as sistant Atty. Gen. William yer. I' : of Public Safety's motion ob- to how to bring the facility up to O'Roarty, asked the court to va- In his response, De Rienzo said '· • jecting to the inspection of the constitutional standards. cate its order allowing DeRienzo DPS has not provided any justi- i detention facility. "If the facility js constitutional to take a look into the facility fiable reasons for the court to [· In his opposition to the DPS' DPS should assist the Criminal citing that DPS was not given the deryy or delay an inspection. / request, DeRienzo said the mo- Division by providing evidence opportunity to be heard. "What is it that DPS is trying j tion can only be viewed as an for this Court to consider, rather O'Roarty contended that the to hide?" DeRienzo asked. "Per- I . P~~1i,'61C>ti~y with •·· ··• i ~ admission that the jail is indeed than trying to hide evidence and case is a criminal matter in which haps DPS i~ trying to hide the i Jso1aied light$hqWers ...... I ·.,.... ·:-- ·.. ,... ·' ..···,·._,·;,,. ·:.·.· ·, .. ::· r/ unconstitutional. delay the inspection," said the DPS is not a party. The Cri.minal ~~-~.::..~ , .. ,·, ....t....r. ..•.• _. __ , ___ ·-=.: .... ·.-.•.•·: .:=.-.. r '~--·-····. ·=~-" .. -- .. .. :.--y_ . • -.,.._ ..• n •. :.,i·_ ••,.-,- •• ""' ._..'1;..~-~..,,...-., ... ·:-...:,,r.-:, .. ~--.,,,~,:_,s···s... ,~---·-- .•·.·· ~ -_-.···· . '"~~~~inu=~-~~ p_a~~:,.~~J ____________W..:..:..=E~D~NESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1996- MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-3 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-WEDNESDAY- AUGUST 14, 1996 GOP message doesn't appeal to minorities PIO on 'wine and din~' remark nent black on the political scene, By DAVID PACE "The biggest disappointment hasn't been much better. In Texas, form, with its hard line opposition to SANDIEGO(AP)- Withashrug for me personally and for the party nearly a quarter of the population is welfare and other social programs was the featured speaker Monday of his shoulders and a shake of his is that we haven't been able to get Hispanic, but only three of 123 "makes it more difficult" to recruit night. "My fellow Americans, my head, Vernon Robinson tells how black voters to respond to us yet," convention delegates claim that blacks. fellow Republicans," he began. he tried to get a North Carolina said Rusty Paul, chairman of the heritage. White Republican leaders insist Minority delegates also were Republic"an women's club to re­ Georgia Republican Party. For the vast majority of blacks, that its only a matter of time before given prominent speaking roles. Rep. Watts of Oklahoma is ,, cruit minorities. Minority representation at the the Democratic Party has been minority voters recognize that J.C. By Zaldy Dandan the administration's programs would Broadhurst wa.~ reacting to House ship." Saipan), Rosiky F. Cari1acho (D­ Democratic policies which origi­ speaking to the convention Tues­ Variety News Staff ! "They were meeting at 10:30 convention is down sharply from home since 1965, when President have fared better in the Legislature; Speaker Diego T. Benavcnte's (R­ TI1c House's failure to ovenide Saipan) and Dino M. Jones (D­ I nated in Johnson's Great Society day. (a.m.) at the country club" when four years ago, when the party Lyndon Johnson and a Democratic IF LEGISLATORS "wined and the governor's Public Infonnation Saipan) statement that the Democrat Tenorio ·s veto "serves the interest of Saipan) voted against the ovcniJc. are a dead end and opportunities Virginia delegate Kay Cole most black women in the area mustered 83 blacks and 73 His­ Congress passed the Voting Rights dined" by Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio Officer Mark Broadhur.;t said Mon­ Tenorio's "wining m1d dining" of tl1e people of the CNMI," Broadhurst Two abstain~d. Reps. Joaquin with the Republican Party are the James, a conservative black Chris­ were working, said Robinson. panics, according to an Associ­ Act which barred local govern­ could be expected to "toe the line," day. ccrtam members of the Rcpublican­ said. Adriano (R-Tinian) anJ Ana S. ments from putting up obstacles to future. tian, became a last-minute choice With only 54 blacks and 47 ated Press survey. <.lominated House may have been the Tenorio. in vctoin!! tl1e bill Ja.,t Tcrcgeyo (R-Saipan). prevent minorities from voting. "A lot of young blacks in my to stand at the podium Wednesday Hispanics among 1,990 Republi­ Georgia, where blacks comprise cause of the House's failure to over­ June 15, said the old-system of an Vice: Speaker Jesus T. i\ttto m­ 27 percent of the population, sent Black Republicans at this week's state and around the country are night to take the delegate vote for can National Convention del­ Guerrero team loyal ri<.le Tenorio' s veto of Senate Bill I 0- autonomous aQcncy m,uianinn pub­ Saipun) ,md Rep. Oscar iv!. Babauta convention say history, coupled beginning to see the Democratic Bob Dole's nomination for presi­ egates, some say the Republican no black delegates compared with that 14.