Gov. Benigno R. Fitial was among those who joined the birthday celebration of Rep. Stanley T. Torres, Ind.-Saipan, at Godfather’s Bar in Garapan.
“As of 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, Governor Fitial and Representative Torres were at Godfather’s.Stanley was dancing on the dance floor and the governor was in a corner booth, surrounded by friends and laughing,” a resident told this reporter.
“What a slap in the face to their constituents — they are partying in public as the clock ticks toward a government shutdown that is 100 percent attributable to their professional failures,” the resident added.
Fitial was already at the bar when a brief power outage hit Garapan on Thursday evening.
This reporter arrived a few minutes after Fitial left the bar.
Bar staffers were already cleaning the governor’s table while Torres was seen talking to some well-wishers.
