MANY voters are outright DISGUSTED with Arnold’s denial of his fiduciary duties saying “he is not the Governor’s babysitter” when he is our “Lieutenant Executive baby-sitter for the entire CNMI Government.” It’s clear that Arnold, the Governor and most of the Republicans have forgotten that they are “temporary babysitting-employees OF our government,” as Jude Hofschneider and his crew in the Senate just PROVED with their ARROGANCE in defiance of our Laws & the People by working FOR the Governor when the People are their REAL Boss! WE the People gave them this ugly perception with our vote and now WE the People must teach them a Real long over-due Political Lesson that “they work FOR our Constitution & the People, not their Party and the Governor.”
The Lt. Governor has a fiduciary (legal obligation) to “baby-sit our entire Government and to protect & serve our Constitution and to the People” but in his own words “took it on the chin (turning a blind-eye) and remain silent” for HIS own political salvation. He was “COMPLICIT in alleged criminal behavior by remaining silent” and may very well be on the Fed’s RICO List. Arnold is acting like a real “opportunist” who claims to be frustrated about the unprofessional way the Governor is running our Government but he chose to remain silent for the fear of the Governor retaliating! Had Arnold did the truly HONORABLE thing by reporting to the People and fighting FOR what is legal & right, he would actually be the front-runner in this election but instead he is losing voters every time he opens his mouth to deflect his failures to “serve & protect” our Laws & the People. Arnold missed his opportunity to be a GREAT Politician like we see today with Rep. Ed. Propst. Only two politicians have reached the pinnacle of “full-faith & confidence by the majority” in their political careers not needing to campaign to get re-elected: Ed Propst and Kilili, as it’s common knowledge they are Champions FOR the People!
FYI Arnold, every Politician who is elected to office is figuratively a “Babysitter of our Constitution & Government” which is taught in High School — read your oath Arnold. To try and deflect and gaslight your fiduciary responsibilities to your Boss (the People), reeks of being a “con-artist” who thinks WE the People are stupid. Arnold knows he works FOR the People but his own words indicate that he is far MORE concerned about keeping his job than doing the RIGHT THING! The more Arnold and the Governor open their mouth deflecting things the deeper they figuratively get in the “quick-sand of rejected politicians” sinking into the abyss of dead political careers.
As a Social Studies teacher, it is clear too many of the Republicans have forgotten what they were taught in school. The Senate Trial with no evidence & no prosecutors was a classic example of “F-students in U.S. Government.” When one thinks about ALL the things that Ralph & Arnold have “done and failed to do” over the past four years it amounts to an entire NOVEL on Corruption that could be a Best Seller. If WE the People don’t “clean-house in November” voters can be assured the Feds are waiting in the wings to “clean-up the political mess we leave and have made for OURSELVES.” So go ahead and vote for Ralph or Arnold and get embarrassed when the Feds come calling after the election, as it is clear the Feds are getting ready with the Grand Jury to start cleaning-up our government — Tina & Leila are our BEST hope.
One People One Direction for NEW & BETTER Leaders!
The writer is an Economist who minored in Sociology, a Political Scientist, a retired teacher & former CNMI Board of Education Member, a James Madison Fellow (U.S. Constitutional Scholar), a Fulbright-Hays & Humanities Scholar who resides in Kagman III.
Ambrose M. Bennett
