THE Governor has figuratively stirred up HIS-Hornet’s Nest and they are all over the comment section stinging people whenever they can for simply looking at the facts from a fair & balance perspective. I reiterate that when the JGO first started “I predicted that the real test of Legislature to place a check on the Governor would depend on the Senate” and now my prediction has come to fruition. If you were a juror of the JGO and watched ALL the evidence presented on the Governor’s activities you would be hard pressed not to convict him, especially when there was no evidence to support a not guilty verdict. But the facts and evidence = JUSTICE of GUILT, hopefully the Senators are not stupid!
The Governor clearly faced a “fair & balance process” with the JGO and the Governor had plenty of opportunities to balance the process and offer a defense but the Governor chose “NOT to offer a Defense.” In fact, the Governor put up a fight even going to Court in an attempt to avoid testifying and putting on a defense on his behalf after claiming “he had nothing to hide” and he even PROMISED to explain everything. It is clear the Governor was being “disrespectful to a Legal Process he SWORE to uphold in our Constitution” because it was being conducted by a Democrat Controlled House but now that the process moves to the Republican Controlled Senate, he is PLEADING to be invited so he can put HIS Spin on the evidence like he did on the Radio.
It seems the Governor thinks “he can repeat our THWARTED history and even talk his way out of this with the help of his Republican Controlled Senate” which is a movie we already saw with Republican Governor Fitial whom they refused to impeach and the Public Auditor had to put a stop to him. The Republican Party also split when Governor Fitial was caught like the Party is doing now with Arnold & Dave. I beg to ask the Senate; do you really want to repeat the same old ugly history of the Republican Party failing to hold their Governor accountable because this time it will be the Feds stepping in to prosecute the Governor. IF the Republican Controlled Senate hasn’t learned their lesson taught to us by our OWN history of “failing to hold the Governor accountable” then WE the People will just have to “Re-Teach” them come November.
The investigation by the JGO is not about “Party or Politics” but about breaking the Law and for the Governor to try and turn the JGO Investigation into a “Political-football” was the ONLY Power-play he could run. But he has created a genuine division among our people that runs deep and I can assure the Governor it won’t turn out good for him in the end, as he faces the Senate, the Feds and VOTERS! The Governor is behaving more and more like Trump with his defiance and even his ILLEGAL obstruction of the JGO Investigation. The Governor is figuratively fighting a “dirty-fight” and so are his emissaries who continue to defend and promote him.
EVERYONE with common sense can see that “the Governor is trying to set the Senate up to clear him” as if WE the People are suckers figuratively. But there is a saying that applies to this Governor that says: “you can fool some of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all the people all the time” and WE nor the Senate should be fooled by this Governor — Give us JUSTICE Senate, he’s GUILTY! One people One Direction.
The writer is an Economist, Political Scientist, retired teacher, former CNMI Board of Education Member, James Madison Fellow (U.S. Constitutional Scholar), a Fulbright-Hays & Humanities Scholar who resides in Kagman III.
Ambrose M. Bennett
