So in this respect, the governor and his predecessors were right in refusing to appoint or select the teacher representative to BOE.
Until such time that the Legislature enacts a collective bargaining law that will apply to the CNMI public sector, Mr. Ambrose Bennette’s request to represent the CNMI teachers is statutorily lacking a mandate.
The CNMI Constitution does not obligate the governor of the CNMI to appoint the teacher collective bargaining representative to the Board of Education in the absence of a collective bargaining law that legitimizes the collective bargaining representative of the teachers under some systematic sanctions.
FRANCISCO R. AGULTO
Chalan Kanoa, Saipan
