ATTORNEY General Edward Eladio Manibusan won a third four-year term in office by defeating former Judge Juan T. Lizama.
Manibusan received 7,522 or 55.2% of the votes cast while Lizama garnered 6,113 or 44.8% of the votes cast for the non-partisan position.
A former Superior Court presiding judge, an appointed attorney general and Department of Public Safety chief, Manibusan won the CNMI’s first AG election in 2014, and was reelected unopposed in 2018.
Manibusan has said that he will continue to ensure that the Office of the AG “lives up to its commitment to the rule of law, continue to ensure its independence and continue to deliver legal services and [advice] to our government and to the people of the Commonwealth.”
As for Lizama, he served in the NMI’s second constitutional convention in 1985 and was appointed judge by Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio in 1998. In 2003, he became the first CNMI judge to be retained by voters. He retired in 2010 but continued practicing law.
Edward Manibusan
