In an interview yesterday, Cing, the Democratic candidate for congressional delegate, said the historic election on Nov. 4 is very timely.
Cing cited a Covenant provision stating that the U.S. government will seek to obtain from foreign countries favorable treatment for exports from the CNMI and will encourage other countries to consider the Northern Marianas as a developing territory.
In the light of the demise of the local garment industry, a CNMI delegate can remind the U.S. Congress about this provision which will give farmers and fishermen the opportunity expand their market and boost their production, Cings said.
Aside from reducing the CNMI’s dependency on imports, the Covenant provision can also increase the commonwealth’s capability to export agriculture products, Cing said.
He added that, if elected, he will introduce a resolution “telling the U.S. president to invoke Article 6, Sec 603b of the Covenant.”
As a Democrat, Cing said he can easily ask his national counterparts, who will be the ruling majority in the U.S. Congress, to secure him a seat on the Asia-Pacific caucus committee.
Once the Asia-Pacific summit is held, Cing said he will ask the new U.S. president, to sit down with Japan and Korea to discuss fishing industry and agriculture.
Cing said the CNMI badly needs good connections with the Asian countries so the islands can export its agricultural produce and marine resources.
