The current Section 3, Article III of the FSM Constitution provides that a citizen with dual citizenship has to actively register his intent to remain an FSM citizen and renounce his citizenship of another nation; failure to register, automatically makes the citizen a national of the FSM. Current Section 8, Article IX of the FSM Constitution provides that Congress members elected at large serve for four-year terms and all other members serve a two-year term.
In order to prepare for this referendum, President Manny Mori created a task force which will be responsible for organizing programs and activities to help educate the general public. This task force, also known as the Committee on Public Education for Constitutional Amendments, is comprised of eight members: Dr. Rufino Mauricio, chairman; Samari Suta, co-chair; Jesse Giltamag, secretary; Arthy Nena, treasurer; Kandhi Elieisar; Dionis Saimon; Mathew Chigiyal; and Arthur Albert.
Last March, a law was passed by the FSM Congress to appropriate $150,000 for the operational budget of the committee which held its first meeting last month.
