In an interview yesterday, the Mt. Carmel School principal neither admitted nor denied that Babauta personally asked him to be the former governor’s running mate.
“Assuming it is true, it’s a scary thing,” said Guerrero, who served as then-Governor Babauta’s special assistant for special projects.
Guerrero said the challenges the CNMI is facing are very daunting, and this is why he admires anyone who has the courage to “step to the plate.”
He added that it’s “too sad that people bash on politicians so much.”
Politicians, he said, “are imperfect people dealing with an imperfect world.”
Guerrero said running for either governor or lt. governor is “like volunteering to have a headache on a daily basis.”
Guerrero, who topped the BOE election on Saipan in Nov. 2007, said the dynamics of the education board are very different from the Legislature’s.
“I am honored that the people trusted me to be on the board, but it’s something I know about so I ran for the board,” he said.
In contrast, he added, running for the CNMI’s second highest office “is a huge responsibility and it’s not the kind of thing that you would take lightly. So, it’s a very hard decision to make.”
