Nicolas Aquino, Mariano Carlos and Laurence Ierago, in a letter to Idechong, said they want the House to address the complaint.
The delegates will be the jurors while the chief justice “steer and guide the presentation of evidence and testimony so this matter can be resolved once and for all,” the residents said.Edwin Mario filed the complaint, claiming that Yangilmau failed to meet the eligibility requirements of the Palau Constitution.A House member has to be 25 years old or more, a resident of Palau for at least five years, and a resident of the district in which he wishes to run for office for not less than a year immediately preceding the election.“If upon an open public trial and it is proven that Yangilmau met all these four constitutional criteria then this matter should be put to rest,” the residents said.“But if it is proven that he failed to meet any one of these four requirements then he must be removed from the House immediately and a qualified replacement be installed in pursuant of the law.”The residents said the House’s failure to act on their complaint will set an “undesirable historical course that will lead this young nation into the ranks of the banana republics.”
