The president however is still waiting for the invitation of the Olbiil Era Kelulau to address the April joint session of Congress.
This is the second time since he assumed office that Toribiong will speak before members of the OEK.
The address will cover the president’s vision to address the many critical challenges Palau faces at home.
In his address Toribiong will also be reporting to the nation the status of the economy and the nation since his installation as a chief executive.
The president in earlier interview said that the tentative schedule for the state of the republic of address is on April 15.
During Toribiong’s 100 days in office, he said that thereactivation of the Compact of Free Association review between the United States and Palau was one of his biggest achievements since he assumed presidency.
The president also said in his 100 days in office he was able to organize his cabinet in record time and placed the Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) into a “positive mode” and made sure that the power generation is again reliable.
The president added that Palau has also made payments to dues with international organizations.
He also noted that Palau has also made debt payments it owed the Mega Bank in Taiwan last April 28.
In his first State of the Republic Address in 2009 or three months after he assumed the presidency, Toribiong said the State of the Republic is ” precarious but he is upbeat that under his administration the state of the country ” is on the way to full recovery.”
In his address the president said that when he assumed the presidency, he had inherited problems which include the lack of a budget, massive budgetary shortfall, no meaningful progress in the Compact funding review with the United States and a significant reduction in the local tax revenue.
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