I TOLD voters they need to get rid of all these Republicans and now there is more proof on the way that prove I was right. On the same day we learn the Governor has Covid we also learn that IPI is “ready to spill the beans.” I won’t say anything about the Governor and his medical condition but it sure seems like his legal matters are getting a lot worse than Impeachment, especially if any of those beans have the name Ralph Torres on them. The mere admission of “the beans” (unethical and even illegal activity) actually put Mr. Yumul on the spot because he must now tell it all or possibly face criminal charges for being “an accessory after the fact of a crime” by having knowledge and not speaking up. He is doing right by speaking up and demanding an investigation if for nothing more than to cover his own butt. But IPI is really on the spot now with this admission of improprieties and even crimes.
The exposure of the “dirty-thirty by the Feds whom Kandit gave a name” was really the tip of the gigantic ice-berg of crime with corruption everywhere by entirely tooooo many people who are closely associated with the Governor. Now we are being told what was obvious all along that these “Republican Politicians have exerted political influence to coerce IPI to enter sweetheart contracts, land leases and contributions.” This is why I keep telling voters they need to get rid of this entire group of Republicans or at least most of them because the GOP really needs to start over with new people. I’m sure that I’m not alone in wanting to find out who participated in the “Casino Scams” conducted by these Republicans as none of the other politicians were in a position to manipulate IPI.
This revelation by Mr. Yumul also sheds some light on why the Feds instituted their RICO Investigation of an alleged “Criminal Organization led by Ralph Torres,” given political pressure was indeed exerted on IPI to do the bidding of politicians. It seems that we are going to be learning about more than just the dirty-thirty and the Governor being dirty but other politicians are also now in the crosshair sights-of-justice.
I have often said “the wheels of justice turn slow” and this eleventh-hour revelation about IPI proves this fact. We see it with Lt. Governor Palacios who waited until the Governor was caught to say something and now, he is just going overboard with his damning and bashing of the Governor’s activities like it’s part of his Platform that he doesn’t seem to have — LOL! Now Mr. Yumul and IPI want to come forward when it’s obvious that IPI’s days are numbered in hope of gaining some kind of sympathy. But IPI needs to know that sympathy has never been a factor in “business & contracts” that IPI has clearly broken. WE the People want our 57-million you owe us NOW!
The entire CNMI community is waiting to see which of these Republican Politicians will be identified by IPI as one of the “DIRTY Politicians” who preyed on IPI and the People they swore to represent. I Told Voters this group of Republicans was “DIRTY” and they ALL need to be taught a lesson and now it won’t be long before WE the People have the proof. I hope readers can now see WHY I often reminded our corrupt Republican leaders, especially the Governor, that “TIME is ALWAYS on MY SIDE”! Be TRUE to the CNMI and Vote BLUE all the way as “nobody knows where your pencil goes”! To be continued: One people One Direction.
The writer is an Economist, Political Scientist, retired teacher, former CNMI Board of Education Member, James Madison Fellow (U.S. Constitutional Scholar), a Fulbright-Hays & Humanities Scholar who resides in Kagman III.
Ambrose M. Bennett
