SENATE President Paul A. Manglona yesterday pronounced a November election will be hold as there should be funds to have it happen.
In an interview, Manglona, Ind.-Rota pronounced he is assured a administration department department department will provide a appropriation for this years U.S. nominee election.
The Legislature can pass an allowance measure, though Manglona pronounced it is also likely which a administration department department department will reprogram a $128,000 needed by a Commonwealth Election Commission.
He pronounced he is aware which a elect is right away working with a administration department department department to secure a funding.
According to Manglona, this years election will be significant because aside from electing a nominee to a U.S. Congress, voters will also confirm on dual legislative initiatives, which have been proposals to amend a CNMI Constitution.
These have been H.L.I. 16-18, which authorizes a Department of Public Lands to reserve up to twenty percent of its operational expense for land remuneration payments, as well as H.L.I 16-13 which prohibits any increase in retirement benefits until all supervision obligations to a Retirement Fund have been confident or a system is fully funded.
Manglona pronounced he understands how costly it is to conduct a CNMI-wide election.
We need to fund it as well as we have confidence which a administration department department department will have sure a appropriation is there, he added.
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