PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): July 10, 1997 –
Candidate Resio S. Moses has been declared winner of the
Congressional Special Election held on July 2,1997, in Pohnpei
State, to fill an At-Large vacant seat for Pohnpei.
The declaration was made by the FSM National Election Director,
Max Mallarme, on July 8, 1997.
Senator-elect Resio Moses is the current FSM’s Ambassador to the
United Nations, a position he held for a year is and will soon be
vacating as a result of the election. Moses was appointed by the
former President Bailey Olter in 1996 to take over (from) former
Ambassador Yosiwo P. George who resigned and became an At-Large
Senator from the State of Kosrae in May 1996.
Moses is not unfamiliar to the integricies of legislative branch
roles, having been a member of the House of representative in the
Congress of Micronesia during the Trust Territory Government era.
Moses prior experiences include that of a District Administrator
at the district level and as Executive Officer at the Trust Territory
Headquarters levels. Since the establishment of the FSM Government
on May 10, 1979, Moses served two four-year terms as Governor of
Pohnpei. He was the President of the FSM Constitutional Convention
in 1990.
Moses is expected to assume his duties as FSM Senator later this
month when Congress convene it First Special Session for the 10th
Congress in Weno, Chuuk, on July 28, 1997.
