Third FSM Constitutional Convention, November 16, 2001

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Third FSM Constitutional Convention, Day 5

POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): November 16, 2001 – Today, the on-going session of the Third FSM
Constitutional Convention received 7 more proposals and were assigned to
Committees for action. The proposals include; D.P. No. 01-21, which would
make the second vote-getter in a congressional election to fill the
unexpired term of an incumbent who dies in office or resigns or becomes
incapacitated before the first anniversary of the last congressional
election; D.P. No. 01-22, to add a new provision to Article XIII of the FSM
Code concerning “full faith and credit” of the states; D.P. No. 01-23, to
require that the number of justices on the bench of the Supreme Court shall
not be less than four at all times; D.P. No. 01-24, to change the length of
term for at-large members of the Congress from four to eight years; D.P. No.
01-25, to provide public assistance for the construction and maintenance of
church facilities in the FSM; D.P. No. 01-26, to add a new section to
Article XIII in the Constitution to set out the meaning of “agencies of the
National Government” for financial management and audit purposes; and D.P.
No. 01-27, to amend Section 2 (d) of Article IX of the FSM Code to provide
that a state may impose a surtax on any National tax, duty, or tariff based
on imports. All of the proposals were introduced by the Chuuk State
Delegation.

With the Standing Committees having been organized, the following are the
Committees and their members: Committee on Civil Liberties and Traditions;
Delegate Camillo Noket, Chairman, and Delegates James Lukan, Esmond Moses,
Naiten O. Phillip, Harry Seymour, Wesley Simina and Sanphy William, members.
The Committee on General Provisions has Delegate Beauleen Carl-Worswick as
Chairwoman, and Delegates John Haglelgam, Kasio Mida, Aren Palik, Lorin
Robert, Casiano Shoniber and Sanphy William, as members. The Committee on
Public Finance and Revenue has Delegate Aren Palik as Chairman, and
Delegates James Lukan, Esmond Moses, James Naich, Lorin Robert, Casiano
Shoniber, and Sanphy William, as members. The Committee on Style and
Arrangements has Delegate Wesley Simina as Chairman, and Delegates John
Haglelgam, James Naich, Camillo Noket, Naiten O. Phillip, Harry Seymour and
Beauleen Carl-Worswick, as members. Finally, the Committee on Government
Structure and Functions has the following members: Delegate Kasio Mida as
its Chairman and Delegates James Lukan, Esmond Moses, James Naich, Harry
Seymour, Casiano Shoniber and Wesley Simina, as members.
Convention recessed at 11:45 this morning and will reconvene Monday,
November 19, at 10:00 o’clock in the morning.