'Statehood, independence only way to avoid constitution being trampled'
U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico Chief Judge Gustavo A. Gelpi stated that the only way to avoid having the CNMI Constitution being trampled by U.S. Congress is for the CNMI to either become a state or get its independence.
Gelpi also cited that if a citizen from Hawaii or California marries somebody in Japan and does not want to come back to the U.S., he can still continue to vote in the U.S. presidential election and that individual never lost his right to vote.
The judge, however, questioned why he, who is from Puerto Rico, or a CNMI resident should not be able to vote for the nation’s leader.
“This may require constitutional amendment. There is no easy solution,” Gelpi said.
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