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Where Are The Results Of The Constitutional Referendum?
As we head into mid-August a lot of folks might be asking themselves, “Hey, we dutifully voted on July 4, so what’s taking so long for the results of the referendum on the nine proposed Constitutional amendments?” A very good question with a bit of a lengthy answer!
In a letter dated August 30, 2016, Mr. Glayne B. Franklin, Acting Chief of FSM Immigration and Labor, communicated to Mrs. Malpihna Nelper, Chief of Pohnpei State Labor Office, stating: “[e]ffective today August 30, 2016 all renewals and extensions of employment packages under the private sector will be returned to your office without my endorsement.”
As of March 2008, Public Law 15-28 was signed by President Mori “in order to allow for citizenship through naturalization to FSM nationals and children of FSM citizens.” Since the law was passed there have been four FSM nationals that have obtained citizenship through naturalization.
In this article, we explore the FSM Department of Justice’s (DOJ) position, and how it affects Public Law 19-91 if at all. Based on a July 19, 2016 Memorandum from the FSM DOJ to the Chief of Immigration and Labor, the rebuttable presumption of renunciation of another foreign citizenship will be granted to FSM citizens and FSM nationals that have renewed their FSM Passport twice in a row after the age of 21.
