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Australia-FSM maritime partnership deepens with FSS Bethwel Henry’s arrival By Bill Jaynes The Kaselehlie Press October 9, 2023 Pohnpei—This morning, hundreds of people gathered for a ceremony in Pohnpei at the Dekehtik Surveillance Site dock to welcome the FSS Bethwel Henry, the FSM’s newest surveillance vessel. Donated by the Government of Australia, the FSS Bethwel Henry, together with the previously received FSS Tosiwo Nakayama, represents the totality of FSM’s vessels for performing law enforcement and relief activities within the FSM’s EEZ. The FSM decommissioned the three previous vessels after more than 30 years of service—the FSS also a donation from the Australian than the other three vessels, giving in the Pacific and the 14th largest in Micronesia, FSS Palikir, and the FSS government. The two new vessels are the FSM greater capacity to monitor Independence. Those vessels were bigger, faster, and have a larger reach the FSM’s EEZ, the second largest Click here for continuation on page ?
Congress seats Chuuk’s At-large Senator Fabian Nimea, rejects Sigrah Congress Credentials Committee decision challenged in court by Yoslyn Sigrah By Bill Jaynes The Kaselehlie Press
Chuuk Senator-Elect Fabian Nimea but reject the seating of Kosrae Senator-Elect Yoslyn Sigrah. A majority of Senators agreed by a vote to adopt and act on the report. On September 29, Fabian Nimea took his oath of office and is now Chuuk's At-Large Senator. Speaker Esmond Moses declared the Kosrae seat vacant.
October 7, 2023 FSM— Salomon Saimon, attorney for Yoslyn Sigrah, has filed a lawsuit on her behalf to stop a planned special election to fill the seat in the FSM Congress that Kosrae's voters elected her to fill after Congress decided not to accept her The FSM National Election Office has credentials. since published an election timetable for a new special election for the seat of Kosrae's On September 28, 2023, the Congress At-Large seat in the FSM Congress after Credentials Committee recommended Congress rejected the credentials of Yoslyn in their report that Congress should seat Sigrah, the Senator-elect selected by the
voters of Kosrae. The Kosrae special election is scheduled for November 21, 2023. The Congress decision caused an uproar among Kosrae voters and some other FSM voters who worry that Congress could usurp their votes at any time. Some Kosraeans on social media have called for a boycott of the election, while others suggest that Kosraeans should allow Sigrah to run unopposed to “see what Congress would do then”. Click here for continuation on page ?