What Guam thinks about incoming Marines

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Residents of Guam are worried about the planned relocation of 8,000 Marines from Okinawa.


What Guam thinks about incoming Marines
Kyodo News Service
Posted : Thursday Feb 19, 2009 13:42:32 EST

HAGATNA, Guam — A Guam legislator has filed a bill calling for a referendum to ascertain whether the people of Guam approve the relocation of some 8,000 U.S. Marines from Okinawa to the U.S. territory in the Western Pacific.

Vice Speaker Benjamin J. F. Cruz introduced a measure this week that will give the people of Guam a voice on the U.S. military’s plan to build up its forces on the island.

Cruz also said the referendum will determine whether to allow the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission to lease Ancestral and Spanish Crown lands and the Chamorro Land Trust Commission to lease Land Trust land to the U.S. armed forces.

“The legislature finds the people of Guam demand greater participation in matters that affect them,” says “Bill 66,” which calls for a vote on military expansion.

The bill also calls for a special election that will be conducted by the Guam Election Commission within 90 days from enactment of the measure.


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