Benigno Fitial News

The Office of the Public Auditor in the Northern Marianas has filed seven criminal charges against the former governor Benigno Fitial.

Benigno Fitial has resigned from his position as governor. House Clerk Linda Muna said the communication from the governor's office says the resignation is effective as of 10 a.m. this morning.

The Northern Marianas Delegate ot the US Congress has re-iterated his call for the impeached governor Benigno Fitial to resign now.

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives has adopted all 18 impeachment charges levied against Gov.

The governor of the Northern Mariana Islands was impeached last week by the territorial House on 13 articles, among them that he had a federal prisoner released in order to give him a massage, The Saipan Tribune reports .