Guam § 1700 - Statement of Legislative Purpose.

§ 1700. Statement of Legislative Purpose.

Noting that the unincorporated territory of Guam is the only organized

Government in the West Pacific whose political status has remained

unchanged for the last thirty (30) years, finding that the people of Guam

demand a mechanism whereby the status of their government vis-a-vis the

United States and the rest of the world be redefined, and acknowledging that

the past attempts to change the status of the territory by means of

constitutional conventions have failed because the views of the people of

Guam were not sought prior to the initiation of such proposed constitution,

the Legislature declares that the time has come for the people of Guam to

actively seek commonwealth status for the territory from the Congress of the

United States. The purpose of this Chapter is to establish a Commission on

Self Determination for the people of Guam empowered to represent them in

manifesting the desires of the people of Guam as expressed in the plebiscite

of November 2, 1982 in which the status of commonwealth was the choice

of the people to the Congress and to the government of the United States,

and a further purpose of this Chapter is to establish guidelines and

procedures by which the commonwealth status may be achieved.

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CH. 17 COMMISSION ON SELF-DETERMINATION

FOR THE PEOPLE OF GUAM