Legislative leaders in the Northern Marianas are considering enacting a four-day workweek for the Legislature as a way to cut expenses.
The moves comes after Governor Benigno Fitial recently announced a 5.5-percent budget cut against all government agencies during the rest of the 2009 fiscal year.
According to the Governor, the proportionate cut will help the government, which expects to collect 156.7 million US dollars, to finish the fiscal year in the black.
Senate President, Pete Reyes, says it would be a four-day paid work week, and one day would be unpaid.
He says it's more like increasing the weekends, so we basically close down operations for one day a week.
But he says at the same time we're not thinking about cutting down the employee salaries.
Governor Fitial, in his message to the Legislature about the 5.5 percent budget reduction, urged lawmakers to enact laws to help reduce current expenditures and to generate additional revenues.
