Senator Wil Parkinson took public aim at Guam Attorney General Doug Moylan while introducing two anti-corruption bills today. One aims to eliminate nepotism in the Government of Guam, and the other would separate the AG's dual roles of chief legal officer and public prosecutor. 

"Trust in government is at an all-time low," announced the second-term policymaker. His Bill 62 aims to eliminate nepotism from all branches of GovGuam and ensure fair employment practices.  The law would be called the No More Pari Pari Act of 2025.

"I’m sick of it. I am sick of it. Frankly, I believe the best possible people must be getting the job, regardless of their family connections," Parkinson stated to island media. "Merit is what should be deciding these principles, not connections." While Parkinson initially says the measure is not specifically due to any one person, he didn't shy away from pointing the finger at Moylan. 

"It stinks to high Heaven that there might be a corruption scandal at the Attorney General’s Office. It stinks to high Heaven that family members may be involved. It stinks to high Heaven that it took several days for the attorney general to contact the police about meth in his office, that employees found it and ‘Whoopsie, forgot about it.’ And I’m supposed to rely on ‘Trust me, bro. These loyal people, to me, are going to be loyal to the people of Guam and not doing any wrong doing?’ No. I don’t buy it," the senator announced.

In response, Moylan accuses the senator of trying to “Prevent the AG’s Office from hiring loyal, dedicated, trustworthy and competent staff to fulfill his tough on crime promise, regardless if hired by someone other than this elected AG.”

Parkinson also reintroduced legislation to separate the AG's dual roles of chief legal officer and public prosecutor, asking, "Who watches the watchers?"

Bill 61 would give the governor the power to appoint a chief legal officer while a separate public prosecutor would be elected by the people.

Moylan argues this would stop his ability to "check and balance the governor and her cabinet breaking civil laws" and "stop ongoing corruption investigations" against them.

"It does not upend checks and balances at all. If this newly-created Office of the Public Prosecutor was in fact erected, and Doug Moylan was to win the Office of Public Prosecutor, he could do everything he is doing now and nothing would change," Senator Parkinson said. "He could go after all the corruption he perceives and I highly encourage him to do so. But this would allow it so if corruption in the AG’s Office was ever suspected, we have a mechanism for clearing the AG’s name."

When asked if the governor is in support of his bills, he said, "I haven’t been able to talk to the governor at all about it. Maybe when she gets back from her trip, maybe we’ll have that conversation." 

In the meantime, Parkinson says the General Fund would pay for the proposed Public Prosecutor's Office, though how much that would cost taxpayers remains unclear. 

He commented simply on this point, "It takes as much money as it's going to take."