Kilili began serving in the administration for the Marianas’ first governor, Governor Carlos S. Camacho, and soon after was elected to the 3rd Commonwealth Legislature. During his legislative term, Kilili was appointed as a special representative to “702 talks” about financial assistance for the NMI. 702 talks are named for the section of the Covenant which obligates the United States to provide financial assistance to the NMI, and during these talks Kilili and his colleagues successfully negotiated millions of dollars in federal assistance in a rare “front-end load” arrangement that secured immediate funding for the Commonwealth. [Read more...]