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~ Delay anticipated with stimulus as legal battle now on, who is dealing with mass layoffs.~
PHILIPSBURG:--- Attorney at Law Jairo Bloem sent a dashing counter-proposal to the Minister of VSA Richard Panneflek on the execution of the stimulus plan.SMN News managed to get hold of the letter which can be considered a counter-proposal that the Minister that is responsible for executing the stimulus plan is the Minister of VSA Richard Panneflek.The letter further questioned where will the money (74,100,000) will be coming from to execute the stimulus plan that has to be executed by USZV.Attorney Bloem in his letter suggested that the stimulus plan be executed by the Department of Labor, clearly, with this new counter-proposal a delay in the stimulus payout can be foreseen.While the Minister of VSA has responsibility for SZV and the Department of labor nothing has been said about the mass-layoffs at Atrium Resort and other businesses throughout the island. SMN News learned that certain politicians that were not re-elected are behind the new proposal.
The letter addressed to Minister Panneflek can be viewed.