Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
Winners And Losers: Who Will Survive The Polls In February?
St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – February 9, 2016 is crunch day for politicians and those who aspire to become one. The parliamentary elections – for some mysterious reason perceived by some as ‘snap elections’, whatever that may be – will give voters the opportunity to speak their mind about the constitutional drama that concluded on Wednesday when the ministers of the Marcel Gumbs cabinet tendered their resignation and Governor Drs Read more
“Saying That Elections Will Stop Ship Jumping Is Lying To Votersâ€
St. Maarten – Parliamentarians bitched and moaned about rules and regulations yesterday all the way until the final vote on the two motions the new majority presented yesterday morning. It was a losing battle for the opposition UP and its faithful independents and in the end, it did not change anything at all.
Independent MP Cornelius de Weever started with an attack on the new president of parliament, Sarah Wescot-Williams Read more
University Reminds Government Of Promise To Increase Subsidy
St. Maarten – On May 20 the Board of the University of St. Maarten Foundation, assisted by its management team, discussed the developments of the University with the parliamentary committee of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport Affairs. During that meeting, which was chaired by MP Silveria Jacobs, Minister of Education Rita Bourne-Gumbs made two public promises Read more
Chair Aborts Meeting Within Sixty Seconds: New Majority Calls Action Mp De Weever Illegal
St. Maarten – Acting as the second vice president of Parliament, independent MP Cornelius de Weever wrong-footed parliament yesterday morning by opening and closing a meeting designed to appoint a new chair within sixty seconds after which he “ran out of the hall,†according to Democratic Party MP Sarah Wescot-Williams.
De Weever called on article 37 of the rules of order, after remarking that the cabinet had submitted a national decree to dissolve parliament Read more
St. Maarten Government Falls Again: Fifth Cabinet In Five Years In The Making
UP-leader Theo Heyliger (left) and MP Silvio Matser on 10-10-14 when they were still political allies. Now the political marriage is over: “I cannot take the internal abuse anymore,†Matser said yesterday Read more