Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
THE HAGUE--The conviction of former member of Parliament of St. Maarten for United St. Maarten Party ((USP)) NDidate' href='/newspolitician/401/frans-richardson'>Frans Richardson for bribery aND abuse of position can be upheld. This is the advice of the Dutch Advocate-General to the Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) as published on Tuesday.
In January 2024, the Joint Court of Justice had increased the prison sentence aND election ban of Richardson in the so-called Aquamarine II case. This case pertains to the construction of the Bureau Telecommunication aND Post (BTP) building aND its mainteSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAnce contract.
