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Ten Seat Majority lacks Quorum for Central Committee Meeting.

Source: SMN-News 31 Mar 2015 06:22 AM
style="text-align: center;">Three MPs Supporting Government Off island --- Opposition did not sign in.


PHILIPSBURG:--- The Central Committee meeting called on Monday to discuss the draft ordinance to establish the Integrity Chamber could not be held on Monday since three of the ten Members of Parliament supporting the government of St. Maarten were not present for the meeting.
Member of Parliament Franlin Meyers, MP Leona Marlin-Romeo and MP Maurice Lake sent in their notification of absence because they are all off island.
At the meeting on Monday were seven of the ten members majority, they were leader of the UPP MP Theodore Heyliger, MP Silvio Matser, MP Johan Janchi Leonard, MP Tamara Leonard, MP Cornelius de Weever and MP Lloyd Richardson.
Inside the chamber were the Members of Parliament sitting on the opposition benches who did not sign in to form the quorum. The meeting will have to be called at a later date.

Leona Marlin-Romeo mentioned 1 time
Lloyd Richardson mentioned 1 time
Maurice Lake mentioned 1 time
Silvio Matser mentioned 1 time
Tamara Leonard mentioned 1 time
Theodore Heyliger mentioned 1 time
Cornelius de Weever mentioned 1 time

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