Dear Reader

Valya Lake-Pantophlet has put our collective legislative body called Parliament to shame.

As a private citizen, the young professional has presented, not one, not two, but three draft amendments on her own initiative. Click here to read the full story online.. .

How many new draft laws has our Parliament submitted over the past 7 going on 8 years? Don't worry, we'll wait while you count.

Just yesterday we wrote in our intro: "In any event, we intend to collect all these ideas put forward by candidates and over time after the elections, whether these candidates are elected or not, follow up with them on the practical implementation and execution of their ideas. Because in reality, one does not have to be elected to put an idea into practice. In other words, ideas should not be left up to only government, or when one is in government, to execute a plan. We tend too often to look to government to do things when in fact everyone outside of government do have the means and the abilities to get things done as well."

So let's look at this from the positive and not bash our fledgling 7-year old Parliament. St. Maarten is a young country, but the initiative taken by Valya shows that as a country and as a people we are heading in the right direction as we slowly develop into a mature well-rounded country where we as citizens don't have to depend on government only to do things for us.

Rest assured, we will be following up and monitoring the practical implementation and execution of the process surrounding these draft amendments. We commend Valya for the great initiative shown.

That being said... now for some huishoudelijke medelingen...

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