MP Heyliger-Marten wants review of Kingdom Charter
MP Heyliger-Marten: "Time to correct 65 years of wrongs and revisit 10-10-10" ~ Wants review of Kingdom Charter - Motion carried by Parliament 12 for and 3 against. PHILIPSBURG - Member of Parliament and Faction Leader for the United People's...
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Motion to conditionally accept financial assistance from the Kingdom Government passed
A motion brought forward tonight in Parliament by MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten (UP) to request the Government of St. Maarten to conditionally accept financial support from the Kingdom Government was carried by 12 members of Parliament voting for and 3 against. The latter three members voting against the motion where MP Sarah Wescot-Williams (UD) and PFP members of Parliament, MPs Melissa Gumbs and Rayheon Peterson.
In motivating her vote, MP Heyliger-Marten stated that many considered her platform of tackling a review of the Kingdom Charter to be 'too technical' for the masses to understand and therefore, she will be going on the various media platforms the coming week to breakdown her stance on reviewing the Kingdom Charter, especially in light of the present motion she has brought forward and has found support by her colleagues in Parliament, especially from MP Christophe Emmanuel, who stated in his motivation that he is against any salary cuts of civil servants, but will support the motion simply because MP Heyliger-Marten asked him for his support.
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Collective lowering of salaries is not that simple
By Hilbert Haar ~ PHILIPSBURG - The kingdom's demand that the government lowers the salaries of civil servants by 12.5 percent (as a condition for providing liquidity support) promises to result in a heated debate. The unions have objected and...
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Cost-cutting counter-proposal unions vague
Unions need to present a more detailed explanation to substantiate their 100-million guilders cost savings claim ~ By Hilbert Haar ~ How realistic are the cost-cutting proposals the unions submitted to the government? In a statement that was short...
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Brutal package of conditions leaves government little choice
PHILIPSBURG - The Kingdom Council of Ministers had presented a brutal package of conditions for the release of continued liquidity support. Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs has labeled these conditions as an 'indecent proposal' but State Secretary...
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Opinion piece: "An unthinkable scenario"
By Hilbert Haar ~ The conditions attached to the provision of continued liquidity support have put the government in a rather awkward position. Demanding a 25 percent salary cut for ministers and parliamentarians seems to be the least of all...
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Dutch national bank to become watchdog of CBCS
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Time to split up the monetary union of Curacao & St Maarten?
Is it a good time now to take up the 2013 SER advice to split up the monetary union between Curacao and St. Maarten? ~ By Hilbert Haar The conditions the Kingdom wants to impose on Curacao for more liquidity support put the Central Bank of...
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Court holds attorney liable for Fralexia debacle
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Minister Richardson calls for meeting with Justice committee
PHILIPSBURG - On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, Minister of Justice Anna E. Richardson was scheduled to have a closed-door meeting with the Justice Committee of Parliament, to discuss the pending approval of the draft Penal Procedure Code. However, due...
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State of emergency continues but businesses gradually reopen
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Does the motion to conditionally accept financial support make any sense?
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No, Knops will not accept any conditions
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'Landen kunnen autonomie niet aan'
Knops: 'take it or leave it' voor voorwaarden bij financiële steun Van onze correspondent Den Haag - ,,Eens temeer zien we nu wat eigenlijk al langer zichtbaar was, namelijk dat de landen hun eigen autonomie niet kunnen dragen."
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Deadline voor miljoenenlening nadert ...
DEN HAAG - Gaat Sint-Maarten na Aruba ook instemmen met de Nederlandse eisen voor miljoenen aan noodleningen? De Sint-Maartense regering wil eerst van het parlement horen, maar waarschuwt dat niet alles wat Nederland vraagt haalbaar zal zijn....
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'Akkoord mits binnen de wet'
CBCS vreest 'verarming' door loonkorting Van een onzer verslaggevers Willemstad - De regering van Curaçao heeft na bestudering van alle voorwaarden en overwegingen besloten in te stemmen met de condities van staatssecretaris Knops, voor zover het ...
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Miljoenenlening voor Curaçao en Sint-Maarten?
DEN HAAG - Staatssecretaris Knops eist dat Curaçao en Sint-Maarten uiterlijk woensdag instemmen met de Nederlandse voorwaarden voor noodleningen. In de Tweede Kamer is daar veel steun voor, blijkt uit een rondgang. Woensdag debatteert de Kamer...
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