Published: 12 March 2021
PHILIPSBURG: - The Committee for Constitutional Affairs and Decolonization (CCAD) held its first committee meeting on Wednesday 10th March 2021. Chairperson of the Committee MP Ludmila Duncan requested that the first meeting be closed-door in order to discuss the working methods of the committee.
“In my capacity as Chairperson, I presented a proposal on the contextual framework for the committee as well as a proposal to host a roundtable discussion of experts to discuss the democratic deficits in the Kingdom Charter and possible ways forward,” stated the MP. Local experts will be invited to present position papers and present their views in Parliament. This would be the first roundtable discussion held in Parliament.
Topic 2: SMCC: When fuel clause GEBE will be corrected?
Topic 3: SMCC: Snail pace of NRPB rebuilding back better stronger homes
Topic 4: SMAPP: Cuts in (semi)public remuneration now in legislation violating human rights
Topic 5: SMAPP: Unlawful proceedings of PM Silveria Jacobs and COM to please the Dutch
Topic 1: SMCC: NV GEBE discriminates among its customers.
NO RELIEF: PAYMENT PLAN OR DISCONNECTION. NV GEBE announced in a press release published on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021, that after months of suspended disconnection of its electricity and water services, the company will be resuming its monthly standard course of action to collect outstanding funds. During the early part of 2020, and several times thereafter, NV GEBE halted the disconnection of services to allow the financial recovery of its customers who were experiencing economic difficulties due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We fully recognize that the pandemic continues to be a time of hardship
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Published: 28 December 2020
PHILIPSBURG: - While the Parliament of St. Maarten passed a historic motion to finalize St. Maarten s decolonization process by an overwhelming majority in November of 2020, it is worth bearing in mind that varying governmental, as well as, non-governmental bodies in Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, and St. Eustatius have also expressed their desires to finalize their decolonization.
ARUBA:
In July of 2020, the Parliament of Aruba sent a letter to the United Nations Fourth Committee regarding the proposed Caribbean Reform Entity which Aruba s Parliament claimed: would tamper with the autonomous status of a free people. Aruba s Parliament declared that the Dutch Administrative Entity (Caribbean Reform Entity) would have more power than a legitimately elected government and Parliament of a free people and that it had many characteristics of recolonization. The Parliament of Aruba beseeched the UN Fourth Committee to give this situatio
December 15th, 2020
Re: International Obligations of the Governor of St. Maarten
Your Excellency,
Firstly, Pro Soualiga, on behalf of the population of St. Maarten, wishes to express its profound gratitude to the government and people of the Netherlands for their willingness to assist the Caribbean Islands during this devastating pandemic.
According to Article 20 of the Reglement voor de Gouverneur van St. Maarten (Rules of Order for the Governor of St. Maarten), the governor has the authority to supervise compliance with treaties and decisions of international organizations. Furthermore, according to Article 20, the governor also has the power to make proposals regarding compliance with international law to the Kingdom government. In other words, the Governor of St. Maarten has the authority to propose that Articles 44, 50, and 51 be removed from the Kingdom Charter due to his authority to ensure that our laws are in compliance with international organizations such as the Unite