PHILIPSBURG: — Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Tuesday announced that he has decided to distance himself from the URSM/DP/PFP/ NOW government due to their approach to NV GEBE’s crisis. The NOW leader said he does not support the solutions presented by NV GEBE simply because he does not trust the company and its Temporary Manager, Troy Washington.
Emmanuel also made it clear that he did not promise anyone he would not politicize the crisis NV GEBE is facing; he said he would politicize the matter to every extent.
Emmanuel asked the chair of parliament and the Prime Minister of St. Maarten, Dr. Luc Mercelina, several questions regarding the proposals they submitted to parliament on Tuesday. He wanted to know what financial statements NV GEBE provided to the government since their statements for the years 2020 to 2023 have not yet been finalized.
He also asked the Prime Minister about the exclusive Memorandum of Understanding signed with NV GEBE and the grid market that was leaked to certain coalition members.
He asked the Prime Minister if he believed the responses provided to him by NV GEBE since the people of St. Maarten would only see relief until the end of July 2024. He also asked the Prime Minister if he saw the proposals supervised by EnergyNautics.
He said he made it clear to Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina that he should have dismissed the Supervisory Board of NV GEBE and its Temporary Manager Troy Washington, but that has not been done to date.
Emmanuel said that this is an election year, and the NV GEBE crisis will fall on the current coalition since they are responsible for finding a solution to the crisis.
Even though Emmanuel is not part of NV GEBE's management board, he could present all the figures from NV GEBE’s bank accounts. He asked where GEBE would get the financing from since the government-owned company's accounts do not have liquidity.
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