PHILIPSBURG:— The Attorney General for St. Maarten and Curacao submitted its report on the candidate ministers that were submitted by the formateur who was appointed by Governor Eugene Holiday one day after the September 26th parliamentary elections to form the new government. SMN News has been reliably informed that the Attorney General completed its report and turned it over to the formateur.
Well-placed sources told SMN News that Leader of the UPP Theodore Heyliger did not pass the screening because of some type of investigation which began since 2013, the source also said that besides the unpaid taxes by the wife of the deputy leader of the UPP Frankie Meyers he too did not pass the screening process.
At the moment the current coalition which was formed by the NA/ UPP has another option which is to submit names of other candidates for the various candidate ministers that did not pass the screening process. So far the formateur did not make any statements as to whether or not new candidates were submitted in order to maintain the current coalition agreement.
SMN News further learned that the National Alliance, USP and the DP are currently in discussions to bring back the red, white and blue coalition government. The source said while the talks are ongoing there is a lot that needs to be hammered out especially since talks between the NA and USP fell apart hours after the September 26th parliamentary results were announced.
Governor Eugene Holiday had given formateur Marlin up until November 8th 2016 to present his final report, while Marlin said in previous press conferences that he was awaiting the screening results from the Prosecutor’s Office and VDSM to finalize his report for the governor, eight days later the people of St. Maarten still cannot get any solid information from the governor on the installation of the Ministers that were submitted for screening.
Source: St. Martin News Network
NA/ UP Coalition in shambles as UP candidate ministers did not pass screening process — Talks with USP and DP underway — Reliable sources.
Old news Bibi new coalition has been formed NA/DP/USP. Let’s hope we get a solid Minister TEAT this time around.