PHILIPSBURG:--- SMCP still stands firm on its position with regard to the reduction of the salaries of Members of Parliament. Initially, our reduction proposal was 15%. However, if the Ministers and Parliamentarians agree to a 10% reduction then the principle of reducing the salaries would have been achieved.
SMCP is of the opinion that the pressure currently being applied by the Dutch, to reduce the salaries of Members of Parliament, should not be the driving force for MPs to do such. It should be the feeling of solidarity with the people of Sint Maarten that acts as the incentive for
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