The Governor’s Address Delivered By The Governor of Sint Maarten His Excellency Drs. Eugene B. Holiday On The Occasion Of The Opening Of The 2021/2022 Parliamentary Year

September 14, 2021

Mr. Chairman, Members of Parliament,
Good morning and very special greetings to the people of Sint Maarten.
Each year, we gather in this special parliamentary assembly on the second Tuesday of September for the opening of the new parliamentary year.
Today we assemble for the opening of the 2021-2022 parliamentary year, Sint Maarten’s 12th parliamentary year. We do so during our fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the delta variant wave.
The past 19 months have been like none we have seen before. Since the start of the pandemic the virus has infected some 3,979 persons, hospitalized some 183 persons, ...

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