PHILIPSBURG:— On October 28, 2020 Members of Parliament of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) Akeem Arrindell and Claudius “Toontje” Buncamper sent a letter via email to the chairman of the Permanent Committee of Kingdom Relations, Mr. Jan Paternotte in regards to the (re)building of the Point Blanche Prison. The letter resulted from a press release on koninkrijk.nu which stated that “the Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs will be discussing the troubling humanitarian situation at the Point Blanche Prison” on Friday, October 30, 2020. In their letter, the MPs stated that this is a problem that has remained unresolved ...
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