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Jansen-Webster, Labega attend 95% public meetings; Ottley lowest at 60% | The Daily Herald

September 13, 2026

Jansen-Webster, Labega attend 95%  public meetings; Ottley lowest at 60% | The Daily Herald
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PHILIPSBURG--Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement (URSM) Member of Parliament (MP) Veronica Jansen-Webster and Democratic Party (DP) MP Dimar Labega recorded the highest attendance in Parliament’s 2025-2026 public-meeting attendance records, with 38 attendance records each, or 95% attendance.

 United People’s party (UP) MP Omar Ottley recorded the lowest, with 24 attendance records, or 60% attendance, according to Parliament’s 2025-2026 Annual Report.

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 The report was published today, Saturday. The public-meeting attendance table contains 40 attendance entries for each Member, including meeting continuations and other separately recorded attendance entries. Parliament’s meeting activity section lists 21 public meetings for the 2025-2026 parliamentary year.

 Jansen-Webster and Labega each recorded 5% absent and 95% present. UP MP Francisco Lacroes attended 35 attendance entries, with 12% absent and 88% present.

 DP MP Sarah Wescot-Williams and URSM MP Sjamira Roseburg each attended 34 attendance entries, with 15% absent and 85% present. NA MP Ardwell Irion, NOW MP Lyndon Lewis and URSM MP Christopher Wever each attended 33 attendance entries, with 18% absent and 82% present.

NA MP Egbert Doran and DP MP Viren Kotai each attended 31 attendance entries, with 22% absent and 78% present. SAM MP Franklin Meyers and NA MP Darryl York each attended 30 attendance entries, with 25% absent and 75% present.

PFP MP Raeyhon Peterson and PFP MP Ludmila de Weever each attended 29 attendance entries, with 28% absent and 72% present. Ottley attended 24 attendance entries, with 40% absent and 60% present.

Central Committee

 The Central Committee attendance table contains 34 recorded attendance entries. Jansen-Webster, Labega and Lacroes each attended 30 of the 34 entries, recording 12% absent and 88% present.

 Wescot-Williams attended 28 entries, with 18% absent and 82% present. Lewis and Meyers each attended 26 entries, with 24% absent and 76% present.

 De Weever attended 23 entries, with 32% absent and 68% present. Irion attended 22 entries, with 35% absent and 65% present.

 Doran attended 20 entries, with 41% absent and 59% present. Roseburg attended 19 entries, with 44% absent and 56% present.

 Kotai attended 18 entries, with 47% absent and 53% present. York attended 17 entries, with 50% absent and 50% present.

Ottley attended 15 entries, with 56% absent and 44% present, while Peterson attended 12 entries, with 65% absent and 35% present.

Ad Hoc Committee New Parliament Building

The Ad Hoc Committee New Parliament Building held one meeting on October 7. Kotai, Labega, Lacroes, Lewis, Ottley, Peterson, Wever and York each attended one meeting, with 0% absent and 100% present.

Ad Hoc Committee Electoral Reform

The Ad Hoc Committee Electoral Reform held one meeting on October 7. Wescot-Williams, Kotai, Labega, Lacroes, Lewis, Ottley, Peterson, Roseburg, Wever and York each attended one meeting. The supplied table records 0% absent and 50% present for these Members.

 Doran, Irion and Meyers recorded no attendance, with the table listing Doran as AN, and Irion and Meyers as ANN.

Ad Hoc Committee Integrity

The Ad Hoc Committee Integrity held two meetings. Roseburg, Lacroes, Lewis, Wescot-Williams and Wever each attended two meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present.

Kotai, Labega and Peterson each attended one meeting, with 50% absent and 50% present.

Committee of General Affairs

The Committee of General Affairs held two meetings. Wever, Jansen-Webster, Kotai, Lacroes, Lewis, Roseburg and Wescot-Williams each attended two meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present. Peterson attended one meeting, with 50% absent and 50% present.

Committee of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs

The Committee of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs held three meetings. Jansen-Webster, Kotai, Lacroes, Lewis, Meyers, Roseburg, Wescot-Williams, Wever and York each attended all three meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present.

Labega, Peterson and de Weever each attended two meetings, with 33% absent and 67% present. Doran attended one meeting, with 67% absent and 33% present.

Committee of Finance

The Committee of Finance held three meetings. Jansen-Webster, Labega, Wescot-Williams and Wever each attended all three meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present.

Kotai, Irion, Lacroes, Peterson, de Weever and York each attended two meetings, with 33% absent and 67% present. Lewis attended one meeting, with 67% absent and 33% present.

Committee of Justice

The Committee of Justice held four meetings. Kotai and Roseburg each attended all four meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present.

Meyers, Jansen-Webster, Labega, Lacroes, Ottley, Peterson, de Weever and Wescot-Williams each attended three meetings, with 25% absent and 75% present.

Doran and Lewis each attended two meetings, with 50% absent and 50% present.

Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Interparliamentary Relations

The Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Interparliamentary Relations held 11 meetings.

Roseburg attended all 11 meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present. Lewis attended eight meetings, with 27% absent and 73% present. Doran and Peterson each attended seven meetings, with 36% absent and 64% present. Meyers attended six meetings, with 45% absent and 55% present. Kotai attended four meetings, with 64% absent and 36% present.

Ottley attended one meeting, with 91% absent and 9% present.

Committee of Country’s Expenditures

 The Committee of Country’s Expenditures held two meetings. De Weever, Jansen-Webster, Lacroes, Lewis and Wescot-Williams each attended both meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present. Kotai attended one meeting, with 50% absent and 50% present.

Committee Petitions

The Committee Petitions held three meetings. Wescot-Williams, Jansen-Webster, Lacroes and Roseburg each attended all three meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present.

Labega, Lewis, Ottley and de Weever each attended two meetings, with 33% absent and 67% present. Kotai attended one meeting, with 33% absent and 67% present.

Committee for District Councils

The Committee for District Councils held two meetings. Wescot-Williams, Jansen-Webster, Labega, Lacroes and Lewis each attended both meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present. Kotai, Ottley and Roseburg each attended one meeting, with 50% absent and 50% present.

Committee for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry

The Committee for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry held three meetings. Kotai, Roseburg and Wescot-Williams each attended all three meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present. Labega, Irion, Jansen-Webster, Lacroes, Wever and York each attended two meetings, with 33% absent and 67% present.

Lewis and Peterson each attended one meeting, with 67% absent and 33% present.

Committee for Constitutional Affairs and Decolonization

The Committee for Constitutional Affairs and Decolonization held one meeting. Roseburg, Jansen-Webster, Kotai, Labega, Lacroes, Lewis, Peterson, Wescot-Williams, Wever and York each attended one meeting, recording 0% absent and 100% present. Doran and Irion recorded no attendance, with 100% absent and 0% present.

Committee of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication

The Committee of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication held two meetings. Kotai, Jansen-Webster, Labega, Lacroes, Lewis, Ottley, Peterson, Roseburg, Wescot-Williams and Wever each attended both meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present.

Doran recorded no attendance, with 100% absent and 0% present.

Irion attended one meeting. The supplied table records 100% absent and 0% present for Irion.

Committee of Public Health, Social Development and Labor

The Committee of Public Health, Social Development and Labor held one meeting.

Jansen-Webster, Kotai, Labega, Lacroes, Lewis, Meyers, Ottley, Peterson, Roseburg, de Weever, Wescot-Williams and Wever each attended one meeting, recording 0% absent and 100% present. Doran is recorded as AN in the supplied table. The same row also shows 0% absent and 100% present.

Committee Parlatino Matters

The Committee Parlatino Matters held four meetings. Lacroes, Jansen-Webster and Lewis each attended all four meetings, recording 0% absent and 100% present. Kotai and Wever each attended three meetings, with 25% absent and 75% present. Labega and Wescot-Williams each attended two meetings, with 50% absent and 50% present. Ottley and Roseburg each attended one meeting, with 75% absent and 25% present. The attendance records form part of Parliament’s 2025-2026 Annual Report.

Source: https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/jansen-webster-labega-attend-95-public-meetings-ottley-lowest-at-60

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