Parliament in session.
~Leona, De Weever ordered out immediately~
PHILIPSBURG–Parliament on Wednesday passed a motion of no confidence against five of the six members of the Council of Ministers as well as the minister and deputy minister plenipotentiary, with an instruction for Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and Justice Minister Cornelius de Weever to “be removed from office effective immediately.”
The motion was passed against Romeo-Marlin; De Weever; Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports (ECYS) Wycliffe Smith; Finance Minister Perry Geerlings, Tourism Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications Minister Stuart Johnson; Minister Plenipotentiary Jorien Wuite and Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary Michael Somersall.
Minister of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Development and Infrastructure VROMI Christopher Wever was spared the motion of no confidence and will remain on as minister.
The motion, which was tabled by National Alliance (NA) Member of Parliament (MP) Silveria Jacobs, was passed by nine MPs from the new majority coalition voting in favour. There were no votes against as United Democrats (UD) MP Sarah Wescot-Williams had informed the chair that she had to leave early and the remaining UD members who attended the meeting (Tamara Leonard and Sidhart “Cookie” Bijlani) left the meeting hall before voting.
The motion strongly condemned the decision of the majority of the Council of Ministers to invoke Article 59 of the Constitution. It also instructed the caretaker Council of Ministers not to make any decisions collectively or individually to appoint or dismiss any members from any supervisory board or management board of any government-owned company or entity such as, but not limited to GEBE, TelEm, the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) Holding Company PJIAH, the Airport Operating Company PJIAE, St. Maarten Housing Development Foundation and the Harbour Group of Companies.
It also instructed the caretaker Council of Ministers not to make any decisions collectively or individually with reference to the appointment of directors, consultants and personnel in general and not to enter into any contracts with third parties, whether collectively or individually.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/91217-parliament-passes-motion-of-no-confidence-against-five-ministers
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