PHILIPSBURG–Former Minister Plenipotentiary Jorien Wuite was elected as Deputy Leader of the United Democrats (UD) party during the party’s congress held at Divi Little Bay Beach Resort recently.
During the congress 11 members were approved for the party’s governing board, which will serve for the period 2019-2021. The board members are Jamila Arrindell, Marinka Gumbs, Wilgo Lieveld, Perry Geerlings, Lucien Benschop, Vida Boyrard, Andy Wescot, Michael Seebaran, Angeline Laurence, Shirley Hilaire and Carmen Hodge.
The governing board also elected Laurence as its President, Gumbs as its Treasurer and Boyrard as Secretary.
The 11 candidates contesting the January 9, 2020, election on the UD slate also addressed the membership at the congress, stressing the importance of the party’s motto of stability.
Party leader Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams said she was satisfied with the membership’s support for her leadership. “With the structure of the party now buoyed by a full governance board and a deputy leader, I am elated with the support to strengthen the party as a whole, leading up to the January 2020 election and beyond,” Wescot-Williams said.
The congress was held before a packed hall. “The UD candidates are all but too aware that their individual and collective desires for our country are unachievable without unity within and without, and that a collective vision must be the blueprint for St. Maarten’s progression – a vision in which all St. Maarteners can see themselves,” it was stated in a press release.
Wescot-Williams said, “I congratulate the governing board of the United Democrats and wish them much success. I very much welcome their assistance and that of the deputy leader as we chart a course for the party, making use of the experience, creativity and knowledge that our members and candidates possess.”
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/93327-wuite-elected-ud-deputy-leader-11-members-approved-for-board
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