Honourable President of Parliament Drs. Gracita Arrindell says Sint Maarten will be represented at Parlatino committee meetings this week in Panama.
Members of Parliament (MP) Romain Laville, MP Johan Leonard, MP Louie Laveist, and MP Patrick Illidge, are scheduled to leave the island on Wednesday and will return on Sunday.
The MPs will be attending committee meetings on Energy & Mines; Agriculture, Cattle Raising & Fishery; and Human Rights, Justice & Prison Policies.
The Parliament of Sint Maarten joined the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino), a regional, permanent and unicameral organization, comprising the National Latin American Parliaments elected democratically upon popular vote. Parlatino was created on December 7, 1964.
The purpose of Parlatino is to promote, human rights, and economic and social development; to maintain and foster relations with other geographic parliaments, as well as international organizations; and to defend against imperialism and colonialism.