Member of Parliament says that time is up for the Minister of Everything (VROMI) Theo Heyliger. During the meeting of Parliament held on the Infrastructure of St. Maarten several questions were asked concerning among others the problem with the midges.
The Minister had stated that in the next three weeks a committee would be set up and a bidding process would begin. The Member of Parliament finds this strange indeed as the problem with the midges is nothing new but of course we understand how the politics is played. The people of St. Maarten and the visitors need to know what kind of progress the Minister has made in this area so far and what he doing regarding the marking of the roads. It will not be business as usual where he makes promises and then it becomes water under the bridge. Another question or information requested of the Minister was the letters of ad-measurement for the land given out at the ring road. He alluded to the fact that the information is public and can be attained at the office of the Kadaster. But the Member of Parliament had requested to be provided with these documents. The Employer asks and the employee er)provides. The Member of Parliament says that he will be requesting the letter of ad-measurement of the land on which plans are to build the Dutch Village. The Minister had said that the land is owned by government. Therefore this information should be readily available. The Member of Parliament also needs to know if there are already drawings of the structure, how many lots and the size of those lots that are going to be given out. On another issue the Minister can expect a request from the Member of Parliament through the President of Parliament for information regarding requests submitted for 1) government land, 2) how far back do these requests go, 3) where are those lots or land available and 4) what happens to government or long lease land when nothing is build on the land can one continue paying the long lease? I am giving the Minister notice so he has time to start compiling the information. Time is up.