At the Parliament Building on Backstreet, the Justice Committee of the Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles met with members of the Crime Task Force St. Maarten to discuss solutions to the crime situation on the Windward Island, and more specifically on St. Maarten.
The Justice Committee is scheduled to meet with two other groups on Friday, after which they will draw up a report to bring to Parliament.
Acting Chairman Senator Reginald Zaandam opened the meeting and welcomed everyone on behalf of the Chairman Pedro Atacho.
Present at the meeting were St. Maarten’s Crime Task Force Vice Chairman Lenny Priest and member Sydney deWeever Jr. and Wally Havertong as Judge of Instruction in the Court of First Instance.