In a letter dated March 12th 2012, the National Alliance was quoted saying ”It should be clear from our respective requests that the intention is for the Minister of Finance to first make his presentation followed by the other Ministers.We therefore request that the order of the agenda points be corrected and a revised convocation sent out tomorrow Tuesday. We cannot wait until the meeting is opened to make the change, as the Minister of Finance would not be present.”
The following is a copy of the letter sent to Parliament:
National Alliance
Working Together…………………… For St. Maarten
12 Pigeon Pea Road
South Reward – St. Maarten
Tel: +599-554-9950
Email: wi************@ho*****.com
To: The Chairlady of Parliament
Drs. Gracita Arrindell
Parliament Building
Wilhelminastraat 1
Philipsburg, St. Maarten
Philipsburg, March 12, 2012.
The faction of the National Alliance hereby confirms receipt of the convocation for the meeting of Parliament for Thursday upcoming March 15th at 2 pm. However, we hereby care to bring to your attention that the order of the agenda points is incorrect.
In accordance with the requests submitted by the National Alliance faction on respectively Wednesday March 7th and Thursday May 8th we hereby request that the first agenda point be the one requested on Wednesday, and thus for the Minister of Finance to first make the requested presentation to Parliament.
The second agenda point would then be for the individual members of the Council of Ministers to make their presentations, depicting their involvement and compliance in the mentioned process, policies and rules, as presented by the Minister of Finance.
We look forward to receiving a correction to that effect and a schedule of appearance by the respective Ministers.
Respectfully yours,
William Marlin Louie Laveist George Pantophlet Hyacinth Richardson
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Lloyd Richardson
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