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The Daily Herald - Letter clarifying UN petition approved with stiff opposition from several MPs

Letter clarifying UN petition approved with stiff opposition from several MPs call letter ‘garbage’ ~ PHILIPSBURG A draft letter from Chairperson of Parliament Rolando Brison, clarifying the legislature’s petition to the United Nations (UN) was approved by a majority in Parliament on Thursday with strong opposition from some Members of Parliament (MPs).   One of them referred to it as “garbage”, another as a “word salad” that is not “a strong enough measure”, and another saw it as an attempt to “have your cake and eat it too”.   The letter dated April 15 will be sent to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, to whom it is addressed, to be forwarded to Dutch State Secretary for Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops.

St Maarten MPs complain to UN of neo-colonial Dutch stance

Damage to Philipsburg, Sint Maarten after the hurricane. Photo: Ministry of Defence The parliament of the former Dutch colony of St Maarten is accusing the Netherlands of having a ‘neo-colonial’ and ‘racist’ attitude for attaching conditions to a coronavirus aid package and has filed an official complaint with the UN rapporteur on racism. The MPs claim the Netherlands is using the pandemic and the earlier devastation of the Caribbean island by hurricane Irma to make aid dependent on reforms, the AD reports. St Maarten, the Dutch part of which comprises around a third of the island, has been an independent country within the kingdom of the Netherlands since 2010 but the Dutch state still has a say in a number of its decisions. It recently thwarted an attempt by St Maarten to borrow money on the open capital market because it was too expensive, the paper said.

St Maarten: Majority of MPs lend support to Dutch financing agreement

St. Maarten: Majority of MPs lend support to Dutch financing agreement PHILIPSBURG - Despite several harsh statements, a majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) on Monday threw their support behind Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs to accept the Netherlands’ proposal for further financial assistance and the creation of the Caribbean Entity for Reform and Development COHO. The governments in The Hague and Philipsburg hope to conclude the agreement in the Kingdom Council of Ministers meeting this Friday. However, Dutch State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops in a series of letters over the weekend told Jacobs that the Dutch Cabinet required explicit approval of the deal by St. Maarten’s Parliament.

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