Government responds to RMR moving of the goalpost for liquidity support
Close Government responds to RMR moving of the goalpost for liquidity support
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In the Kingdom Council of Ministers (RMR) meeting held this morning in the Netherlands, Sint Maarten’s Minister Plenipotentiary Rene Violenus was present to deliver Sint Maarten’s position for receiving the third tranche of liquidity support. However, this was not before an agenda point pertaining to statements made in a central committee meeting of Sint Maarten’s Parliament held on Monday, December 14, were addressed and discussed.
Following the RMR meeting, St. Maarten received word from Minister Plenipotentiary Violenus and later in a call with State Secretary Knops, that the Government of Sint Maarten would need to express in clear and no uncertain terms that it does not support the negative statements echoed by the members of parliament who stated such. Moreover, the Government of Sint Maa
Published: 19 December 2020
PHILIPSBURG: - In the Kingdom Council of Ministers (RMR) meeting held this morning in the Netherlands, Sint Maarten’s Minister Plenipotentiary Rene Violenus was present to deliver Sint Maarten’s position for receiving the third tranche of liquidity support. However, this was not before an agenda point pertaining to statements made in a central committee meeting of Sint Maarten’s Parliament held on Monday, December 14, were addressed and discussed.
Following the RMR meeting, St. Maarten received word from Minister Plenipotentiary Violenus and later in a call with State Secretary Knops, that the Government of Sint Maarten would need to express in clear and no uncertain terms that it does not support the negative statements echoed by the members of parliament who stated such. Moreover, the Government of Sint Maarten was requested to also distance itself from actions of the Foundation Pro Soualiga which cited that the Kingdom Charter does n
Published: 19 December 2020
~Does Freedom of Expression still exist in the Kingdom, or do the people have to be on their knees in order for the Kingdom to take its responsibility seriously? ~
PHILIPSBURG: - The Government of St. Maarten confirmed in a press release late Friday evening that the Dutch Government has placed more conditions as expected on Friday morning when they met in the Kingdom Council of Ministers to discuss St. Maarten’s position prior to them releasing the 3rd tranche in liquidity support.
Basically, the Minister of Plenipotentiary Rene Violenius read a statement sent to him by the Council of Ministers and instead of the RMR accepting how the government of St. Maarten feels after months of negotiations, they are now demanding that the Jacobs cabinet submits in writing a clear declaration distancing itself from the Pro Soualiga Foundation and its intention to go before the United Nations to continue the decolonization process and to also distance
Published: 14 December 2020
~UPP, PFP, and NA supports the signing of agreement and COHO
PHILIPSBURG: - The coalition partners that are supporting the government of St. Maarten give the Prime Minister of St. Maarten its blessings in the form of a verbal declaration to go ahead and sign the COHO law. The leader of the UPP faction was the first to give the Prime Minister the declaration State Secretary Raymond Knops wants when he demanded that she gets such prior to the December 18
th meeting.
UPP supports the signing of COHO Law.
After making her position known, the UPP MP and Faction Leader Grisha Heyliger Marten gave the declaration that the State Secretary Raymond Knops is looking for, thereby Heyliger Martin then said “ I am sure of our Prime Minister of St. Maarten, the Honorable Silveria Jacobs, who I believe is with her back against the wall with the proverbial knee on her neck by the Dutch government and their representative State Secretary Raymond Knops,