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The Formation of Parliament and Government (Part 2)
by Wycliffe Smith After one week of discussions with party leaders, MPs-elect, social partners and others, informateurs Mr. Jan Beaujon and Dr. Arduin will be submitting their findings to His Excellency, Governor More...
The Formation of Parliament and Government (Part 1)
by Wycliffe Smith On February 26th the people of Sint Maarten spoke by means of the ballot. They said that they do not trust one party with an outright majority and that they still prefer to have a national parliamentary More...
William Marlin to take up seat in Parliament, pledges to protect uphold Constitution
GREAT BAY — Former Prime Minister and National Alliance Member of Parliament-elect William Marlin said on Thursday that he intends to take up his seat in Parliament and pledges to protect and uphold the Constitution More...
The day after
Theo Heyliger is once again the highest vote-getter in the country. He is the only person to earn his seat outright with 1289 votes. The threshold was 903 votes to get your own seat. The only other candidate to More...
Logical political marriage does not materialize
PHILIPSBURG – Where after the result of the parliamentary elections a logical political marriage between winner United Democrats (UD) and newcomer St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) seemed to be obvious, the reality More...
United Democrats win but need coalition partner
PHILIPSBURG – The United Democrats have won the parliamentary elections but not by the landslide the party was aiming for. The preliminary results give the UD 7 seats. One short of a majority; the National Alliance More...
The key to integrity
By Hilbert Haar Politicians are always quick to suggest that ‘this’ elections is really important and every time I hear this I think really? Our politicians also like to talk about ‘the next four years,’ More...
SMCP to hold first ever cyber public meeting
Philipsburg — The Sint Maarten Christian Party is scheduled to hold its first Cyber Public Meeting on Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 at 7pm. As far as SMCP knows, this is the first ever public political meeting More...
SMCP is not associated with any political party
Philipsburg — It is being rumored that the Sint Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) is an off-shoot of the DP, a satellite of the NA and that it is financed by the UPP. After the merger of UPP and DP into the UD, More...
A Manifesto or a Governing Program?
Two major documents play a pivotal role in the electoral process. They are a party’s political program, popularly known as the manifesto and the governing accord which we call the governing program. By law parties More...
