The Need for Critical Analysis of the Recent Government Formation Process
Dear Editor, The recent events surrounding the government formation process in St. Maarten warrant a thorough and critical analysis. Here’s a timeline of events that highlight the complexities and challenges More...
Political mess in the Netherlands potentially good news for Caribbean countries
StMaartenNews.com publishes a review of the present political situation in The Netherlands and how this potentially can be good news for the Dutch Caribbean countries of the Kingdom. This article is published exclusively More...
Are informateurs disruptive?
By Hilbert Haar Informateurs disrupt the political process. That’s the opinion of well-respected political analyst Julio Romney (see article: Political analyst Romney: “Informateurs disrupt political process"). More...
Political analyst Romney: “Informateurs disrupt political process”
PHILIPSBURG – The concept of the informateur disrupts the political process, political analyst Julio Romney said in a broadcast of the discussion program Viewpoint on PJD2 shortly after the elections. That’s More...
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...
Sint Maarten Deserves a Stable Coalition Government
After the new interim UP/DP/Brownbill government is sworn in, Sint Maarten would have had seven coalition governments in seven years. This is an average of one government per year. If we also count the number of More...