Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
Dear Editor,
The results of the elections of August 29, 2014, asked for a coalition government.
And there were four possibilities, to know: UP/NA with 11 seats; UP/USP with nine seats; UP/DP with nine seats; and NA/DP/USP with eight seats.
The election campaign clearly showed NA/DP/USP campaigning against the UP.
So if UP wanted to continue governing, UP needed a clear mandate from the electorate.
UP won, but failed to accomplish a majority on its own. So nobody needs to be surprised that NA/DP/USP found each other in forming a new government.
As a friend of mine said, 'lucky 7' in Sint Maarten politics means opposition. Let's HOPE that this is the only comparison with elections 2010 and that we'll have a stable government 2014-2018 working on the interest of country Sint Maarten.
I wish Prime Minister William Marlin and his team of ministers a lot of wisdom, endurance and luck governing country Sint Maarten for the coming four years.
Edwin Gumbs
