Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
PHILIPSBURG--Parliament on Thursday uSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAnimously approved the 2023 bUDget ameNDment as well as passed two motions tabled by United Peoples (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) NDidate' href='/newspolitician/712/rolaNDo-brison'>RolaNDo Brison.
Only eight of the 15 MPs were present for Thursdays public meeting of Parliament in which the bUDget ameNDment was voted upon. Present were United Peoples (UP) party MPs Brison aND Sidharth Cookie Bijlani, Party for Progress (PFP) MP NDidate' href='/newspolitician/755/melissa-gumbs'>Melissa Gumbs, SPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAtioSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAl Alliance (SPArty/23/national-alliance'>NA) MPs NDidate' href='/newspolitician/404/george-pantophlet'>George Pantophlet, Angelique Romou, NDidate' href='/newspolitician/432/hyacinth-richardson'>Hyacinth Richardson aND NDidate' href='/newspolitician/578/william-marlin'>William Marlin aND iNDepeNDent MP NDidate' href='/newspolitician/741/lUDmila-de weever'>LUDmila de Weever. Absent with notice were iNDepeNDent MPs NDidate' href='/newspolitician/740/grisha-heyliger-marten'>Grisha Heyliger-Marten, Solange Duncan aND Christophe Emmanuel. A notice of lateness was also sent by United Democrats (UD) MP Sarah NDidate' href='/newspolitician/544/sarah-wescot-williams'>Wescot-Williams. Absent without notice were PFP MP NDidate' href='/newspolitician/758/raeyhon-peterson'>Raeyhon Peterson, iNDepeNDent MP NDidate' href='/newspolitician/775/akeem-arriNDell'>Akeem ArriNDell aND United St Maarten Party (US Party) MP NDidate' href='/newspolitician/363/chanel-brownbill'>Chanel Brownbill.