Marlin: Matser’S Case Highlights Need For Own Attorney-General
PHILIPSBURG--The arrest of independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser just hours before the draft 2016 budget was expected to go to a vote in Parliament and the claim by the Attorney-General and Prosecutor’s Office that the ongoing budget debate was unknown to them highlights the need for St. Maarten to have its own Attorney-General, says National Alliance (NA) leader Prime Minister William Marlin.
Marlin said in a press conference on Friday that the manner in which Matser was arrested was “unfortunate†and the details of the case “are not clear to anybody.â€
Marlin said the claim from the Justice officials that the ingoing budget debate was unknown to them was “adding insult to injury.†That claim shows that the Attorney-General living in Curaçao has “no interest or is not paying sufficient interest to what is happening in St Read more
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