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PHILIPSBURG--National Alliance (NA) Member of Parliament George Pantophlet has written to Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs in his capacity as General Affairs Minister enquiring about a number of topics related to civil servants.
Pantophlet wants a list of the vacancies filled in the ministries during the past two years, the names of the people who have taken up those posts and whether they are on government contract or in permanent employment.
In the letter sent to Gumbs via Parliament Chairman Dr. Lloyd Richardson, Pantophlet asked, "Have all civil servants been placed in their right scales in accordance with their qualifications and functions?"
He also wants to know the number of civil servants who have left government's employ in the last three years, from what departments, their reasons for leaving and whether they were on contract or in permanent employ.
"Are there any pending court cases between civil servants and government? How many are there, how far back do these court cases go and what are the reasons for such?" Pantophlet asked the minister.
"Is it true that although we have attained country status, there are still civil servants with an island resolution of island territory St. Maarten instead of a national resolution of country St. Maarten?" he asked in his letter sent out this week.
