Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
~Demands were being made for VROMI and (USP) was his preference. ~
PHILIPSBURG: --- A coalition agreement has been signed with five members of the National Alliance and the United Peoples Party (NA/UP) Saturday afternoon. Those that signed on behalf of the National Alliance are Silveria Jacobs, Ardwell Irion, William Marlin, Rodolphe Samuel, and Egbert Jurendy Doran.SMN News learned that MP Christopher Emmanuel did not sign the agreement as his preference is to work with the United St. Maarten Peoples Party ((USP)). The source said that the current coalition does not need the support of MP Emmanuel who showed an unwillingness to work with them and has even threatened to jump ship.SMN News further learned that Emmanuel wanted the Ministry of VROMI and he preferred working with MP-elect Claudius Buncamper since he has knowledge on the Energy to Waste project Emmanuel was working on while being Minister of VROMI.The UP faction in parliament gets the Ministry of TEATT, VSA and the chair of parliament, and deputy Minister of Plenipotentiary while the National Alliance will get the Prime Minister, VROMI, Education, the Ministry of Finance and Minister of Plenipotentiary. Negotiations have been taking place since Thursday night and continued all day on Saturday. Members of the National Alliance also met with MP-elect Claudius Buncamper on Saturday to discuss their options. According to the information SMN News received is that some members of the NA wanted to work with the Party for Progress Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson but that too did not get the approval of Emmanuel since Peterson and Emmanuel are at loggerheads.
In the meantime, supporters of Emmanuel that were interviewed at GEBE and promised jobs are now left in limbo because the MP they supported heavily is not part of the current NA/UPP coalition.
