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PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten Anti-Poverty Platform questions whether the incoming National Alliance (NA)/United Peoples (UP) party governing coalition will make an effort to provide senior citizens in St. Maarten with a minimum of US $1,500 on a monthly basis.
According to the platform on Thursday, senior citizens in the Netherlands receive a pension of up to 1,228 euros a month. The Transparency International concluded five years ago based on research of the Dutch National Institute for Family Finance Information NIBUD done in Bonaire in 2013, a senior citizen in St. Maarten needs at least $1,500 a month to not be in poverty, said the platform.
