Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
Clockwise from left: Clyde van Putten (PLP), Rechelline Leerdam (PLP), Reuben Merkman (PLP), civil servant Militza Connell-Maduro, Government Commissioner Marnix van Rij, Councilwoman Adelka Spanner ((DP)) and Councilman Nicolaas Koos Sneek (Independent).
~ Debates Sneeks request to call faction the new Democratic Party ~
ST. EUSTATIUS--The decision of newly-elected Island Councilman Nicolaas Koos Sneek declaring himself independent from the Democratic Party ((DP)) on whose slate he was elected was discussed during an extraordinary meeting of the Island Council at V.A. Lopes Legislative Hall on Tuesday.