PHILIPSBURG:--- Members of parliament will meet next week in the setting of three Central Committee meetings and two plenary sessions.
Parliamentarians will be meeting with the following members of the Council of Ministers, Hon. Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, Hon. Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sports Silveria Jacobs, Hon. Minister of Finance Roland Tuitt and the Hon. Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Development, and Environment & Infrastructure (VROMI) William Marlin.
The first Central Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday morning, November 19 at 10:00am in the General Assembly Chamber of the House of Parliament at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.
The Minister with responsibility for Public Housing, Spatial Development, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Hon. William Marlin, has been invited to parliament to provide information about maintenance and zoning.
This meeting was requested by the United Peoples (UP) party faction.
The second Central Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon November 20 at 3:00pm in the General Assembly Chamber.
This central committee meeting is a continuation of the October 22 session with the Minister of Education which was adjourned to be reconvened. The agenda points are the present Education Policy followed by the present Youth and Sports Policy. This meeting was requested by the United Peoples (UP) party faction.
The next meeting is a plenary public session scheduled for Wednesday afternoon November 21 at 2:00pm in the General Assembly Chamber.
The plenary session first agenda point is incoming documents followed by the second agenda point, changes to the national ordinance regarding the Voluntary Corps; third agenda point are changes to the national ordinance due to the introduction of a new Identification Card and Driver's License.
On Thursday November 22 at 2:00pm the central committee will meet with the Minister of Finance Hon. Roland Tuitt, who will inform Members of Parliament (MPs) with respect to the current financial state of affairs of the country. This meeting was requested by the Minister of Finance.
The second plenary session for the week is scheduled for Friday morning November 23 at 10:00am in the General Assembly Chamber.
The two agenda points are the composition of permanent and extra ordinary committees of parliament and of Parlatino.
The parliamentary sessions will be carried live on St. Maarten Cable TV Channel 120, via Pearl Radio FM 98.1, the audio via the Internet www.pearlfmradio.com, and also via www.sxmparliament.org.