PHILIPSBURG:--- The Central Committee of Parliament will meet in public session three times next week, and one closed door session.
Parliamentarians will be meeting with the following members of the Council of Ministers, 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 Tuesday afternoon at 3:00pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House of Parliament at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.
This public 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 Central Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at 2:00pm in the General Assembly Chamber.
This public meeting has been requested by 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.
The third Central Committee public meeting is scheduled for Thursday morning at 10:00am in the General Assembly Chamber.
The agenda point for this meeting is a change to the National Ordinance Security Service.
The fourth Central Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday morning at 10:00am in the General Assembly Chamber, and this session is a closed door meeting.
The Minister with responsibility for VROMI Hon. William Marlin will answer questions of MPs related to Zoning and Development Plans. The first meeting was requested by MP Hon. Louie Laveist of the National Alliance (NA) faction and this closed door session is a continuation of that meeting.
The central committee sessions with the exception of the closed door meeting 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.
