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Appointment of Terrence Rey hits Another Snag in Parliament --- Chairlady did not seek agreement with her faction to appoint her Campaign Manager as Deputy Griffier.

Philipsburg:--- Member of Parliament Roy Marlin on behalf of the current coalition government requested that parliament differ the fourth agenda point of Monday's meeting which was to appoint Atwell Terrence Rey as the deputy secretary general of parliament back to the presidium.
President of Parliament Gracita Arrindell added the fourth agenda point to Monday's meeting without having an agreement with members of her faction and the other presidium members.
SMN News learnt that members of the United Peoples Party faction met twice over the weekend to see how they would handle the agenda point on Monday. Sources say the faction members also dispatched a letter to Arrindell on Friday afternoon requesting that she remove the agenda point from Monday's agenda since they need more time to discuss the advice submitted by the presidium some two weeks ago. The source said Arrindell did not respond to the letter sent by her faction and she reported sick on Monday leaving Petrus Leroy De Weever to chair the meeting on Monday.
Members of the United Peoples Party faction met with two of the three members of the presidium early Monday morning to discuss the matter and they agreed that the presidium would postpone the appointment since members of the UP faction were prepared to vote against the appointment. The source said the UP faction members will maintain their position on the appointment since it is clear to them that Rey does not have the required qualifications and most importantly because the process seems tainted as pointed out by the members of the National Alliance.
SMN News further learnt that the members of the United People's party are convinced that Arrindell promised Rey the position prior to him applying for the position. Rey also worked in the secretariat for some weeks shortly after parliament was established.
Sources close to the United People's Party faction said the promise was made to Rey because he financed Arrindell's campaign for the September 17th elections to the tune of $60,000. 00, monies which they said Rey promised the UP party as campaign funds. "Appointing him as policy advisor is pay back for the monies he spent on Arrindell campaign." Atwell Terrence Rey is a businessman, he is the CEO of Air St. Maarten and GFR Enterprises.
On May 19th, the presidium sent out an advice on the appointment of Rey to the position of deputy secretary general which was to be debated on May 20th, but members of the United People Party faction did not sign in for the meeting. On May 23rd, Parliament met again when the chairlady added the agenda point for the second time, but she also added another agenda point that day which was to appoint Aslain Van Dyke Bell as first deputy secretary general for a period of six months. Parliament on May 23rd postponed the appointment of Rey until further notice. However, on Thursday members of parliament including members of the presidium said they were shocked and taken by surprise when they received the convocation for Monday's meeting with Rey's appointment added. Members of the UP faction as well as members of the coalition met on Friday last week to discuss the matter and it was decided that they will inform Arrindell in writing that she needed to first tell them who she intended to appoint to the position and if Rey was the candidate then she must remove it from the agenda.
On Monday, Member of Parliament Roy Marlin said the chairlady probably did not understand what was said when they postponed the meeting on May 23rd thus he is requesting that the advice be sent back to the presidium to further discuss the document based on the concerns raised by parliament earlier.
Member of Parliament and leader of the National Alliance William Marlin said when they saw the convocation they thought it strange and they were not sure if the chairlady of parliament had intended to continue with the same proposal that was before parliament on May 20th and 23rd or if it was new proposal. Marlin said the chairlady did not provide clarity on the agenda point. Marlin said while the proposal had a the majority supporting them, the members of the National Alliance hopes that the measures used on Monday was not a backdoor procedure to appoint the person in question to the position he wanted. Marlin said he hopes the coalition or the factions supporting government are not going to appoint Rey to a position that does not need the approval of parliament since it would be a disdain to the integrity of parliament if that is done. Marlin said his faction already made clear that that proper procedure was not followed with the appointment.
Member of Parliament Frans Richardson described the appointment of Rey as that of the bouncing baby boy. He said if parliament was serious they would not have had the agenda point added to Monday's meeting. Richardson said it is clear that there is a lack of togetherness among those supporting the government because they if they were together on the appointment they would have been on the same page. Monday's action shows the weakness of government since it was the third time the agenda point was postponed. Richardson also condemned the coalition for dragging the individual (Rey) through the mud. He said the attitude displayed by parliament is a signal of game playing with young professionals. Richardson said he spoke to Rey and what is happening to him is not fair since no one wants such to happen to their children. He said he could not sit back and see another St. Maartener bounced around because of political disagreements. Leader of the National Alliance William Marlin also made clear that his faction did not object to the person (candidate) instead his faction objected to the procedures that was used in the appointment. While Member of Parliament Roy Marlin said it is his belief that the appointment of secretariat members should be done by the griffier. Marlin said that the procedures have to open and transparent.
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