Philipsburg:--- Member of Parliament Patrick Illidge showed his anger and frustration on Wednesday during a Parliamentary meeting called by the National Alliance to discuss GEBE. The Member of Parliament said he agreed with the sentiments shared by his colleagues in Parliament regarding GEBE but his intention is not to ask the Minister of Energy and Environmental Affairs questions because the way GEBE is structured not even the Minister of Energy can get to the persons responsible for GEBE and its inadequacies. MP Illidge said he was taken aback when the NA faction members asked that the shareholder representative who showed up for the meeting on Wednesday be excused because his questions would have been directed to the shareholder representative Ralph Richardson.MP Illidge said his intention is to give the supervisory board of GEBE marching orders so that they can get their act together, while he also wants to know what the views of the shareholder representative of GEBE are. MP Illidge said that based on the balance sheet of GEBE, the company has 77 million dollars (cash) on their bank account and the people of St. Maarten are suffering on a daily basis with skyrocketing electricity bills. Illidge said since 1995 a decision was taken for GEBE to install underground cabling so that they can be prepared for the hurricane season. Besides that, the Independent Member of Parliament said he wants GEBE to change its supervisory board and make sure that the people that are appointed to the board have vision, a board that will give the Members of Parliament at least 10 ways in which they can reduce the cost of electricity for the residents of St Maarten. "I want the board to bring down the cost of electricity within 30 days and I don't want to hear anything about corporate governance because the people of St. Maarten have enough with GEBE. I am here to give GEBE marching orders and those who do not hear would have to leave." MP Illidge said he has no problem with the workers of GEBE but he does have a problem with the supervisory board and their vision for the company. "While GEBE has 77 million on their bank account we know they made 20 million in profit for the year 2009, very soon they will tell us they made 50 million in one year." MP Illidge went on to say that he is waiting for the day to come when his appliances are damaged by GEBE power outages and they tell him that he would have to go to court for them to replace his goods. "Madame chair that is the day I will be taken to Pointe Blanche, I don't like a lot of talking we need to get moving by making sure that GEBE gets its act together. The poor people are told that they have to take GEBE to court when their fridges and other appliances are damaged. This is injustice because it costs $1,500 for lawyer's fee alone. " The MP said GEBE has 30%- 40% of water loss yet they are able to make 20 million in profit one year. He cautioned that he is very serious with what he saying to GEBE supervisory board and he hopes they listened to his message via the floor of parliament. MP Illidge also said that he did not support the motion that was presented on the floor of parliament some months ago because he is not in support of a partial relief. "I want to break open "the chicken" (GEBE) and see what the problems are. One cannot go to a doctor with headaches and the doctor would keep pumping pills inside of you, at some point that doctor will have to do an MRI to see the source of the problem. Therefore, I am here to break open "the chicken" (GEBE) in order to find solutions."