Philipsburg:--- The Sint Maarten Kingdom Affairs & Inter-parliamentary Relations Committee members visited the Minister of Plenipotentiary Mathias Voges on Monday in The Hague.
On Tuesday, will be the first official parliamentary committee discussions at the Dutch First Chamber of Parliament. Delegation leaders from Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten will give short introductory speeches. The Dutch delegation leader will thereafter officially open the meeting.
Parliamentarians from the three Kingdom partners will exchange ideas and views related to the work procedures for the parliamentary summit during the coming days along with the first orientation meeting.
The delegations will then visit the Dutch Ministry of General Affairs where they will pay a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Tuesday afternoon, the three parliamentary delegations will gather in the plenary hall of the First Chamber of Parliament where they will discuss the consequences of the introduction of the new constitutional status for countries Curacao and Sint Maarten with respect to the opportunities and challenges.
Parliamentarian discussions which officially start on Tuesday, June 14 will continue on to Friday, June 17.
The Sint Maarten parliamentary delegation comprises of President of Parliament Honourable Gracita Arrindell, Chairman of the Kingdom Affairs & Inter-parliamentary Relations Committee Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Roy Marlin, MP Hon. Ruth Douglass, MP Hon. Patrick Illidge, MP Hon. William Marlin, Secretary General of Parliament Jossy Semeleer, and Advisor Ralph Richardson.
Members of the Sint Maarten delegation left over the weekend and are scheduled to return on Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19.
