Saturday, September 18, 2010

No evidence, no conviction

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

MY GOODNESS!

September 19, 2010 at 7:53 AM
Anonymous said...

What's new? Nothings knew. St. Lucia has collapsed.

September 19, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Anonymous said...

And I suppose LPM can put it abck together again...right?

September 20, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Anonymous said...

St Maarten has elected its first independent parliament.
However the announced results following last Friday's election proved indecisive, with no one party receiving an overall majority.

For the moment it is unclear who will govern when the Dutch territory becomes a semi-autonomous country on 10 October.

The National Alliance (NA) that had led the outgoing island council won seven of the fifteen seats, while the recently formed United People's Party (UP) took six, and the Democratic Party two.

The negotiations for a possible coalition have so far seen the United People's Party and the Democratic Party signing a "declaration of intent", stating that they intend to form the new government.

A coalition involving these two would mean a new government with eight seats in the new 15-seat St Maarten parliament.

Sealing the deal

St Maarten's Daily Herald newspaper says a UP/DP coalition would effectively close the door to the National Alliance's chances of "forming or being part of the first government of country St Maarten".

According to the paper, UP leader Theo Heyliger has also met with the leadership of the National Alliance, but what was discussed there hasn't been made public.

Mr Heyliger, a former DP member, had left that party to become part of a coalition with the National Alliance, which he then quit to set up his own party.

Same outcome, different territory

The St Maarten situation is similar to what has already happened in recent elections in Curacao.

There, the then-ruling Partido Antiyas Restructura (PAR) which won the most seats in recent elections, has been forced into opposition by a coalition of other parties.

The Curacao and St Maarten elections are part of the preparations leading to the official break-up of the Dutch Antilles, which will cease to exist as a country next month on 10 October (10/10/10).

While these two will become separate countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the smaller islands of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius will become special Dutch municipalities.

Aruba already has a separate status.

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September 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM

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