~Lake, Matser support motion~
PHILIPSBURG--A surprise no confidence motion was passed against the Gumbs-Cabinet on Wednesday when eight Members of Parliament (MPs) including two from the United People’s (UP) party supported the motion tabled by Democratic Party (DP) Leader MP Sarah Wescot-Williams.
UP MP Silvio Matser also announced during the meeting attended by all 15 MPs that he will be severing his ties with the UP and will be “drawing a line in the sand,” and will declare himself an Independent MP.
The no-confidence motion means that the sitting Council of Ministers no longer enjoys the support of Parliament.
Supporting the motion were MPs Matser (UP), Maurice Lake (UP), Frans Richardson (Independent), Wescot-Williams (DP) and William Marlin, Silveria Jacobs, George Pantophlet and Christophe Emmanuel all from the National Alliance (NA). Voting against the motion were UP MPs Theo Heyliger, Tamara Leonard, Johan “Janchie” Leonard, Franklin Meyers and Independent MPs Cornelius de Weever and Leona Romeo-Marlin.
