Dear Editor,
St. Maarten Ombudsman is doing great. This is an excellent move by the Ombudsman and her team to checking the vibes at housing committee to help solve those negativities between the landlords and tenants.
It is shame to see many landlords have not even repaired their tenants’ apartment. These bad, these wicked landlords know the house rent is high and the minimum wages are very low. Some of them have no mercy.
It will be very good if the Ombudsman go to many of these public departments to help the people.
Call on the Central Bank to pay the CKC clients their money that had saved at credit union.
Call on even the Police to be creative and come with some ideas concerning ways to collect money from those bad masters that owe some of the citizens.
Our politicians both Parliamentarians and Ministers should see the need for an urgent small claims court for St. Maarten. We talk about recovery but remember the construction men that work in the burning sun and sometimes do not get pay and what so sad is when the police tell you get a lawyer.
The law should permit the police to pick up these bad pay to make payment arrangements.
Ombudsmen got many powers abroad – so do St. Maarten Ombudsman can get things done.
With a small claims court if you lent out money to a friend or relatives they easier pay you back and the verdict is now for now.
Cuthbert Bannis
