Dear Editor,
We the people of St. Maarten are kindly thanking the Dutch Government for their help and assistance they provided and offering to us before, during and after Hurricane Irma.
And even the youth of St. Maarten and the people of all ages from many nations from all over the world have given the Dutch Government many praises for their excellent assistance after Hurricane Irma.
The help came very timely from the Dutch Government especially when our parliamentarians are fighting for power and just a coalition government after government that cannot work together.
And St. Maarten never had a good opposition government in the past. That's why today many people feel a lot of the laws are outdated and need to be changed as soon as possible.
The style of the opposition and many parliamentarians is fights against Theo – they just cannot keep a good man down.
We are willing to work with the Dutch Government through the recovery plan but we the people of St. Maarten feel everything will go very good.
Because in case the Dutch go to provide the same assistance they are giving us here to any one of its colonies, St. Maarten can be always one of its examples – they can always talk about how well and good things went here.
Election is around the corner: Holland, Great Britain, France, America and the entire Caribbean are waiting to hear the result. My expectation is United Democrats party could get 11 seats if the voters turn up to the polls well in great numbers.
The new government should expect the people want their demands to be solved by government early 2018 such as:
(1 ) bring down parliamentarians’ and ministers’ salary as soon as possible.
(2) a small claims court.
(3) change the old-time laws our police, detectives, lawyers, and civil servant sick and tired of working with.
(4) increase the minimum wage.
(5) control the high house rents the poor people pay.
(6) build community centres island-wide.
(7) increase the pension, create jobs and pay the teachers better.
(8) focus on the youth, help them.
(9) recycling project.
(10) bring some public offices and utilities offices to Middle Region soon.
(11) organise a delegation to go to The Hague and get all the old-time laws off the table for the wishing of St. Maarten people.
(12) give Theo 11 seats, give United Democrats party a large majority,
(13) vote in a style and fashion like people from the Commonwealth of Dominica – one party rule for each term.
Theo only one can bring back the businesses back to Philipsburg. Theo and Sarah are great team.
Cuthbert Bannis
