Philipsburg:--- Yesterday's island council took another twist when island councilman Rudolphe Samuel revealed that a civil servant in the ROB lied or misled members of the island council and especially his boss during a central committee meeting.Samuel said recently Commissioner Theo Heyliger who chaired one of the central committee meetings asked Claudius Tooncha Bumcamper if MNO Vervat received a hindrance permit for the heavy industry in the area of the zoo and the civil servant in question said yes that permit was granted.
He said to hear that the commissioner now says that such a permit was never granted. Samuel said if the Central Committee cannot rely on the answers given by civil servants or department heads then the island government is in big trouble. The councilman said he wants to know if the commissioner in question or the executive council plans to take measures against this civil servant because he intends to seek legal advice on the matter. He said the outright lie was told during a central committee meeting when they met to handle zoning ordinances. He said this is reason why the commissioner in question is in trouble with answering questions. He said he believed thus is the reason why the Lt. Governor has to take someone from his cabinet to work at that department as well as the commissioner who sent his senior assistant there also since they all know something is drastically wrong at the ROB.
Samuel demands that answers and or clarity be given on the matter since island council members have to take decisions based on the information that is provided to them and if they are given wrong information then it is normal that they would be making wrong decisions. He indicated that he took the matter rather serious and would be seeking legal advise to see what could be done.
