Philipsburg:--- The Presidium of Parliament has decided that they will appoint Atwell Terrence Rey to the position of deputy clerk of parliament. A public meeting is scheduled to be held on Friday for the appointment. Atwell Terrence Rey was the campaign manager of the President of Parliament Gracita Arrindell. Atwell Terrence Rey also worked for parliament for some weeks as he had applied for a position long before the advertisements for the position were made public. It is not known if Rey was ever paid for the services he rendered to parliament.A faction leaders meeting is also scheduled for Friday morning preceding the public meeting of parliament.
In the meantime, Cassandra Janssen has withdrawn her application after she did not get the position she applied for which was the Griffier. The two other candidates that applied for the position were interviewed and Atwell Terrence Rey was selected for the position by the presidium.
SMN News has been reliably informed that Rey applied for the 2nd Deputy Clerk who would also work as the policy advisor of parliament. While the first deputy clerk would have be the acting griffier of parliament should the griffier be away.
Members of the presidium are Gracita Arrindell, Leroy De Weever and Patrick Illidge.
Based on the decision taken by parliament on April 21 2011, the candidate that occupies the deputy clerk position will be appointed griffier after three years. The deputy clerk would also receive the necessary trainings to take up such position when Jozef David Semeleer's first contract expires.
