Mr. Baetsen may understand how money is laundered or how candidates are secretly showered with gifts to get the casino favorable policy so they can continue to rape the local St. Maartener's economic possibilities, but central bank is about monetary regulation, policy development and responding to external economic factors affecting our local economy.
Casino bosses have nothing to say on matters of national monetary policy. There seem to be enough red flags with questionable election campaign funding in the last election, to scratch this candidate. Of course it all depends on who in government has been told to accept this candidate and to what degree they are owned by the casino industry. If a casino executive is the best we can find in St. Maarten, then we have slipped further than I feared.
We must not gamble with St. Maarten's economy on "Casino Capitalism" and lose the bet.
John Sharp
